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Created: 2026-08-14T15:39:58-07:00 · Part 1 of 1

Darren2026-08-14T15:39:57-07:00

So, I'm at a different location, a new machine. It's got Linux Mint on it. It's, I think, an i5 with an okay set of memory, and it should do fine. What I'm looking to do is get the terminal command to install Chrome.

ChatGPT2026-08-14T15:40:00-07:00 · gpt-5-4-thinking

On Linux Mint, the clean way to install Google Chrome from the terminal is:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb &amp;&amp; sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

If wget is not installed, use:

sudo apt update &amp;&amp; sudo apt install wget -y

Then run the Chrome install command again.

If you want, I can also give you:

a step-by-step safer version, or
the command for Chromium instead of Chrome.

Darren2026-08-14T15:41:11-07:00

I appreciate that, but I have to run Claude Desktop here, and then Claude in Chrome. So, yeah, requirements.

ChatGPT2026-08-14T15:41:12-07:00 · gpt-5-6-thinking

Yep — in that case Chrome proper, not Chromium, makes sense. Claude’s web experience can care about the exact browser environment, extensions, sign-in behavior, and whatever Anthropic is currently expecting.

And on Mint, that .deb install is the right route anyway; it also adds Google’s repository, so Chrome should update through the normal package manager afterward.

So your one-liner is still:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb &amp;&amp; sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Then launch it with:

google-chrome

That machine should be perfectly adequate for Chrome + Claude unless the memory is unusually low.