Install chrome 50 on ubuntu 16.04 lts

Chrome is the Google browser that competes with the best on the market such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera among others. The Google browser is available for Linux WIndows and Mac OS X in addition to mobile platforms. We teach you how to install the latest stable version, Chrome 50 on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS operating system.

Install Chrome 50 on your Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS 64-bit

Chrome 50 is not found in the official repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, so we must install an additional repository to proceed with its installation. This procedure is very simple and we only have to write a few lines in the terminal to be able to enjoy all the benefits of Chrome 50.

First we add the repository that contains the latest Chrome 50 version:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main"> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'

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

Then we can only reload the apt cache and install Chrome on our Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

This new Chrome version includes numerous performance improvements to speed up page loading and fixes more than 20 bugs that have been present in previous versions. Another aspect to keep in mind is that this version of Chrome is only compatible with 64-bit operating systems and processors, a requirement that today is very easy to fulfill.

If it fails and you get a " failed to fetch " message, you should go to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list path and replace its content with:

deb http://dl.google.com/linux/ chrome / deb / stable main