How to install Google Chrome on Lubuntu 18.04

Lubuntu 18.04 bionic beaver comes with mozilla firefox as default web browser, but some of us prefer chrome over firefox. So in this article i will show you how to install google chrome on lubuntu 18.04.

Step by step how to install google chrome on lubuntu 18.04 

• make sure the 'Canonical Partners' is checked in Software & Updates > Other Software > Canonical Partners.
• open command line (press CTRL + ALT + T)
• run update command

sudo apt-get update

• install fonts-liberation package

sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation

• download chrome from google chrome website, choose 64 bit debian package
• you can open directly with GDebi Package Installer or you can save the file and then install using dpkg command like this:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

• done!

Once installed you can open google chrome from lubuntu start menu > Internet > Google Chrome.