In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Google Chrome on Debian 10. For those of you who didn’t know, Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google, that uses the WebKit layout engine. It is available for Linux, Android, iOS, Microsoft, and Mac OS X operating systems. But Google Chrome is more than a web browser, as it combines sophisticated open source technology, borrowed from the Chromium application, into a minimal design, all in order to help users surf the web much faster, a lot easier, and safer than ever before. Google Chrome is not available through the Debian repository, so we need to install it from the official package.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Google Chrome browser on a Debian 10 (Buster) server.
Prerequisites
- A server running one of the following operating systems: Debian 10 (Buster)
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
- A
non-root sudo useror access to theroot user. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install Google Chrome on Debian 10 Buster
Step 1. Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that you have sudo access to your Debian 10 system. Additionally, it is recommended to update your system packages to their latest versions by running the following commands in the terminal:
apt update apt upgrade
Step 2. Installing Google Chrome browser on Debian 10.
To begin the installation process, open the terminal using the Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by clicking on the terminal icon. Download the latest stable version of the Google Chrome .deb package using the wget command:
https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Then, install the deb package using this command as root:
apt install .google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Step 3. Accessing Google Chrome.
After the installation is complete, you can launch Google Chrome either by clicking on the Chrome icon in the Applications menu (Activities -> Google Chrome) or by typing google-chrome in the terminal and press Enter.
When you start Google Chrome for the first time, a window will appear asking if you want to make Chrome your default browser and if you wish to send usage statistics and crash reports to Google. Choose your preferences and click OK to continue.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Google Chrome. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Google Chrome browser on Debian 10 Buster server. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Google Chrome website.
