{"id":876,"date":"2023-01-25T09:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T03:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/?p=876"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T03:55:40","slug":"how-to-install-google-chrome-in-arch-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/2023\/01\/25\/how-to-install-google-chrome-in-arch-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Google Chrome in Arch Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you have not read my dive into <a href=\"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/2022\/10\/18\/xerolinux-the-eye-candy-desktop-deserves-a-thumbs-up\/\">XeroLinux<\/a>, it&#8217;s an eye candy Arch-based Linux distribution which has been performing very well.<\/p>\n<p>Installing Google Chrome in Arch Linux may appear to be complex but really isn&#8217;t.\u00a0 As you know, Chrome is a fast, secure, cross-platform browser that\u2019s awesome. I run Chrome in Linux and regularly switch between Windows and Linux, so it\u2019s very convenient.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Chrome is not open source and doesn\u2019t come pre-packaged with Arch. You need to install and update Chrome manually.\u00a0 Fret not though, in minutes, you can install Chrome on your Arch Linux machine. There are several different ways to install but let&#8217;s look at one easy method:<\/p>\n<h2>1. Make Sure You Have the Right Packages Installed<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s make sure you have the base development packages and Git installed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>sudo pacman -S &#8211;needed base-devel git<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>2. Download Google Chrome from the AUR<\/h2>\n<p>On your machine, clone the Google Chrome repository:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>git clone https:\/\/aur.archlinux.org\/google-chrome.git<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It will download the files and be ready for installation. Go into the folder created:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>cd google-chrome<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>3. Install the Package<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>makepkg -is<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>4. Upgrade the Package<\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, you need to update Chrome manually.<\/p>\n<p>Just go into google-chrome directory and type in:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>git pull<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then run<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>makepkg -is<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now you will have an updated Chrome browser on your Arch Linux!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you have not read my dive into XeroLinux, it&#8217;s an eye candy Arch-based Linux distribution which has been performing very well. Installing Google Chrome in Arch Linux may appear to be complex but really isn&#8217;t.\u00a0 As you know, Chrome is a fast, secure, cross-platform browser that\u2019s awesome. I run Chrome in Linux and &#8230; <a title=\"How to Install Google Chrome in Arch Linux\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/2023\/01\/25\/how-to-install-google-chrome-in-arch-linux\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Install Google Chrome in Arch Linux\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arch-linux","category-chrome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvision.lk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}