How To Install chromium-browser on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-browser on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is chromium-browser
chromium-browser is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
chromium-browser is now replaced by the chromium snap.
Package: chromium-browser Architecture: amd64 Version: 80.0.3987.163-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/web Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 160 Provides: www-browser Pre-Depends: debconf, snapd Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Filename: pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser_80.0.3987.163-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 48336 MD5sum: a59e2f9b4ab636de6e7e7bff345ea16e SHA1: 121d598500b1d55cde78ad093bfe401a64e6e49b SHA256: adb3121a4bb31e696cb0f258d60f94f5310d593a488156586ad64f93b0195ea9 Homepage: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/ Description-en: Transitional package - chromium-browser -> chromium snap This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
chromium-browser is now replaced by the chromium snap.
There are three methods to install chromium-browser on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install chromium-browser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chromium-browser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chromium-browser
Install chromium-browser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chromium-browser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chromium-browser
Install chromium-browser Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install chromium-browser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chromium-browser
How To Uninstall chromium-browser on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the chromium-browser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chromium-browser
Uninstall chromium-browser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chromium-browser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chromium-browser
Remove chromium-browser Configurations and Data
To remove chromium-browser configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chromium-browser
Remove chromium-browser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chromium-browser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chromium-browser
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-browser package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
