How To Install Google Chrome on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Channel: Centos/Redhat
Abstract: EOF Install Google Chrome You can install Google Chrome using yum command on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8. Google Chrome Stable yum install -y google-chrome-stab
Install Google Chrome on CentOS 8

Google Chrome is the freeware web browser developed by Google that uses the Blink engine. As of December 2019, Google Chrome is the most widely used browser having a share of around 64% worldwide browser usage.

Google Chrome is available in 47 languages and has the inbuilt translate faculty for translation of over 52 languages. Google Chrome’s functionality can be extended by installing extensions and web applications. Also, you can Chrome’s visuals using themes.

Here, we will see how to install Google Chrome on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8.

THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR CentOS 7 Linux Mint 19 Debian 10/9 Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 16.04 Add Google Chrome Repository

Add the Google repository to your system.

cat <<EOF> /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
EOF
Install Google Chrome

You can install Google Chrome using yum command on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8.

Google Chrome Stable
yum install -y google-chrome-stable
Google Chrome Beta
yum install -y google-chrome-beta
Open Google Chrome

Start Google Chrome

Graphical Mode

Go to, Activities >> Search for Google Chrome.

Start Google Chrome On CentOS 8 Command Line Mode

Google Chrome Stable:

$ google-chrome

Google Chrome beta:

$ google-chrome-beta

You may want to set Google Chrome as the default web browser.

Make Google Chrome As Default Browser

Screenshot of Google Chrome running on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8.

Google Chrome Running On CentOS 8 Conclusion

That ‘s All. I hope you have learned how to install and run Chrome on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8.

Ref From: itzgeek

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