How do I remove google chrome which is not starting anymore?

12.04 google-chrome uninstall

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Solution 1

Run the following command as root: apt-get purge google-chrome-stable.

Solution 2

Go to /usr/bin, edit google-chrome. I did it with Kate.

At the end of exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@", add --user-data-dir, so it looks like this: exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@" --user-data-dir.

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Nicola Peluchetti

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Nicola Peluchetti almost 2 years
I have tried to make google chrome run as root using this tutorial but now simply Google Chrome won't start.

If I try from terminal with google-chrome I get:
```
root@ubuntu:~# google-chrome 
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
```
If I try to uninstall from the software center, it simply hangs when I click on installed software. I tried apt-get purge but with no success. What do you suggest?
Nicola Peluchetti almost 12 years

I'm new to ubuntu, what is system monitor?
Eric Carvalho almost 12 years

@NicolaPeluchetti Why are you running a browser as root? Please read this: askubuntu.com/questions/16178/why-is-it-bad-to-run-as-root
Nicola Peluchetti almost 12 years

Because i'm lazy and i don't want to type sudo. It's a VM i have to install to develop on node + redis because doing that on windows it's a real pain, i don't see any security issue in doing this. If someone can access my windows user / passowrd i would have problems anyway :)
Arup Roy Chowdhury almost 12 years

Equivalent of Windows Task Manager.
Eliah Kagan almost 12 years

@ArupRoyChowdhury This answer would be improved if you were to add instructions for opening the System Monitor and/or a screenshot showing how. (I would edit this in myself, but I am currently on a Lubuntu system, which uses a different utility, launched differently.)