How to install Google Chrome on CentOS / Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS doesn't come with Google Chrome pre-installed and neither do they have Google Chrome in their default yum repository.

You can still install Google Chrome for RHEL and CentOS using binaries provided by Google themselves.

Install Google Chrome on CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):

1. Open terminal from the Dock or from the Applications overview search.
2. Download official RPM package for Google Chrome.

   $ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
   --2019-05-18 21:08:31--  https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
   Resolving dl.google.com (dl.google.com)... 172.217.24.174, 2404:6800:4001:80f::200e
   Connecting to dl.google.com (dl.google.com)|172.217.24.174|:443... connected.
   HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
   Length: 58409570 (56M) [application/x-rpm]
   Saving to: ‘google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm’
   
   google-chrome-sta 100%[===========>]  55.70M  17.6MB/s    in 3.2s    
   
   2019-05-18 21:08:34 (17.6 MB/s) - ‘google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm’ saved [58409570/58409570]

3. Install downloaded RPM package using yum.

   $ sudo yum localinstall --assumeyes google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
   [sudo] password for user:
   Updating Subscription Management repositories.
   Last metadata expiration check: 10:28:45 ago on Sat 18 May 2019 10:40:57 AM EDT.
   Dependencies resolved.
   ======================================================================
    Package
          Arch   Version          Repository                        Size
   ======================================================================
   Installing:
    google-chrome-stable
          x86_64 74.0.3729.157-1  @commandline                      56 M
   Installing dependencies:
    libdbusmenu-gtk3
          x86_64 16.04.0-12.el8   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms  41 k
    libXScrnSaver
          x86_64 1.2.3-1.el8      rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms  31 k
    redhat-lsb-core
          x86_64 4.1-47.el8       rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms  45 k
    libdbusmenu
          x86_64 16.04.0-12.el8   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 140 k
    libindicator-gtk3
          x86_64 12.10.1-14.el8   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms  70 k
    libappindicator-gtk3
          x86_64 12.10.0-19.el8   rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms  43 k
    redhat-lsb-submod-security
          x86_64 4.1-47.el8       rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms  22 k
    ncurses-compat-libs
          x86_64 6.1-7.20180224.el8
                                  rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    331 k
    make  x86_64 1:4.2.1-9.el8    rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    498 k
    postfix
          x86_64 2:3.3.1-8.el8    rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    1.5 M
    m4    x86_64 1.4.18-7.el8     rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    223 k
    patch x86_64 2.7.6-8.el8      rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    138 k
    spax  x86_64 1.5.3-13.el8     rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    217 k
    mailx x86_64 12.5-29.el8      rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    257 k
    liberation-serif-fonts
          noarch 1:2.00.3-4.el8   rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms    607 k
    liberation-fonts
          noarch 1:2.00.3-4.el8   rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms     19 k
   
   Transaction Summary
   ======================================================================
   Install  17 Packages
   
   Total size: 60 M
   Total download size: 4.1 M
   Installed size: 207 M
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   The installer also adds Google Chrome repository for yum in /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo where Google Chrome will automatically update in the future.

   $ 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

4. Launch google-chrome from Dock or terminal.
5. Select configuration option and click OK.