Install Google Chrome on Fedora 40/39, CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8, Rocky Linux 9/8
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This guide explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora 40/39/38/37 and CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8.5 / Rocky Linux 9.4/8.5. 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 40/39/38/37, CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8.5 / Rocky Linux 9.4/8.5⌗
1. Change to root user.⌗
sudo -i
## OR ##
su -
2. Enable Google DNF/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 40/39/38/37⌗
dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories
dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 9.4/8.5⌗
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 DNF⌗
3.1 Install Google Chrome Stable Version⌗
## Install Google Chrome Stable version ##
## Fedora 40/39/38/37 ##
dnf install google-chrome-stable
## CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 9.4/8.5 ##
dnf install google-chrome-stable
3.2 Install Google Chrome Beta Version⌗
## Install Google Chrome Beta version ##
## Fedora 40/39/38/37 ##
dnf install google-chrome-beta
## CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 9.4/8.5 ##
dnf install google-chrome-beta
3.3 Install Google Chrome Unstable Version⌗
## Install Google Chrome Unstable version ##
## Fedora 40/39/38/37 ##
dnf install google-chrome-unstable
## CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 9.4/8.5 ##
dnf install google-chrome-unstable
4. Note for Fedora 40/39/38/37 and CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8 / Rocky Linux 9/8 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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