Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Google Chrome 39.0.2171.99 / 40.0.2214.85 Beta released, you can install on Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA


Google Chrome 39.0.2171.99 / 40.0.2214.85 Beta released, you can install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana via PPA
 
Google Chrome, or Chrome, is a web browser software that tries to compete with major players, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and even the Opera web browser. It is available for the Linux, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems. But Google Chrome is more than a web browser, as it combines sophisticated open source technology, borrowed from the Chromium application, into a minimal design, all in order to help users surf the web much faster, a lot easier, and safer than ever before.

What's New in version 39.0.2171.99
  • This release contains an update for Adobe Flash as well as a number of other fixes.

A unique functionality of the Google Chrome application is its ability to search the web directly from the address bar. Just type one or more words in the address bar and immediately get suggestions for popular web pages. The application displays thumbnails of your top websites on the new tab page, a function that is popularly called Speed Dial. This functionality is also available on other similar products, and it allows you to easily access your favorite web pages instantly, with lightning speed, from any new tab.

Google Chrome 39.0.2171.99 / 40.0.2214.85 Beta released, you can install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana via PPA

 
First download and install the key from Google Linux Repository. Or run the following command in the terminal, type the password for the user when prompted.
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
After installing the key, run the below command to add it to the repository.
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
Thats it. Now update your repository and install the browser.
To Update
sudo apt-get update
To Install the Stable version
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
The above command will install the current stable version.
To Install the Beta Version
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta
The above command will install the current beta version. You can also install the unstable version by using the following command.
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
Good Luck !

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