![]() ![]() ![]() So it seems that Chrome somehow uses xdg-desktop-portal. However, I eventually found out about xdg-desktop-portal, and a user bringing up that KDE no longer had the write file picker, either. use XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde to see if Chrome is using that setting to find dolphin.uninstalled thunar, and installed dolphin to see if it’s an issue with the file manager.I tried a few things, which did not change the file manager from GTK: I came to learn that Chrome will, for GTK desktop environments, us the GTK file manager, which had the bug I mentioned above. I will choose the stable package to install, the same as I chose for the other installation method.But Chrome doesn’t seem to honor that. Now, to install Google Chrome in Arch Linux using yay: yay -S google-chromeĪs you see, yay found all the available packages related to Google Chrome. Makepkg -si Step 2: Install Google Chrome using AUR helper You should install it if you haven’t got it already: sudo pacman -S -needed base-devel git There are quite a few AUR Helpers to choose but in this tutorial, I will use yay which I have installed on my machine. Step 1: Install an AUR helper (if you haven’t got one already) If not, please read our articles on what is AUR and what are AUR helpers and how to install them. I hope that you are familiar with the concept of AUR (Arch User Repository) and AUR helpers. Method 1: Installing Google Chrome with an AUR Helper I will cover both options in this tutorial. You can install Google Chrome using an AUR Helper easily or use Git to install it without AUR helper. You can go to Chrome’s website and download the DEB or RPM installer files and install it easily.Īrch Linux users may notice that there is no package for them on the official Google Chrome website.įortunately, Google Chrome is available on Arch User Repository (AUR) for Arch, Manjaro and other Arch-based Linux distributions. Installing Google Chrome is easy in Ubuntu and Fedora based distribution. You won’t even find Chrome in the software center. It is not open source software and this is why you won’t see it preinstalled in Linux distributions you use. Google Chrome is undeniably the most popular web browser. Brief: A step-by-step beginner’s tutorial showing how to install Google chrome in Arch, Manjaro and other Arch-based Linux distributions. ![]()
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