- Installing Chromium or Google Chrome browsers
- Chromium and Google Chrome web browsers
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Installing the browsers
- Installing Chromium
- Installing Chromium using Software (GUI)
- Installing Chromium using Terminal
- Installing Chrome
- Installing Chrome using Software (GUI)
- Installing Chrome using Terminal
- Install Google Chrome on Fedora 38/37, CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8, Rocky Linux 8.5
- Install Google Chrome on Fedora 38/37/36/35, CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8.5 / Rocky Linux 8.5⌗
- 1. Change to root user.⌗
- 2. Enable Google DNF/YUM repository⌗
- Fedora 38/37/36/35⌗
- CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 8.5⌗
- 3. Install Google Chrome with DNF⌗
- 3.1 Install Google Chrome Stable Version⌗
- 3.2 Install Google Chrome Beta Version⌗
- 3.3 Install Google Chrome Unstable Version⌗
- 4. Note for Fedora 38/37/36/35 and CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8 /Rocky Linux 8 Wayland users⌗
- See Also
- How to Install Google Chrome on Fedora [Beginner’s Tutorial]
- Method 1: Install Google Chrome on Fedora from the Software Center
- Method 2: Installing Google Chrome on Fedora from Chrome website
- Method 3: Install Chrome on Fedora using command line
- Conclusion
Installing Chromium or Google Chrome browsers
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Chromium and Google Chrome web browsers
Fedora Workstation, in its out of the box configuration, only includes free and open source software. Mozilla Firefox is the browser included in Fedora Workstation by default. However, it easy to install either Google Chrome or Chromium, if preferred.
Chromium
Chromium is the upstream project for Google Chrome. Chromium is included in the Fedora Repositories. Fedora’s Chromium package only contains free and open source software, so does not include several features of Google Chrome that rely on proprietary software.
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a popular web browser developed by Google. Chrome is built on top of the open-source browser project, Chromium. Chrome includes additional features such as support for proprietary media files (such as H.264 or AAC) and playback of rights-protected media (Netflix, etc.) Chrome also includes support for other Google services such as browser sync and location services, which are not supported by Chromium.
Google Chrome is available in Fedora Workstation via a curated third-party repository. Once this repository is enabled, Chrome can be installed via Software or the command line.
Installing the browsers
Both Chromium and Google Chrome can be installed on Fedora.
Installing Chromium
Chromium can be installed using the Software application and via command line.
Installing Chromium using Software (GUI)
- Click on Software tool in Fedora.
- Search for Chromium Web Browser.
- Click on Install.
Installing Chromium using Terminal
If you require support for non-free multimedia formats like H.264 or AAC, or the ability to play DRM-protected media such as Netflix, Spotify, etc. it may be preferable to install the chromium-freeworld package from the RPM Fusion repositories, as the necessary plug-ins are already built-in.
Installing Chrome
Chrome can be installed using Software or a terminal, once the repository is enabled.
Installing Chrome using Software (GUI)
- Open the Software application.
- Click on the menu at the top right and select Software Repositories.
- Make sure Third Party Repositories is enabled. If the button label is Install, then click that button to install the third party repositiories. If the button reads Remove All then the third party repositories are already installed.
You can now search for Google Chrome in Software, and install it.
Installing Chrome using Terminal
The additional repositories can also be managed using a terminal and DNF.
$ sudo dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories
$ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
$ sudo dnf install google-chrome-stable
If you want to install the Chrome Dev Channel version, use the following command:
$ sudo dnf install google-chrome-unstable
If you want to install Chrome Beta use the following:
$ sudo dnf install google-chrome-beta
Install Google Chrome on Fedora 38/37, CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8, Rocky Linux 8.5
This guide explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora 38/37/36/35 and CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8.5 / Rocky Linux 8.5. Best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM/DNF repository.
Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Fedora 38/37/36/35:
Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5:
Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on CentOS Stream 9/8:
Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Rocky Linux 8.5:
Install Google Chrome on Fedora 38/37/36/35, CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8.5 / Rocky Linux 8.5⌗
1. Change to root user.⌗
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 38/37/36/35⌗
dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 8.5⌗
Run following command (copy & paste all lines to console) to create /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo file:
cat /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 38/37/36/35 ## dnf install google-chrome-stable ## CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 8.5 ## dnf install google-chrome-stable
3.2 Install Google Chrome Beta Version⌗
## Install Google Chrome Beta version ## ## Fedora 38/37/36/35 ## dnf install google-chrome-beta ## CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 8.5 ## dnf install google-chrome-beta
3.3 Install Google Chrome Unstable Version⌗
## Install Google Chrome Unstable version ## ## Fedora 38/37/36/35 ## dnf install google-chrome-unstable ## CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8.5 /Rocky Linux 8.5 ## dnf install google-chrome-unstable
4. Note for Fedora 38/37/36/35 and CentOS Stream / RHEL 9/8 /Rocky Linux 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] .
See Also
- YUM Query Available Packages From Specific Repository on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat
- YUM History (list, info, summary, repeat, redo, undo, new)
- Install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 on Fedora 24/23, CentOS/RHEL 7.2/6.8
- VirtualBox 7.0.8 on Fedora 38/37/36, CentOS/RHEL 9/8/7
- Install Memcached on Fedora 29/28, CentOS/RHEL 7.5/6.10
- Install PostgreSQL 8.4 Database Server on CentOS, Fedora, Red Hat
- nginx, PHP 5.3 and FastCGI on CentOS 5.5, Fedora 13, Red Hat RHEL 5.5/6
- Fedora 13 nVidia Drivers Install Guide (disable the nouveau driver)
- Google search from Linux and UNIX command line
- Linux: Create Text File on Linux Shell / Command Line
- Linux locate command: Find Files and Directories Quickly and Efficiently
- cURL: Check Nginx/Apache Compression (br, gzip, deflate) is Working
- Add Hostname, Date, Time, Uptime, Load Average to Linux Terminal Title
- PHP CLI Colors – PHP Class Command Line Colors (bash)
- Delete files securely on Linux – Journaled file systems
How to Install Google Chrome on Fedora [Beginner’s Tutorial]
Fedora comes with Firefox as the default web browser. Despite it being an excellent web browser, you may prefer the popular Google Chrome browser.
If you are wondering how to install Google Chrome on Fedora, let me show you two ways of installing Google Chrome, graphical method and command line method.
It is up to you which method you prefer. Your Google Chrome on Fedora will be getting regular updates via the system updates in all the three methods.
Method 1: Install Google Chrome on Fedora from the Software Center
Fedora provides a third-party repository that contains some popular proprietary software, graphics driver. Google Chrome is one of them.
First step, make sure to enable third-party repositories in Fedora. You should see this option in the software center itself.
Once you have it enabled, simply search for Chrome in the software center:
And install it from there:
Can it be any easier than this? I don’t think either 🙂
Method 2: Installing Google Chrome on Fedora from Chrome website
If you do not want to enable the third-party repository, that’s okay. You don’t have to. You can download the RPM file from Chrome’s website, double-click on it and install it. Yes, installing RPM file on Fedora is that simple.
Visit Google Chrome’s website and click on the download button.
Then select the .rpm package and click on “Accept and Install”.
Once the download is over, double click on the file and click install when prompted at the package manager. Type your password and wait until the process is done.
That’s super easy, right? Let’s see somewhat complicated method (if you are not a terminal fan).
Method 3: Install Chrome on Fedora using command line
Firstly, you need to add extra Fedora repositories (that you saw in method 1):
sudo dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories
And then enable Google Chrome repository.
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
To install the Google Chrome stable release, run the following command at your terminal.
sudo dnf install google-chrome-stable
You should get a warning for importing the GPG key, enter y to continue.
You are adding the Google Chrome repository. The package comes from this repository, directly from Google.
Conclusion
Installing Google chrome on Fedora is fairly easy, even if you use the command line. It’s pretty much the same as installing Chrome on Ubuntu except the third-party repository part.
Now that you have installed it, you may want to check our list of Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts to use the browser faster.
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