I cannot install Chromium or Chrome on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Question

just installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my assembled machine.
Tried to install Chromium via Ubuntu Software or Chrome but installing process stops very soon. Tried to run in terminal:

sudo apt install chromium 

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package chromium is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: chromium-bsu:i386 chromium-bsu E: Package 'chromium' has no installation candidate

sudo apt install chromium-bsu 

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree       Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 chromium-browser-l10n : Depends: chromium-browser (>= 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263) but it is not going to be installed
                         Depends: chromium-browser (< 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263.1~) but it is not going to be installed
 chromium-bsu : Depends: chromium-bsu-data (>= 0.9.14) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: fonts-uralic but it is not going to be installed or
                         ttf-uralic but it is not installable
                Depends: libalut0 (>= 1.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libglc0 (>= 0.7.1) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libsdl-image1.2 (>= 1.2.10) but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).    

Maybe, is there a problem of unmet dependencies..?

Solution

Yes, the problem was dependencies, these are fixed with

sudo apt -f install

The second issue was some left over file from apt's failed attempt to install in /var/cache/apt/archives, to fix this run

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium*

Now Chromium will install

sudo apt install chromium-browser

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Comments

[user535733]

Were there a problem of unmet dependencies, apt would tell you so. Did it?

[Mark Kirby]

Open a terminal and run sudo apt update when it finishes run sudo apt install chromium and add the out put to your question.

[Gianfranco L.]

sassari74@gfl-PC:~$ sudo apt install chromium Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package chromium is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: chromium-bsu:i386 chromium-bsu E: Package 'chromium' has no installation candidate

[Mark Kirby]

the following packages replace it: chromium-bsu:i386 chromium-bsu So for 32bit sudo apt install chromium-bsu:i386 For 64bit: sudo apt install chromium-bsu As for Chrome, the only way to get it is here google.co.uk/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html#eula I would do you a an answer but the question got closed.

[Gianfranco L.]

How to post terminal output? Comment too long...

[Mark Kirby]

Edit it in to your question.

[Gianfranco L.]

just done. but I am not able to indent in a code block..

[Mark Kirby]

Open a terminal and run sudo apt -f install then try sudo apt install chromium-browser my 16.04 says the package should be chromium-browser IDK why it suggested bsu, that is a game.

[Gianfranco L.]

paste.ubuntu.com/23767105

[Mark Kirby]

Run cd /var/cache/apt/archives then ls in the output do you find a file a bit like chromium-browser.deb?

[Gianfranco L.]

sassari74@gfl-PC:~$ cd /var/cache/archives bash: cd: /var/cache/archives: No such file or directory sassari74@gfl-PC:~$ ls Desktop Documents Downloads examples.desktop Music Pictures Public Templates Videos

[Mark Kirby]

You made an error in the command, it is cd /var/cache/apt/archives you missed the /apt

[Gianfranco L.]

excuse me for mistake... I found 3 of it: chromium-browser_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263_amd64.deb chromium-browser-l10n_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263_all.d‌​eb chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.126‌​3_amd64.deb

[Mark Kirby]

OK run sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium* to remove all them, them run sudo apt install chromium-browser and it should install with those broken files gone.

[Gianfranco L.]

got it! how to thank you?

[Mark Kirby]

I will summarize this in an answer, to say thanks, simply accept the answer. Glad this is fixed for you :)

[Gianfranco L.]

Thanks from Italy! peace and love. Ubuntu community will grow because of you!

[Gianfranco L.]

I tried it too. I dowloaded a file .deb; it runs under Ubuntu software but very soon it stops installing.