Early december 2009, Google launched the beta version of the Chrome browser for Linux. They provide RPM and Deb packages, allowing for easy installation.
Sometimes however, you're working on a Linux PC where you do not have root access. The following procedure allows you to install and run Chrome as a normal user:
- Download the .deb package and save it into your home directory
- Unpack it into a subdirectory called Chrome with the following command:
$ dpkg -x google-chrome-beta_current_i386.deb Chrome
- To easily start up the app, create a launcher icon. Here is a good tutorial on adding a launcher to a panel. In the name field, type Chrome. In the command field, type /home/yourusername/Chrome/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome. Click the icon, and go to Chrome/opt/google/chrome to find the icons there.