How to install Google Chrome for Linux and Mac

Posted by Andrew.

Google Chrome is only released for Windows platform(Windows XP/Vista/7). For other platforms it is still in development stage. There is a development build available at Chrome Dev Channel.

Install Google Chrome on Mac

• Requirements: Intel CPU; Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later.
• Download: GoogleChrome.dmg

Install Google Chrome on Linux

• Requirements: Intel Pentium 4 / Athlon 64 or later CPU; 32- or 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 or later, or 32-bit Debian 5. Support for other Linux distributions is planned; unpacking the .deb files by hand may work.

Note: Installing Google Chrome will add the Google repository so your system will automatically keep Chrome up to date. If you don't want Google's repository, do "sudo touch /etc/default/google-chrome" before installing the package.

• For 32-bit systems: google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb
• For 64-bit systems: google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb

Remember, Dev channel browsers may still crash frequently. See bug-reporting-guidlines-for-the-mac-linux-builds before reporting problems in Mac or Linux Dev channel builds.

Other resource about Google Chrome, Linux and Mac

• Good news for Mac and Linux users: CrossOver Chromium
• Official Google Chrome on Mac OS X: Coming soon!
• Get notice from Google When Chrome for Linux is released
• Get notice from Google When Chrome for Mac is released
• Other Google products for Mac

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