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Re: Starting Google Chrome - resend



Reposting to the list, where it ought to have gone in the first place.  Sorry, 
Ethan.

On Friday 05 July 2013 17:14:20 Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:

> > I apologize for having to revisit this, but I can't get it to work,
> > which I cannot understand.  I followed the instructions I used
> > previously, and no luck.
> >
> > Download from Google.
> >
> > cd /home/ethan/Downloads
> >
> > dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
> >
> > works w/ errors.

On Friday 05 July 2013 18:03:01 Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:
> locate google-chrome | less --- gives no results. [except the files in 
> the Downloads directory].

Are you changing into the directory where you have placed the .deb before 
typing the command?  Otherwise you need to give the whole path to the .deb, 
so that dpkg will know where to find the file.

Sorry if I am teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but I am rather guessing 
in the dark here!

Lisi


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