How To Install Google Chrome On OpenSUSE Leap

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Google Chrome on OpenSUSE Leap 42.1. We will use the zypper package manager to add Google Chrome repository and then install it.

install Google Chrome on OpenSUSE

Add Google Chrome Repository using the following command. With stands for add repository.
sudo zypper ar http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 Google-Chrome

output:


Adding repository 'Google-Chrome' ..............................................................................................................[done]
Repository 'Google-Chrome' successfully added
Enabled     : Yes                                                
Autorefresh : No                                                 
GPG Check   : Yes                                                
URI         : http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64

Now refresh repository. ref is short of refresh.

sudo zypper ref

Install Google Chrome. in stands for install.

sudo zypper in google-chrome-stable

This command will install the stable version of Google Chrome. If you want beta or unstable version.

sudo zypper in google-chrome-beta sudo zypper in google-chrome-unstable

Actually you can install all three versions of Google Chrome on the same system.



 

Install Chromium Browser On OpenSUSE

Google Chrome is based upon an open source browser named Chromium. Google chrome has a closed-source flash player built in. If you don’t care about flash player or you just want a fast and 100% open source Web browser, then install Chromium on openSUSE with this simple command.
sudo zypper in chromium

Install Chromium Browser On OpenSUSE

 

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