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Btiskit 03-27-2012 10:21 AM

I wanted to Download Google Chrome, but ended up with a weird .deb file
 
I went to Google Chrome homepage and tried to download the browser, but I just got this little file that looked like a satchel with a .deb extention. I didn't know what to do with it, so I clicked "extract" and ended up with three files full of stuff I can't use.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
Bea

PS This is my first post on here, be gentle

DavidMcCann 03-27-2012 10:30 AM

Welcome to LQ!

Deb packages are how programs are delivered for Debian -based systems, line Ubuntu. Use the terminal and type
sudo gdebi chrome.deb
or whatever the Chrome package is called. That will not only install it for you, but check that all its dependencies are met and download anything that's missing from Ubuntu.

Btiskit 03-27-2012 10:38 AM

Thanks!
 
Thanks for the super quick response man. I am not used to using the terminal though. Isn't there a point and click way to install Chrome into Ubuntu?

TobiSGD 03-27-2012 10:42 AM

Open your software manager and install the gdebi package. from now on you should be able to install DEB-packages with a simple double-click

knudfl 03-27-2012 10:56 AM

'gdebi-gtk' refuses to "open google-chrome-stable_current".
( Plain 'gdebi' is a command line tool.)

The other package installer 'qapt-deb-installer' works OK :
Google-chrome + two dependencies gets installed.


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DavidMcCann 03-28-2012 10:59 AM

How many package installers does Ubuntu have, for heaven's sake? And this is supposed to be an easy distro! If I clicked on an rpm package it would get installed, not extracted; as for the command line, all I need is yum :cool:

273 03-28-2012 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidMcCann (Post 4638859)
How many package installers does Ubuntu have, for heaven's sake? And this is supposed to be an easy distro! If I clicked on an rpm package it would get installed, not extracted; as for the command line, all I need is yum :cool:

Nice trolling and I think you'll find you mean all you need is rpm. ;)


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