Re: Install Google Chrome

[Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com>]

On 25/11/13 16:07, erosenberg@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote:
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From:
>     Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com>
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>     "Debian-User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>     Cc:
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>     4. Finally, as root copy and paste the following code into a terminal:-
>     apt-get install google-chrome stable


My mistake, should read:-
apt-get install google-chrome-stable

(NOTE: the -)
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>     Kind regards
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>     Thanks -
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>     This is what I get:
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>     root@meow:/# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
>     deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
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Correct
(I usually put the add key method into a comment for future reference)

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>     root@meow:/# wget -q -O -
>     https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub |
>     > apt-key add -
>     OK

Correct
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>     root@meow:/# wget -q -O -
>     https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub |apt-key add -
>     OK
>     root@meow:/# apt-get install google-chrome stable
>     Reading package lists... Done
>     Building dependency tree      
>     Reading state information... Done
>     Package google-chrome is a virtual package provided by:
>       google-chrome-unstable 33.0.1712.4-1
>       google-chrome-stable 31.0.1650.57-1
>       google-chrome-beta 32.0.1700.19-1
>     You should explicitly select one to install.
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>     E: Package 'google-chrome' has no installation candidate
>     E: Unable to locate package stable
>     root@meow:/# apt-get install  google-chrome-stable 31.0.1650.57-1


ignore the version number when you see those sort of messages from apt-get.
e.g. any of the following will work:-
apt-get install google-chrome-stable
apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
apt-get install google-chrome-beta

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Kind regards