I just installed 17.04 and am having trouble installing Chrome Browser

[irv]

I down loaded Chrome browser and tried to install using DEB package installer. Would not install so I tried a Terminal Install here here is what I am getting.

irv@irv-Q500A:~/Downloads$ ls
google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
irv@irv-Q500A:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb''

It's telling me it can't find the file but it's there. I did a copy paste so I wouldn't have any typeos

[deadflowr]

I think apt wants the full path, unlike dpkg which you can just move into the directory and install.
try with ~/Downloads/google-blah>.deb

[irv]

I followed the instructions on here and got it installed. I will mark it solved.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/5100...-google-chrome

[howefield]

I think apt wants the full path, unlike dpkg which you can just move into the directory and install.
try with ~/Downloads/google-blah>.deb

+1 for apt needing the full path.

Sidenote : I generally copy/paste the file into the terminal and amend the path accordingly, tab completion doesn't work for me when doing a local deb package install with apt.

[RobGoss]

I believe Google chrome is also in the Ubuntu repository I just checked and I see it listed

[coffeecat]

I believe Google chrome is also in the Ubuntu repository I just checked and I see it listed

We need to distinguish the google-chrome-stable package from the chromium-browser package. The OP is referring to the google-chrome-stable package which is not in the Ubuntu repositories. You will only see google-chrome-stable in your package manager if you enable the dl.google.com repository. This is enabled by installing the downloaded google-chrome-stable deb package. Chromium-browser, on the other hand, is in the Ubuntu Universe repository.

For what it's worth, and for others coming across this thread, for google chrome I make sure I have gdebi installed (which I find more reliable than "Ubuntu Software" for downloaded deb packages), and then right-click on the google-chrome-stable deb file and "open with..." gdebi.

[irv]

We need to distinguish the google-chrome-stable package from the chromium-browser package. The OP is referring to the google-chrome-stable package which is not in the Ubuntu repositories. You will only see google-chrome-stable in your package manager if you enable the dl.google.com repository. This is enabled by installing the downloaded google-chrome-stable deb package. Chromium-browser, on the other hand, is in the Ubuntu Universe repository.

For what it's worth, and for others coming across this thread, for google chrome I make sure I have gdebi installed (which I find more reliable than "Ubuntu Software" for downloaded deb packages), and then right-click on the google-chrome-stable deb file and "open with..." gdebi.

Your right it is not in the repository. What I did was add it.

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

Then

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'

Did update

sudo apt update

Then installed the package.

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

[RobGoss]

We need to distinguish the google-chrome-stable package from the chromium-browser package. The OP is referring to the google-chrome-stable package which is not in the Ubuntu repositories

Coffecat you are correct about installing the gdebi installer I had to do this in one of my machines thanks for the clarification