Chromium
is a free and open source web browser which is what the Google Chrome
is based on. They are very similar except that Chromium
doesn't have the proprietary bits that are added to Google Chrome
.
You can install Chromium
on Ubuntu
and other Debian
variance by installing chromium-browser
package using apt
at the terminal. apt
will automatically download and install Chromium
binaries along with required dependencies.
terminal
from the application launcher. apt
's package list from the repository. $ sudo apt update [sudo] password for user: Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease Hit:2 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Get:3 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [111 kB] Get:4 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [98.3 kB] Fetched 210 kB in 2s (121 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done All packages are up to date.
chromium-browser
package via apt
.$ sudo apt install --assume-yes chromium-browser Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: chromium-browser 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 48.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 164 kB of additional disk space will be used.## ### snipped
chromium-browser
from the terminal
or from the application launcher. $ chromium-browser
This guide is tested to be compatible with the following Ubuntu
versions:
Operating System |
---|
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) |
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) |
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) |
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) |
Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) |
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) |
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