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Re: need google chrome installation instructions that work



Greg Wooledge composed on 2018-11-21 11:21 (UTC-0500):

> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 08:02:23AM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:

>> I use gdebi (it's in the repos) to install locally saved .deb files.
>> Apt-get won't install local files, that is, not in a repo.

> Yes, it will.  But you have to supply the filename with a
> leading / or ./ or ../ prefix.

> sudo apt-get install ./google-chrome-stable*.deb

> It will resolve the dependencies from your repositories and everything,
> just like gdebi.

I did try ./google-chrome... but apt wouldn't find it.
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