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This guide explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora 43/42, CentOS Stream, Red Hat (RHEL), Rocky Linux, and Alma Linux versions 10.1, 9.7, and 8.10. Best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM/DNF repository.

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Install Google Chrome on Fedora 43/42, CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) / Rocky Linux / Alma Linux 10.1 / 9.7 / 8.10⌗

1. Change to root user.⌗ 

sudo -i
## OR ##
su -

2. Enable Google DNF/YUM repository⌗

Note: Google Chrome Linux version doesn’t get any 32-bit (x86) updates and 32-bit repo is also removed. If you have 32-bit version installed, then you can use it, but you can’t get security updates or other updates anymore.

Fedora 43/42⌗ 

dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories

dnf config-manager setopt google-chrome.enabled=1

CentOS Stream / RHEL / Rocky Linux / Alma Linux 10.1 / 9.7 / 8.10⌗

Run following command (copy & paste all lines to console) to create /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo file:

cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
EOF

3. Install Google Chrome with DNF⌗

3.1 Install Google Chrome Stable Version⌗ 

## Install Google Chrome Stable version ##
## Fedora 43/42 ##
dnf install google-chrome-stable

## CentOS Stream / RHEL / Rocky Linux / Alma Linux 10.1 / 9.7 / 8.10 ##
dnf install google-chrome-stable

3.2 Install Google Chrome Beta Version⌗ 

## Install Google Chrome Beta version ##
## Fedora 43/42 ##
dnf install google-chrome-beta

## CentOS Stream / RHEL / Rocky Linux / Alma Linux 10.1 / 9.7 / 8.10 ##
dnf install google-chrome-beta

3.3 Install Google Chrome Unstable Version⌗ 

## Install Google Chrome Unstable version ##
## Fedora 43/42 ##
dnf install google-chrome-unstable

## CentOS Stream / RHEL / Rocky Linux / Alma Linux 10.1 / 9.7 / 8.10 ##
dnf install google-chrome-unstable

4. Troubleshooting⌗

4.1 Wayland Issues⌗

If you have problems with Wayland, then fallback to Xorg with modifying /etc/gdm/custom.conf file:

# GDM configuration storage

[daemon]
# Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
WaylandEnable=false

[security]
...

4.2 Missing Google Chrome Icon⌗

If Google Chrome icon doesn’t appear in application menu, you can fix the .desktop file icon path. Run following commands as root user.

Find Google Chrome icon location:

## Stable ##
find /opt/google/chrome -name "*.png" | grep product_logo

## Beta ##
find /opt/google/chrome-beta -name "*.png" | grep product_logo

## Unstable ##
find /opt/google/chrome-unstable -name "*.png" | grep product_logo

Copy icon to system icon directory:

## Stable ##
cp /opt/google/chrome/product_logo_256.png /usr/share/pixmaps/google-chrome.png

## Beta ##
cp /opt/google/chrome-beta/product_logo_256_beta.png /usr/share/pixmaps/google-chrome-beta.png

## Unstable ##
cp /opt/google/chrome-unstable/product_logo_256_dev.png /usr/share/pixmaps/google-chrome-unstable.png

Update icon cache:

gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor -f

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