Google Chrome is not available in Ubuntu's default apt repositories though Chromium is. It makes installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu not as straightforward as possible.
Google provides .deb package for Google Chrome that you can download and install using dpkg. The installation will automatically add the Google Chrome repository for apt, automatically updating future releases. The .deb package and installation method works for Debian as well.
Related: How to install Chromium on Ubuntu
Or use the <ctrl> + <alt> + <t> keyboard shortcut.
$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb --2020-05-15 07:56:32-- https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb Resolving dl.google.com (dl.google.com)... 172.217.24.174, 2404:6800:4001:800::200e Connecting to dl.google.com (dl.google.com)|172.217.24.174|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 66985784 (64M) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: ‘google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb’ google-chrome-stabl 100%[===================>] 63.88M 34.3MB/s in 1.9s 2020-05-15 07:56:34 (34.3 MB/s) - ‘google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb’ saved [66985784/66985784]
$ sudo dpkg --install google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb [sudo] password for user: Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable. (Reading database ... 178996 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ... Unpacking google-chrome-stable (81.0.4044.138-1) ... Setting up google-chrome-stable (81.0.4044.138-1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable to provide /usr/bin/google-chrome (google-chrome) in auto mode Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
This will also add Google's apt repository for Chrome so Google Chrome in your system will automatically be updated.
$ 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
$ google-chrome
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