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I downloaded the Google Chrome update but don't know how to install it?
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Assuming it's in you Downloads folder, open your terminal with CTRL ALT T.

Code:
cd Downloads
sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

However, you should be able to update it just fine with 'sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y', assuming it's properly installed along with the repository. You shouldn't need to download a .deb each time it updates. It should update with the remainder of your system.

Edit: I also just realized that's not Chrome. I couldn't tell what browser it was. So, ignore the above bit about updating.
 
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That screenshot is meaningless.

Hasn't it occurred to you that this site uses English ?
 
@KGIII - just a heads up that the above method (sudo apt install &c) may generate an error about sandboxing.

We'll see how the OP goes, but otherwise sudo dpkg -i in Terminal and using GDebi from the File Manager will work seamlessly - GDebi may require a dependency or two to be installed along the way, they can be OK'ed.

Cheers

Wizard
 
@KGIII - just a heads up that the above method (sudo apt install &c) may generate an error about sandboxing.

It *should* not, unless there's some Mint weirdness that I'm unfamiliar with. I just tested it (albeit with Ubuntu in a VM) and it did exactly what it should have done.
 
Assuming it's in you Downloads folder, open your terminal with CTRL ALT T.

Code:
cd Downloads
sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

However, you should be able to update it just fine with 'sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y', assuming it's properly installed along with the repository. You shouldn't need to download a .deb each time it updates. It should update with the remainder of your system.

Edit: I also just realized that's not Chrome. I couldn't tell what browser it was. So, ignore the above bit about updating.
You have applied the lesson but it has not been updated
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With which program do I install the package because it doesn't seem to work in Terminal?
لقطة الشاشة_2021-01-17_01-42-33.png
 
I can't read that.

If 'it doesn't seem to work in the Terminal', you should be a whole lot more descriptive.
 
It *should* not, unless there's some Mint weirdness that I'm unfamiliar with. I just tested it (albeit with Ubuntu in a VM) and it did exactly what it should have done.

Sorry, but if the download is in another place such as another drive, it does. It is academic if the OP (original poster, that is you, Tariq) has it in downloads.

I had the .deb download to the same spot I keep my stable of .isos, a 300 GB partition on my HDD /dev/sda, and using the apt install method generates this

N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/media/chris/FutureLinux/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

That is a NOTE, but it still installs and launches. In older versions it was prefaced with a W: for Warning.

This applies across a range of Distros, including Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint. It is related to a bug that has been around for years, affecting /var/apt/archives/partial permissions. A few hours ago, I found an article that references it.

https://www.ultralinux.org/post/how-to-install-google-chrome-on-ubuntu-18-04/

The problem does not arise if you use either of

sudo dpkg -i /path-to/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

or install with GDebi through File manager, even if the .deb is in a folder such as mine.

I am thinking that given the OP's difficulty with English, the GUI GDebi approach may be a better option.

What think you, my friend?

Cheers

Wizard
 
Sorry, but if the download is in another place such as another drive,

I get what you're saying now - and no need to be sorry.

GDebi is my favorite solution, actually. I just didn't want to go through the additional step of asking them to install it, for obvious reasons.
 
Easily enough installed (if not already there) through his Software Manager. But we'll start to sound like Mac and Tosh, soon - "After you", "No, after you".

Let's kick back and see what Tariq has to say :) :)

Wizard
 
HTML:
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$ sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for tarek:     
قراءة قوائم الحزم... تمّ0%
E: Unsupported file ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb given on commandline
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$
Code:
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$ sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for tarek:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for tarek:     
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt Upgrade -y
جلب:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease [1811 B]         
جلب:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease [12.1 kB]           
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease                         
جلب:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [109 kB]     
جلب:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]       
جلب:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages [1095 B]
تجاهل:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana InRelease                         
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جلب 5945 kب في 32s (183 kب/ث)                                                 
قراءة قوائم الحزم... تمّ%
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... تمّ
233 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
apt
Usage: apt command [options]
       apt help command [options]

Commands:
  add-repository   - Add entries to apt sources.list
  autoclean        - Erase old downloaded archive files
  autoremove       - Remove automatically all unused packages
  build            - Build binary or source packages from sources
  build-dep        - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
  changelog        - View a package's changelog
  check            - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
  clean            - Erase downloaded archive files
  contains         - List packages containing a file
  content          - List files contained in a package
  deb              - Install a .deb package
  depends          - Show raw dependency information for a package
  dist-upgrade     - Upgrade the system by removing/installing/upgrading packages
  download         - Download the .deb file for a package
  edit-sources     - Edit /etc/apt/sources.list with your preferred text editor
  dselect-upgrade  - Follow dselect selections
  full-upgrade     - Same as 'dist-upgrade'
  held             - List all held packages
  help             - Show help for a command
  hold             - Hold a package
  install          - Install/upgrade packages
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  show             - Display detailed information about a package
  showhold         - Same as 'held'
  showsrc          - Display all the source package records that match the given package name
  source           - Download source archives
  sources          - Same as 'edit-sources'
  unhold           - Unhold a package
  update           - Download lists of new/upgradable packages
  upgrade          - Perform a safe upgrade
  version          - Show the installed version of a package

tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$
 
Not unless you can launch Google Chrome.

Tarek, where did you download the .deb file to?

Was it to /home/tarek/Downloads ? Or if not, where to?

If it was to Downloads, you have to type 2 commands, as @KGIII said above

Code:
cd Downloads
sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Wizard
 
It's case sensitive. You typed "Upgrade".

From your list of packages, you already have Google Chrome installed - or at least already have the repository.

If you need to, copy and paste...

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Aptitude doesn't recognize 'Upgrade'.
 
Not unless you can launch Google Chrome.

Tarek, where did you download the .deb file to?

Was it to /home/tarek/Downloads ? Or if not, where to?

If it was to Downloads, you have to type 2 commands, as @KGIII said above

Code:
cd Downloads
sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Wizard
I can not put bug pictures on the forum
The Google Chrome file is included in Downloads and downloaded from the Chrome page
 
It's case sensitive. You typed "Upgrade".

From your list of packages, you already have Google Chrome installed - or at least already have the repository.

If you need to, copy and paste...

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Aptitude doesn't recognize 'Upgrade'.
HTML:
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for tarek:     
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease           
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease             
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana InRelease   
Hit:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyana Release     
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [101 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [264 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [299 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2468 B]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [1768 B]
Hit:12 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                 
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [109 kB]     
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [24.3 kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [56.5 kB]
Fetched 972 kB in 7s (141 kB/s)                                               
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
233 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$
tarek@Inspiron-N5110:~$
 
...

Copy and paste the *full* command from above, not just part of it.
 

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