Fedora 30 Install Chrome
While building the new Fedora 30 Linux instance for my students, I needed to install the Google Chrome browser. Here are the instructions for installing the Chrome browser.
- As the root user, create the
google-chrome.repofile in the/etc/yum.repos.ddirectory with the following information:[chrome] name=google-chrome baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
- Next, use the yum utility to install the Chrome browser:
yum install -y google-chrome
You should see the following log information:
Display detailed console log →
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:28 ago on Fri 09 Aug 2019 11:39:07 PM MDT. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repo Size ============================================================================= Installing: google-chrome-unstable x86_64 78.0.3876.0-1 chrome 61 M Installing dependencies: libappindicator-gtk3 x86_64 12.10.0-24.fc30 fedora 40 k libdbusmenu x86_64 16.04.0-11.fc30 fedora 135 k libdbusmenu-gtk3 x86_64 16.04.0-11.fc30 fedora 37 k liberation-fonts noarch 1:2.00.5-1.fc30 fedora 8.0 k libindicator-gtk3 x86_64 12.10.1-14.fc30 fedora 65 k redhat-lsb-core x86_64 4.1-47.fc30 fedora 32 k redhat-lsb-submod-security x86_64 4.1-47.fc30 fedora 8.9 k spax x86_64 1.5.3-16.fc30 fedora 202 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 9 Packages Total download size: 62 M Installed size: 218 M Downloading Packages: (1/9): libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_ 97 kB/s | 37 kB 00:00 (2/9): libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-24.fc30. 92 kB/s | 40 kB 00:00 (3/9): liberation-fonts-2.00.5-1.fc30.noarch 76 kB/s | 8.0 kB 00:00 (4/9): libdbusmenu-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_64.rp 256 kB/s | 135 kB 00:00 (5/9): redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.fc30.x86_64.rp 290 kB/s | 32 kB 00:00 (6/9): libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-14.fc30.x86 348 kB/s | 65 kB 00:00 (7/9): redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.fc3 94 kB/s | 8.9 kB 00:00 (8/9): spax-1.5.3-16.fc30.x86_64.rpm 874 kB/s | 202 kB 00:00 (9/9): google-chrome-unstable-78.0.3876.0-1. 10 MB/s | 61 MB 00:05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9.1 MB/s | 62 MB 00:06 warning: /var/cache/dnf/fedora-a924e206df91842b/packages/libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-24.fc30.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID cfc659b9: NOKEY Fedora 30 - x86_64 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0xCFC659B9: Userid : "Fedora (30) <fedora-30-primary@fedoraproject.org>" Fingerprint: F1D8 EC98 F241 AAF2 0DF6 9420 EF3C 111F CFC6 59B9 From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-30-x86_64 Key imported successfully warning: /var/cache/dnf/chrome-eb0d6f10ccbdafba/packages/google-chrome-unstable-78.0.3876.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 7fac5991: NOKEY google-chrome 30 kB/s | 7.8 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x7FAC5991: Userid : "Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key <linux-packages-keymaster@google.com>" Fingerprint: 4CCA 1EAF 950C EE4A B839 76DC A040 830F 7FAC 5991 From : https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub Key imported successfully Importing GPG key 0xD38B4796: Userid : "Google Inc. (Linux Packages Signing Authority) <linux-packages-keymaster@google.com>" Fingerprint: EB4C 1BFD 4F04 2F6D DDCC EC91 7721 F63B D38B 4796 From : https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub Key imported successfully Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : libdbusmenu-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_64 1/9 Installing : libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_64 2/9 Installing : spax-1.5.3-16.fc30.x86_64 3/9 Running scriptlet: spax-1.5.3-16.fc30.x86_64 3/9 Installing : redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.fc30.x86_64 4/9 Installing : redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.fc30.x86_64 5/9 Installing : libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-14.fc30.x86_64 6/9 Installing : libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-24.fc30.x86_64 7/9 Installing : liberation-fonts-1:2.00.5-1.fc30.noarch 8/9 Running scriptlet: google-chrome-unstable-78.0.3876.0-1.x86_64 9/9 Installing : google-chrome-unstable-78.0.3876.0-1.x86_64 9/9 Running scriptlet: google-chrome-unstable-78.0.3876.0-1.x86_64 9/9 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.AQSZLu: line 612: service: command not found Verifying : libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-24.fc30.x86_64 1/9 Verifying : libdbusmenu-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_64 2/9 Verifying : libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_64 3/9 Verifying : liberation-fonts-1:2.00.5-1.fc30.noarch 4/9 Verifying : libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-14.fc30.x86_64 5/9 Verifying : redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.fc30.x86_64 6/9 Verifying : redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.fc30.x86_64 7/9 Verifying : spax-1.5.3-16.fc30.x86_64 8/9 Verifying : google-chrome-unstable-78.0.3876.0-1.x86_64 9/9 Installed: google-chrome-unstable-78.0.3876.0-1.x86_64 libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0-24.fc30.x86_64 libdbusmenu-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_64 libdbusmenu-gtk3-16.04.0-11.fc30.x86_64 liberation-fonts-1:2.00.5-1.fc30.noarch libindicator-gtk3-12.10.1-14.fc30.x86_64 redhat-lsb-core-4.1-47.fc30.x86_64 redhat-lsb-submod-security-4.1-47.fc30.x86_64 spax-1.5.3-16.fc30.x86_64 Complete!
- Click the following “f” icon in the lower left corner to bring up the Application Launcer:
It raises the Application Launcher dialog:
Enter Chrome inside the search field and it launches the Chrome browser:
As always, I hope this helps those trying to do the same thing.
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