How do I install Chromium from the command line?

Question

I have already tried using the Ubuntu Software Center, but it won't install the Chromium browser. How can I install it using the terminal?

Solution 1

You can type in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Solution 2

First get Chromium by typing :

 sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

int the terminal , enter the password if any . Then type "

chromium-browser

to launch the browser . It will pop up a notification asking to make it default browser or not . Configure it as you want and you are ready to go .

Solution 3

If you are getting error like "E: Package 'chromium-browser' has no installation candidate"

Follow below commands to install chromium browser to your Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install chromium-browser

Comments

[Admin]

For those of us who want to install chromium from a PPA without using snap: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-chromium-builds/stage sudo apt update sudo apt install chromium-browser

[don.joey]

Chromium and Google Chrome are not the same thing. This would have been a good answer if the questions were 'how can I install Google Chrome'...

[Mostafa Ahangarha]

to run Chromium you should run chromium-browser not google-chrome. Please correct it. Moreover, it was already posted before. Why have you posted this answer again?

[17xande]

You can also install it as a snap: sudo snap install chromium.

[walnut_salami]

Hmm seems like even the apt way installs it as snap anyways?