How to install Chrome browser properly via command line?

Google Chrome isn't in the repositories - however, Chromium is.

Google Chrome is only available for 64-bit Linux. I've included directions for 64 below.

To install Google Chrome, run the following:

sudo apt-get install libxss1 libappindicator1 libindicator7
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./google-chrome*.deb

If error messages pop up after running the command sudo apt install ./google-chrome*.deb then run the command

sudo apt-get install -f.

As per http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/google_chrome

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - 
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

If you really want to install Chrome (not Chromium) using apt-get it's possible as explained here:

  • Add google repository to your sources, that is, create a new file under /etc/apt/sources.list.d with the following contents:

    deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
    
  • Get repository key:

    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
    
  • Update your sources:

    sudo apt-get update 
    
  • And install the package:

    sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
    

Note: instead of google-chrome-stable you can also install either google-chrome-beta or google-chrome-unstable packages from the same repository.