How To Install Google Chrome on Manjaro 20

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Google Chrome on Manjaro 20. For those of you who didn’t know, Google Chrome is the official Google browser that is available for almost all platforms. The functionality of Google Chrome can easily be extended by installing different useful extensions and web applications. It is a secure and easy-to-use browser.

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 web browser on a Manjaro 20 (Nibia).

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Manjaro 20.
• 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 the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Google Chrome on Manjaro 20 Nibia

Step 1. Before running the tutorial below, make sure that our system is up to date:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

Step 2. Installing AUR helper.

Run the following commands to install it:

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

Step 3. Installing Google Chrome on Manjaro 20.

Now we install Google Chrome using the AUR helper:

yay -S google-chrome

Step 4. Accessing Google Chrome on Manjaro.

Once installed, start Google Chrome by using activities, Click on Activities and search for Google Chrome once the icon appeared click on it to start the program.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Chrome. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Google Chrome web browser in Manjaro 20 systems. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Chrome website.