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.

Tutorial video:

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

Open terminal from the Dock or from the Applications overview search.

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]

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

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

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