This guide explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 and CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 8.3/7.8. Best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM/DNF repository.
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Install Google Chrome on Fedora 34/33/32/31/30, CentOS 8.3/7.8, Red Hat (RHEL) 8.3/7.8
1. Change to root user.
sudo -i
## OR ##
su -
2. Enable Google YUM repository
Note: Google Chrome Linux version doesn’t get any 32-bit (x86) updates and 32-bit repo is also removed. If you have 32-bit version installed, then you can use it, but you can’t get security updates or other updates anymore.
Fedora 34/33/32/31/30
dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories
dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
CentOS/RHEL 8.3/7.8
Run following command (copy & paste all lines to console) to create /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo file:
cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
EOF
3. Install Google Chrome with YUM
3.1 Install Google Chrome Stable Version
## Install Google Chrome Stable version ##
## Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 ##
dnf install google-chrome-stable
## CentOS/RHEL 8.3 ##
dnf install google-chrome-stable
## CentOS/RHEL 7.8 ##
yum install google-chrome-stable
3.2 Install Google Chrome Beta Version
## Install Google Chrome Beta version ##
## Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 ##
dnf install google-chrome-beta
## CentOS/RHEL 8.3 ##
dnf install google-chrome-beta
## CentOS/RHEL 7.8 ##
yum install google-chrome-beta
3.3 Install Google Chrome Unstable Version
## Install Google Chrome Unstable version ##
## Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 ##
dnf install google-chrome-unstable
## CentOS/RHEL 8.3 ##
yum install google-chrome-unstable
## CentOS/RHEL 7.8 ##
yum install google-chrome-unstable
4. Note for Fedora 34/33/32/31/30 and CentOS/RHEL 8 Wayland users
If you have problems, then fallback to Xorg with modifying /etc/gdm/custom.conf file:
# GDM configuration storage
[daemon]
# Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
WaylandEnable=false
[security]
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