Why "google-chrome" does not run chrome?

Question

I try to open Google Chrome by running this command, but the result is strange:

$ google-chrome
Please launch slimjet via the wrapper script: flashpeak-slimjet

Why above command does not open Google Chrome and also what is the meaning of above result?

Edit:

Here is the result of which command:

$ which google-chrome
/usr/bin/google-chrome

Also, /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome and google-chrome-stable both open Google Chrome. But again, my questions are why google-chrome does not?and why flashpeak-slimjet is proposed?

Solution 1

The command to start Google Chrome is /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable, or just google-chrome-stable if /usr/bin is in the PATH as it should. In general, to see what is the command to run a graphical application, use Nautilus to navigate to /usr/share/applications and examine the properties of the launcher, or, in a terminal, look for the line Exec= in the .desktop file.

Solution 2

It's a mess the installer of slimjet, a chromium-based browser (looks pretty much identical, that's probably what you're running sometimes), does in your system, replacing the actual chrome's symlink.

Comments

[Liso]

Try /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --enable-plugins

[hasanghaforian]

@Liso But I do not want to enable plugins.

[Liso]

Remove --enable-plugins option then

[hasanghaforian]

@Liso OK! But why $ google-chrome does not work?

[Parto]

Run this command and post the answer: which google-chrome

[DK Bose]

Try google-chrome-stable.

[hasanghaforian]

@Parto I added result of which command to question, please see it.