Google Chrome is the commercial close source browser made by Google which is based on Open Source Chromium project.
Here’s a quick tutorial for installing Google Chrome and Chromium browsers in Arch Linux and Arch Linux based systems.
1) Check for system updates, and install if any:
sudo pacman -Syu
Enter password for sudo. If any updates are found, enter Y for downloading and installing updates.
2) Install Browser:
For installing Chromium Browser:
sudo pacman -S chromium
For installing Google Chrome browser:
Google Chrome is not available in default Arch Linux repositories, as it’s not an Open Source browser. So we need to install Google Chrome Browser from AUR (Arch Linux Repository). Here I am using Yaourt. But any AUR helpers can be used for this purpose.
Google Chrome is available in four versions: Beta, Canary, Dev and stable. Of which Canary is not available for Linux platform (at time of writing this blog). Click here to read more information about it. I installed stable version of Google Chrome browser at time of writing this blog.
For Google Chrome Stable:
yaourt -S google-chrome
For Google Chrome Beta
yaourt -S google-chrome-beta
For Google Chrome Dev
yaourt -S google-chrome-dev
After typing/ pasting commands, Follow on screen instructions for editing PKGBUILD, instillation file, building binaries, etc. After successful installation launch Chromium/ Google chrome from applications or by simply typing alt+F2 and typing google-chrome-stable for stable version of Google Chrome browser and chromium for Chromium browser.
I hope this tutorial has helped you install Chromium/ Google Chrome browser in Arch Linux and other Arch based distributions.
Tanmay Chandane 