This guide will walk you through the installation of Google Chrome on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8. Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google which runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
Google Chrome is not available in the Red Hat / CentOS repositories and should be downloaded from the official Google Chrome download page and installed manually. We will download the RPM release of Google Chrome and use dnf or yum package manager to install it. You need to have wget installed on your CentOS/RHEL system to use for the download.
sudo dnf -y install wgetNow use wget command to Download the latest release of Google Chrome.
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpmNavigate to the directory with the downloaded package and execute:
$ sudo dnf localinstall google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
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Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
google-chrome-stable
x86_64 74.0.3729.131-1 @commandline 56 M
Installing dependencies:
libdbusmenu-gtk3 x86_64 16.04.0-12.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 41 k
libXScrnSaver x86_64 1.2.3-1.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 31 k
redhat-lsb-core x86_64 4.1-47.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 45 k
libdbusmenu x86_64 16.04.0-12.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 140 k
libindicator-gtk3
x86_64 12.10.1-14.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 70 k
libappindicator-gtk3
x86_64 12.10.0-19.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 43 k
redhat-lsb-submod-security
x86_64 4.1-47.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 22 k
ncurses-compat-libs
x86_64 6.1-7.20180224.el8
rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 331 k
postfix x86_64 2:3.3.1-8.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 1.5 M
spax x86_64 1.5.3-13.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 217 k
mailx x86_64 12.5-29.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 257 k
liberation-serif-fonts
noarch 1:2.00.3-4.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 607 k
liberation-fonts noarch 1:2.00.3-4.el8 rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 19 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 14 Packages
Total size: 59 M
Total download size: 3.2 M
Installed size: 205 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Press “y” to accept Google Chrome installation on RHEL / CentOS 8.
Use Gnome activities menu to search for Google Chrome and Launch it.
Alternatively, launch it from the terminal.
$ google-chrome
There you have it. Enjoy using Google Chrome browser on RHEL / CentOS 8 workstation.
Also check:
How to Install Skype on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
How to Install Slack on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
