How to install google chrome on Lubuntu

Alright, if you remember i already create article about how to install chromium browser on lubuntu a while ago. I found that chromium is just not as good as chrome.

So i decided to install chrome on my lubuntu 14.04, so here's a tutorial on how to install google chrome on lubuntu 14.04. Hope this will help you in case you have problem of installing chrome on lubuntu.

Step by step how to install google chrome on lubuntu 14.04 LTS

• go to google chrome download page
• download google chrome debian package (.deb), if you have 32 bit OS download the 32 bit version, if you have 64 bit lubuntu then download the 64 bit version, read here if you don't understand.

• open terminal, go to where the debian package located and then type this: 

chmod +rx google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

• still on the command line, install libappindicator1 by typing this command:

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1

• okay now we are ready to install the google chrome itself, type this command:

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

If you don't install libappindicator1 package, there is a chance that you might get an error when running sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb, like this:

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 127701 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (40.0.2214.115-1) over (40.0.2214.115-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:
 google-chrome-stable depends on libappindicator1; however:
  Package libappindicator1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-chrome-stable

So install libappindicator1 first, because that library package is needed by google chrome in order to work.

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1
[sudo] password for kernelpanic:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libappindicator1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 376 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 17.7 kB of archives.
After this operation, 96.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libappindicator1 i386 12.10.1+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu4.1 [17.7 kB]
Fetched 17.7 kB in 1s (10.1 kB/s)          
Selecting previously unselected package libappindicator1.
(Reading database ... 127701 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libappindicator1_12.10.1+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libappindicator1 (12.10.1+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up libappindicator1 (12.10.1+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (40.0.2214.115-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/google-chrome (google-chrome) in auto mode
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...

Then run the dpkg -i command

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
[sudo] password for kernelpanic:
(Reading database ... 127706 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (40.0.2214.115-1) over (40.0.2214.115-1) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (40.0.2214.115-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...

~ Good Luck ~