Install Google Chrome 56 Web Browser on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Google Chrome 56 web browser brings WebGL 2.0 and FLAC support. Chrome 56.0.2924.76 contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log.
Install Google Chrome Browser
Please note that from March 2016, Google Chrome has ended support for Ubuntu Linux 32 Bit Systems. Which means, Google Chrome can only be installed and used on 64 Bit Linux Ubuntu Systems.
Method 1
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Google Chrome on Linux Ubuntu Systems, via PPA:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
Users can also install Beta version of Google Chrome browser.
Method 2
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Google Chrome on Linux Ubuntu Systems, via DEB package:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
$ google-chrome-stable
Once installed, open Google Chrome from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal. To open Google Chrome from Terminal, run the following command:
$ google-chrome
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