Google Chrome is a most popular, fast, secure, and easy-to-use free cross-platform web browser developed by Google, and was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, later versions were released to Linux, macOS, iOS, and also for Android.
Most of Chrome’s source code is taken from Google’s open-source software project Chromium, but Chrome is licensed as proprietary freeware, which means you can download and use it for free, but you cannot decompile, reverse engineer, or use the source code to build other programs or projects.
As of November 2022, Google’s Chrome is the most used internet web browser in the world with a global market share of 65.86 percent. In other words, more than six in ten people use Google Chrome to browse the internet.
Recently, Google Chrome officially rolled out Chrome 108 version for Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. The actual version is 108.0.5359.124 and comes with a number of exciting fixes, features, and improvements.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install the Google Chrome web browser in RedHat-Based Linux Distros like CentOS, Fedora, Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux using Google’s own repository with the yum package manager tool.
Important: Google Chrome support for all 32-bit Linux distributions are deprecated since March 2016.
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How to Install Google Chrome on Linux
We will use Google’s Linux software packages, which are signed with GPG keys that will automatically configure the package manager repository to install and update the Chrome browser whenever a new Chrome update is released.
Step 1: Install Google YUM Repository
First, create a new file called /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo.
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
and add the following lines of code to it.
[google-chrome] name=google-chrome baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/$basearch enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
To save a file in vi, hit the ESC key to switch to command mode, press : (colon) to open the prompt bar, and type x after the colon and hit enter to save the changes.
Step 2: Install Google Chrome Browser on Linux
First, check whether the latest version is available from Google’s own repository using the following yum command.
# yum info google-chrome-stable
Available Packages Name : google-chrome-stable Version : 108.0.5359.124 Release : 1 Architecture : x86_64 Size : 92 M Source : google-chrome-stable-108.0.5359.124-1.src.rpm Repository : google-chrome Summary : Google Chrome URL : https://chrome.google.com/ License : Multiple, see https://chrome.google.com/ Description : Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
Do you see the highlighted output above, which clearly told that the latest version of chrome is available from the repository. So, let’s install it using the yum command as shown below, which will automatically install all the needed dependencies.
# yum install google-chrome-stable
Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : Installing : liberation-fonts-1:2.1.3-4.el9.noarch Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-108.0.5359.124-1.x86_64 Installing : google-chrome-stable-108.0.5359.124-1.x86_64 Running scriptlet: google-chrome-stable-108.0.5359.124-1.x86_64 Verifying : liberation-fonts-1:2.1.3-4.el9.noarch Verifying : google-chrome-stable-108.0.5359.124-1.x86_64 Installed: liberation-fonts-1:2.1.3-4.el9.noarch google-chrome-stable-108.0.5359.124-1.x86_64 Complete!
Update: Sadly, the Google Chrome browser no longer supports the most famous commercial distribution RHEL 6.x, and its free clones such as CentOS and Scientific Linux.
Yes, they’ve discontinued support for the RHEL 6.X version of Google Chrome, and on the other side, the latest Firefox and Opera browsers run successfully on the same platforms.
The next step for RHEL/CentOS 6 users is to move to recent releases of RHEL/CentOS or Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux, the latest Google Chrome works out of the box on these releases.
Step 3: Running Google Chrome on Linux
Start the Chrome browser with a non-root user from the command line or start it from System Menu.
# google-chrome &
Welcome screen of Chrome web browser.
Browsing www.tecmint.com on Chrome web browser.
That’s it, enjoy browsing with Chrome, and do let me know your browsing experience with Chrome via comments.
I have installed chrome in my rhel distro in my virtual machine. When I tried setting proxy in the advanced settings in chrome. It displays a message Something gone wrong. The network manager needs to be running.
@Shiv
Restart the NetworkManager to fix the issue…
It has all possible features to manage your browser tabs and also free up space. Hence it doesn’t eat up the RAM of your system, which we actually need these days. I recommend this extension over any tab management tabs out there.
I already have virtual-min installed and 2 running website, everything will work together? and how can i use Chrome to explore website? basically i want to run a Chrome extension for 24/7 hours.
The date is 19 Aug 2021. The environment I must work in is Centos 7. The latest, stable version of google-chrome is 92.0.4515.159. Other mission software in my environment does not work when chrome v92 is installed. the chrome install upgraded/updated other packages the mission software depends on.
So how do I install an older version of google-chrome (version 85, perhaps?) on AWS, CentOS 7, virtual machine?
Regards,
Gus
@August,
I think you can install older Google Chrome using an older RPM package.
Yes, I agree. But where can I find the older repository? dl.google.com appears only to offer google-chome-stable-latest (version 92). If I can find the older RPM, I’ll be in good shape.
@August,
It seems there is no Google Chrome older repository and also there are no older RPMs for Chrome. Sad, but true that you simply can’t install an older version…
How to uninstall Chrome from Centos 7 completely?
@Meer,
Just run the following command to remove Google Chrome from CentOS 7.
Hi,
I installed Google chrome in my Centos 7 KDE environment but its working very slow. I have updated Patch as well still no go. Help on this will be much appreciated.