How to update Chrome in Ubuntu 20.04

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What is the right way to update chrome on Ubuntu 20.04. My installation was with .deb file

I started getting update chrome warning messages on my chrome now. I do not want to uninstall and then reinstall to save my bookmarks and saved credentials.

is Google Sync a safe option for this?

Chrome should get updates automatically when you update your system. It seems that you disabled that. — Pilot6, Sep 18 '20 at 06:26
Google sync is good for bookmarks and extensions. If by credentials you mean passwords, I myself would not use any browser password keeper, but do use a separate password manager. — crip659, Sep 20 '20 at 11:18

score 155 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '20 at 06:40

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These are a couple of ways to update Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04 when the installation is done through the .deb file:

Open Software Updater. Select and install the available Google Chrome update.
Through Terminal. Type sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable.

answered Sep 18 '20 at 06:40

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In my first try, the 2nd command failed as I haven't noticed that the command wraps on the next line. – thanos.a Sep 14 '21 at 17:43
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Do not forget to close / reopen Chrome after the update has installed – Julien Oct 01 '21 at 09:22
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google-chrome-stable is already the newest version (91.0.4472.77-1) -- but still chrome issues warning that Upgrade needed. – sureshvv Oct 10 '21 at 05:36
This answer did not work for me like the other reply above that has 8 up votes. The next solution below with not nearly as many upvotes solved it – zawy Oct 02 '22 at 20:27
Worked for me, on Ubuntu 18.04. – ComputerScientist Oct 22 '22 at 18:39

score 41 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 26 '22 at 16:56

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Hope this helps:

Add Key:

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

Set repository:

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

Install package:

sudo apt update 
sudo apt install google-chrome-stable

edited Aug 26 '22 at 16:56

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answered Sep 18 '20 at 08:58

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In ubuntu 20 you can write just apt instead of apt-get – Alexey Muravyov Jan 04 '21 at 08:44
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This solution worked where the solution with a lot more upvotes did not. – zawy Oct 02 '22 at 20:28
This solve the problem on Ubuntu 20.04.1 – tcrepalde Jan 26 '23 at 13:33
This is the correct answer – Emad Helmi Jun 19 '23 at 10:58

score 30 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '22 at 09:18

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context: you've already installed Chrome and can't seem to update it - where the command line tells you that you already have the latest, Chrome keeps complaining you need to update - and when you relaunch Chrome it fails to update.

Try the following...

Check /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

If it looks like this:

### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
# deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

uncomment the last line, so that it looks like this:

### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

Then do:

sudo apt update

And then:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable

answered Feb 14 '22 at 09:18

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Thank you! Can confirm this is the answer that worked. After uncommenting that line I was able to `sudo apt-get update` and `sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable` and it actually worked. – Digs Apr 24 '22 at 07:44
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Thank you, worked for me as well – cjohansson May 10 '22 at 06:17
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Clear and straightforward, this should be the accepted answer !!! – HanniBaL90 Sep 22 '22 at 09:09
This worked indeed. The entry contained a comment in my case that the repository was disabled during the upgrade from my previous version to 22.04. Enabling it again allowed updates as part of the regular update and upgrade procedure (the second step of (re-)installing `google-chrome-stable` was not needed). – Marijn Dec 11 '22 at 16:27

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 01 '22 at 20:01

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Download .deb (for example) from: https://www.google.com/chrome/
In your download directory, you need to find: google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Run: sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb.

It works for me.

answered Sep 01 '22 at 20:01

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Thanks, this is perfect and works well for me" – Tomas Votruba Dec 29 '22 at 16:27

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