Re: Installing Chrome
On 13/11/14 12:33, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:16:32 +0000
> Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
>
>> I want to try Chrome, in order to view mpeg-dash streams without Flash.
>>
>> I don't think there's a Debian package for it, given its origin ;)
>> So, I've downloaded the amd64 .deb from the Google site, but can't find
>> any instructions there on what to do next. My familiarity with the
>> Debian package managers is sadly lacking,
>>
>> Could someone kindly either give me the incantation to install this
>> .deb, or point me at a concise resource containing the basic package
>> management information.
>
> dpkg -i (cromium-amd64).deb
>
> should do it.
>
> Followed, if it complains of un-met dependencies, with:
>
> apt-get -f install
>
>
Thanks, Ron (and Michael, whose solution I didn't use), that was a great
help.
I had to change the file name:
dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Cheers, Tony
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