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I’m using the following version of Linux

[davea@mydevbox mydir]$ uname -a
Linux mydevbox.mydomain.com 1.3.8-18.52.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 16 17:15:34 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I’m trying to install chrome but do not seem to be able to figure out what the right package is. I tried this

[davea@mydevbox mydir]$ sudo yum install google-chrome
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * amzn-main: packages.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
 * amzn-updates: packages.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
amzn-main/latest                                                                                                                                                                     |  2.1 kB     00:00     
amzn-updates/latest                                                                                                                                                                  |  2.3 kB     00:00     
No package google-chrome available.
Error: Nothing to do

How do I install Chrome on my system?

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  • uname is pretty useless in a case like this. More useful would be checking cat /etc/redhat-release or cat /etc/debian_version depending on whether you are using a RedHat or Debian flavor of Linux. If you are attempting to use yum that means the output of cat /etc/redhat-release would be what you need to check.
    – Giacomo1968
    Jan 16, 2023 at 16:31

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You didn't state your distro, but this should work for most of them that use YUM. The proper package names are the same for yum or apt... it is:

google-chrome-stable or google-chrome-beta or google-chrome-unstable

Assuming you have enabled Google Chrome's repository, here is an example.

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  • @Dave No, you didn't say.. uname doesn't say your distro (Ubuntu, Red Hat, SUSE, etc) or version. But that isn't relavent I guess. Did you follow the link I posted, added the repository, and try again? If not, just download the Linux installer from google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html and get the RPM package and install it, it will update the repo automatically.
    – acejavelin
    Apr 8, 2016 at 19:07
  • No, I hadn't set up the repository. Doing so does produce some output, although it ends in errors ("Error: Package: google-chrome-stable-49.0.2623.112-1.x86_64 (google-chrome), Requires: xdg-utils"), which I'll have to dig into. Will also try this RPM install as well if I can't get those worked out.
    – Dave
    Apr 8, 2016 at 19:13
  • @Dave it sounds like you don't have the proper dependencies, if you get them manually or get yum to do it automatically, you should be set.
    – acejavelin
    Apr 8, 2016 at 19:16

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