john doe composed on 2018-11-21 10:06 (UTC+0100): > Felix Miata wrote:
>> (Stretch) >> Downloading Chrome is easy. Installing is not. The download page says >> "download and install", >> but all that happens is firefox fetches, and no auto install via apt* or >> dpkg is attempted. Apt >> and aptitude won't install the local file because it "isn't found". The >> https://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/ "Google Linux Software >> Repositories" page says how to >> configure GPG, but nothing about configuring repo in sources.list. Where are >> the secret >> incantations to be found? > The below link might be useful: > https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Google-Chrome-Using-Terminal-on-Linux It worked. I had tried on previous occasions downloaded debs with 'dpkg -i' without any successes that I can recall. The provided deps on that page did the trick. > you should also consider googling "installing chrome on linux". Before posting here that's sort of what I did with DuckDuckGo: google chrome debian sources.list google chrome for debian configuration Nothing I had clicked on seemed appropriate to the expected task. I'm not a Chrome user. This is for a friend whose vision is about 5% and tasks me with his upgrades. Thanks! -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
