Installing Chromium on Ubuntu 24.04 | Generated by AI
To install Chromium on Ubuntu 24.04, you have a few good options — depending on whether you want the official Snap version, the APT (Debian package) version, or a manual download. Here’s a clean guide for each:
🧩 Option 1: Install via Snap (Official Ubuntu Way)
This is the default and most stable method.
sudo snap install chromium
Then run it with:
chromium
✅ Advantages:
- Officially maintained by Canonical.
- Automatically updates.
⚠️ Disadvantages:
- Startup may be slower.
- Snap sandboxing can cause issues with system proxies or file access.
⚙️ Option 2: Install via APT (Debian Package, Non-Snap)
If you don’t like Snap, you can install Chromium from a third-party repo such as the official Debian build provided by ungoogled-chromium or OBS.
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Add the OBS repo:
sudo apt install wget gnupg wget -qO - https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Ubuntu_24.04/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/ungoogled-chromium.gpg -
Add the repository:
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/ungoogled-chromium.gpg] https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Ubuntu_24.04/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ungoogled-chromium.list -
Install Chromium:
sudo apt update sudo apt install ungoogled-chromium
Then run it with:
ungoogled-chromium
✅ Advantages:
- No Snap dependency.
- Privacy-hardened version available.
⚠️ Disadvantages:
- Updates come slower than Snap.
- Some features (like Google Sync) disabled.
🧰 Option 3: Install from Chromium’s Official Build (Manual)
If you want the latest developer version:
sudo apt install chromium-browser
If it redirects to Snap and you want to avoid that:
sudo apt purge chromium-browser
sudo apt install chromium
Or, download a .deb file manually:
wget https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Linux_x64/LAST_CHANGE -O /tmp/LAST_CHANGE
LATEST=$(cat /tmp/LAST_CHANGE)
wget "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Linux_x64/${LATEST}/chrome-linux.zip"
unzip chrome-linux.zip
./chrome-linux/chrome
🌍 Note on Proxy Settings
Since your system uses:
HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:7890
HTTPS_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:7890
make sure Snap and APT respect your proxy by exporting these in /etc/environment or your shell profile:
export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:7890
export https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:7890
Would you like me to show how to make Chromium automatically use that proxy (so that it always connects through it)?