How to Install Google Chrome on Debian 11

Google Chrome is fastest, powerful and most popular web browser. It’s secure browser and easy to use for the latest web. It is based on Chromium browser which is available in Debian repositories. In this tutorial we will show you steps to install Google Chrome web browser on Debian 11.

Prerequisites#

• Before you starting installation, you should logged in as a non-root user with sudo privileges.

How to Install Google Chrome on Debian 11#

Follow the below given steps to install Google Chrome on your Debian 11 system:

Step 1 – Update your system

First of all, you need to update your Debian system by issuing below given command:

sudo apt update

It will index all the system packages.

Step 2 – Download latest Google Chrome package

After that, start your system terminal and download latest Google Chrome .deb package using below given wget command:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Step 3 – Install Google Chrome

Once the download has been completed, install Google Chrome on your Debian system using apt command:

sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

You will be prompt you to enter your password. Enter your system password and hit Enter key to continue.

Step 3 – Start Google Chrome

Now Google Chrome is installed on you Debian system. You can start it either by using command line by typing google-chrome or you can click on Google Chrome icon from Activities → Google Chrome.

If you will Google Chrome for first time, it will show a dialog like as below. It will ask, if you want to make Google Chrome your default browser and to send usage statistic and crash reports to Google:

Select according to your preference, and click OK to proceed.

After that, Google Chrome will open and you can see default chrome welcome page as given below:

Finally, installation is completed and you can enjoy browsing with Google Chrome.

Upgrade Google Chrome#

At the time of installation, Google Chrome official repository will be added to your Debian 11 machine. You can verify the file contents using cat command:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

It will confirm that your Google Chrome installation do update automatically when a new version released.

Conclusion#

You have successfully learned how to install Google Chrome on Debian 11 Bullseye. You also can import bookmarks, passwords and settings into Chrome from your another browsers.

If you facing any issue in installing Google Chrome, please leave comment below.