Google Chrome is not an official package in the Manjaro repository, but multiple AUR helpers are available to help you obtain it. Which is the open-source variant of Google Chrome and the package various Linux distributions have in their repo. Updating your system To keep the packages installed on your system up to date use the following command below. With some distros it even comes as default. sudo pacman -Syu or sudo pacman -Syyu The above command is used to force a database update if your database is corrupt.
You won’t even find Chrome in the software center. Google Chrome installation via GUI When the Chromes download is completed, the arrow down button will turn into a tick as shown in the image below. Installing Google Chrome is easy in Ubuntu and Fedora based distribution. You can go to Chrome’s website and download the DEB or RPM installer files and install it easily.Īrch Linux users may notice that there is no package for them on the official Google Chrome website.įortunately, Google Chrome is available on Arch User Repository (AUR) for Arch, Manjaro and other Arch-based Linux distributions. You can install Google Chrome using an AUR Helper easily or use Git to install it without AUR helper. Method 1: Installing Google Chrome with an AUR Helper I will cover both options in this tutorial. I hope that you are familiar with the concept of AUR (Arch User Repository) and AUR helpers. If not, please read our articles on what is AUR and what are AUR helpers and how to install them. Step 1: Install an AUR helper (if you haven’t got one already) Step 1: Locate the Google-Chrome git directory. If you have installed Chrome using its git repository, you must have cloned it on your machine. Navigate your terminal to that cloned repository on your system. In my case, I cloned the google-chrome repository in my Home directory. Makepkg -si Step 2: Install Google Chrome using AUR helper You should install it if you haven’t got it already: sudo pacman -S -needed base-devel git There are quite a few AUR Helpers to choose but in this tutorial, I will use yay which I have installed on my machine. Now, to install Google Chrome in Arch Linux using yay: yay -S google-chromeĪs you see, yay found all the available packages related to Google Chrome. INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME ON MANJARO INSTALL.INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME ON MANJARO HOW TO.
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