Install Google Chrome 46.0.2490.80 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint Derivative System



Install Google Chrome 46.0.2490.80 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana derivative system

Google Chromeor Chrome, is a web browser software that tries to compete with major players, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and even the Opera web browser. It is available for the Linux, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems. But Google Chrome is more than a web browser, as it combines sophisticated open source technology, borrowed from the Chromium application, into a minimal design, all in order to help users surf the web much faster, a lot easier, and safer than ever before.

Features at a glance

A unique functionality of the Google Chrome application is its ability to search the web directly from the address bar. Just type one or more words in the address bar and immediately get suggestions for popular web pages. The application displays thumbnails of your top websites on the new tab page, a function that is popularly called Speed Dial. This functionality is also available on other similar products, and it allows you to easily access your favorite web pages instantly, with lightning speed, from any new tab.

What New in Google Chrome 46.0.2490.71:

  • High CVE-2015-6755: Cross-origin bypass in Blink. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski.
  • High CVE-2015-6756: Use-after-free in PDFium. Credit to anonymous.
  • High CVE-2015-6757: Use-after-free in ServiceWorker. Credit to Collin Payne.
  • High CVE-2015-6758: Bad-cast in PDFium. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
  • Medium CVE-2015-6759: Information leakage in LocalStorage. Credit to Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea).
  • Medium CVE-2015-6760: Improper error handling in libANGLE. Credit to lastland.net.
  • Medium CVE-2015-6761: Memory corruption in FFMpeg. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG and anonymous.
  • Low CVE-2015-6762: CORS bypass via CSS fonts. Credit to Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea).

How to Install Google Chrome 46.0.2490.80 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint Derivative System

To Install Google Chrome 46.0.2490.80 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana derivative system,  open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

Download Chrome :
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
Install :

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install -f