HOW TO INSTALL GOOGLE CHROME (CHROMIUM) IN KALI LINUX



Google Chrome is an open source web browser who developed by Google. Usually, Google Chrome is use in windows but in linux we call it Chromium. Now Google Chrome is very popular for desktop browser like PC, Smartphone and many else.

When you after install Kali Linux, Iceweasel is a default browser in Kali Linux and it so strange if we not accustomed yet. So, let's install Chromium by follow the steps below.

1.Download the google chrome www.google.com/chrome first and choose ubuntu/debian version.


2. Then, open your terminal (ctrl+alt+t)


3. Go to the download directory ( where you place the chromium deb file ). For example, I put my deb file in Download folder. Type this command

cd Downloads   




4. Type the command below to install Chromium

sudo dpkg -i (.deb file name)

Example :
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb





6. Check the Chromium in Menu > Internet > Chromium, and run it.



7. If you run the chrome as root, it will show the message like the picture






8. To solve it, type this command to your terminal


gedit /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome



9. Then add --user-data-dir after exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@" or like this


exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@" --user-data-dir


10. Then save by type ctrl+s. So you have done to install Chromium

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