How to Install Chrome on Fedora 17
Chrome is one of the most popular web browser developed by Google. Follow these steps to Install Chrome on Fedora 17.
Installing Chrome on Fedora 17
Login as root via Terminal
Add Google YUM Repo
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo
And paste the following
Chrome Repo for Fedora 32-bit
[google-chrome] name=google-chrome – 32-bit baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pubChrome Repo for Fedora 64-bit
[google-chrome] name=google-chrome – 64-bit baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pubSave the file using ":wq"
Install Google Chrome Stable
yum install google-chrome-stable
Install Google Chrome Beta
yum install google-chrome-beta
Install Google Chrome Unstable
yum install google-chrome-unstable
Launching Chrome on Fedora 17
To launch Google Chrome go to Applications > Internet > Google Chrome
Google Chrome Running on Fedora 17
Alternate method of Installing Chrome on Fedora 17
Another way to install Google Chrome is to install Yum Extender, which is a graphical application installer for Fedora and CentOS.
Then add the required google repo for your Fedora version and run Yum Extender. Then go to Yum Extender Groups View > Graphical Internet and you will be able to find Google Chrome there. Then just select Google Chrome and press the apply button. Or you can just search for Google Chrome or Chrome on Yum Extender.
Visit this link if you want to install Yum Extender: Installing Yum Extender on Fedora
Installing Google Chrome on Fedora is that easy. If you face any problem then please leave a comment.
7 Comments
Julio Valencia · December 30, 2012 at 6:34 am
I did everything from above and i get the same error message.
Error: Nothing to do
Julio Valencia · December 30, 2012 at 6:42 am
Sorry my mistake, i did wrong. Thanks for the post.
Blasko · January 25, 2013 at 10:41 am
I am working on fedora 16 followed the instructions and works perfectly.
Thanks
YoYo · April 10, 2015 at 10:54 am
I cant open Google-chrome in my Fedora….When I click the icon its not opening
arifur · April 10, 2015 at 11:55 am
Open up terminal and type google-chrome . It should run if you installed it properly and if it does not then it will throw an error and you can then fix it
roopa · April 10, 2015 at 11:01 am
Hi
I’ve updated the latest version of Google chrome , but it stops working once after the updation. I’ve googled and tried all the methods but still it is not working for me. Please help to sort the problem . Thank you in advance
Afz · December 31, 2015 at 5:21 am
HI,
i got this error ,
EROOR:Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: updates. Please verify its path and try again