I am using Ubuntu 17.04 and Chromium browser. I just noticed that in my Google account permission page, I had given full access to Ubuntu. I never did that. So I revoked it. When I did that, I noticed my Chromium browser and all my gmail tabs were signed out. When I signed in again, Ubuntu has gained full access to my account.   Therefore, I installed Google Chrome. when I did that, I resolved this problem.   I installed Chromium browser by typing in   sudo apt-get install chromium-browser   Here is a screenshot to prove my statement.     It is ridiculous if Ubuntu has actually gained full access to my Google account. I did not authorize it and it seems very unethical of Canonical to do it. But may be this some mistake of mine. If so, I apologise for my statement. Either way, I would like to know what is the reason for this to happen with Chromium but not  with Google Chrome browser.  Appreciate your valuable time.   My Chromium version Version : 58.0.3029.96 Built on Ubuntu , running on Ubuntu 17.04 (64-bit) My Google Chrome version Version 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit)
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The same (or similar) topic was already covered on Ask Ubuntu some time ago:  I just performed a new clean installation of Ubuntu 16.04. To my surprise, the &quot;Ubuntu app&quot; was still showing up and has full access to my Google account. I don't understand why, it's quite frustrating. What is this? I have not given &quot;Ubuntu&quot; such permission. Might it be some malicious code? Might this malicious code come from some of the Chromium extensions I have installed, which re-install themselves when I'm starting up and logging in with Chromium for the first time? I have installed Chromium by using the terminal: sudo apt-get install chromium-browser  Also, the Ubuntu URL is &quot;http://&quot; and not the official &quot;https://&quot;.
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I want to uninstall Chrome OS and install Ubuntu instead. How would I do this?
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chrome://gpu/     And      google-chrome --version  Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93           How To Enable WebGL In Chrome On Ubuntu ?
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I would like to install Chrome on Ubuntu 14.04 32bit, but it's no longer supported.
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It gets so horrible that I can not even switch to TTY1 to force a reboot. I have to hard reset, and I lose work.  Ideally, I would like to be able to use the chrome browser on Ubuntu without having to keep reminding myself to close tabs.   Are there any extensions for Chrome, or tools for Ubuntu that can help prevent me going past the point where Ubuntu eats up all the RAM and becomes incapacitated?
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Is installing Ubuntu on my Chromebook potentially dangerous to anything on my Chromebook? I got it as a gift, so I don't want to destroy anything that is important on the laptop. Also, which is better for being able to safely install Ubuntu: ChrUbuntu or Crouton? I'm using the Samsung Chromebook 3 (as described by the quick-start manual). Does that make any other differences as well?
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I just upgraded to Ubuntu 19.10 and to my horror I discovered that the default browser Chromium can no longer access other partitions than /home.  This means that my partitions containing music and videos (/multimedia) for instance are no longer accessible e.g. to upload into Google Drive. This includes USB partitions.   I found another description of this phenomenon here:  where it says  "Also, while we acknowledge that most users will only need to access their home folders, it’s worthy to mention that you no longer can access system files &amp; folders from inside Chromium (You can’t access anything except your home folder). This means that if you are to upload a file or an image for example into the Internet using an uploading website, then this file/image must be in your home folder, as you can not access directories such as /usr, /etc or other directories located in your root partition. In fact, you no longer can access any other partition at all, this includes USB sticks and other booted partitions:"  I wonder why this behaviour been introduced? it violates the whole idea of multiple disks, partitions and symlinks. Btw, this still works for Firefox.  My questions are   Are there any plans to fix this? I expect one reason for this behaviour is about security. If so, is it possible to explain why and how that makes for better security? The files on other partitions are legitimately accessible by the user anyway e.g. through symlinks. But with this change, I'll have to move them to /home before uploading so still accessing them although more slowly and cumbersome.  If this behaviour is now permanent, the question is how should we incorporate multiple disks in our filesystem?  Alternatively, can someone tell me how to find and install the debian package. I haven't been able to locate it?   This is not a duplicate of  because that is about a specific error during installation that I didn't get. My question is about the access chromium has in Ubuntu 19.10.  Anyway, I solved the problem via the following command by using the original debian package from Google:  sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable   After that I can now access my other partitions again. I know this is hacky in the sense that the package isn't native to Ubuntu so I would really like to get some advice on how to incorporate multiple disks and partitions with this new restricted behaviour of Chromium.  Thank you very much
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How can I set Google Chrome as the default browser? If I set it in the browser settings, nothing happens. The browser says it's default, but in preferred applications in Gnome, there's only Firefox to choose from. Clicking any link i.e in Thunderbird opens a blank Firefox window, not with the link embedded. Can I set the  default browser in dconf2 or any configuration file?
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I'm looking for a portable version of Chrome (not Chromium) that I can work with on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I can only find Chromium or really outdated versions. Due to limitation on the machine I'm using, I cannot install Wine or utilize any admin features as I am on a standard account. Ideally, I would rather have an official version or at least one that exists in a repository that I can apt-get from.   (I understand that apt-get requires sudo, I can use it for the initial vagrant setup, but that's all. Hence why I would need non-admin methods)
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I use Chrome across 4 different workstations and I have my extensions synced across all of them.  The problem I have is that one of the extensions () works great if you've got an actual mouse, but on a trackpad on Ubuntu, it just gets in the way.  If I disable it on the Ubuntu machine, it gets disabled on all Chrome installations due to its .  Q: Can I selectively disable an extension on just a single machine?
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I have installed the 14.04 LTS in clean. then I use wget the chrome.deb for 64 bit from Google and dpkg -i *.deb to install the chrome in my Ubuntu 14.04,however I can't launch it and get errors as below, could you please help me to solve this problem?  $ google-chrome [2697:2697:0616/211443:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(394)] readlink failed: no authority [2697:2697:0616/211443:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(240)] readlink(/home/frank/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed: no authority [2697:2697:0616/211443:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(240)] readlink(/home/frank/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed: no authority [2697:2697:0616/211443:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(264)] Failed to create /home/frank/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock: no authority [2697:2697:0616/211443:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(394)] readlink failed: no authority [2697:2697:0616/211443:ERROR:process_singleton_linux.cc(240)] readlink(/home/frank/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed: no authority [2697:2697:0616/211443:ERROR:chrome_browser_main.cc(1209)] Failed to create a ProcessSingleton for your profile directory. This means that running multiple instances would start multiple browser processes rather than opening a new window in the existing process. Aborting now to avoid profile corruption.
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When I do  apt-get install chromium-browser   it downloads some .deb file, and then installs a snap package:  Selecting previously unselected package chromium-browser. (Reading database ... 227048 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../chromium-browser_77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1~snap1_amd64.deb ... =&gt; Installing the chromium snap ==&gt; Checking connectivity with the snap store ==&gt; Installing the chromium snap Warning: /snap/bin was not found in your $PATH. If you've not restarted your          session since you installed snapd, try doing that. Please see          https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/9469 for more details.  chromium 78.0.3904.70 from Canonical✓ installed =&gt; Snap installation complete Unpacking chromium-browser (77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1~snap1) ... Setting up chromium-browser (77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1~snap1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.63ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu1) ... (base) keddad@keddad:~$   But I didn't ask it to get me chromium via snap, I wanted to get a normal .deb package. It works, after all, but it just feels wrong. If I want to get a snap, I use snap, not apt. Why such behavior is considered normal?
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I read through all the related answers, but they do not apply to Ubuntu 14.04.  I have no .gnome2 folder and no Passwords and Encryption keys item in the system settings. I tried to crawl through every possible menu, but I could not find out how to do it.  The popup usually pops out when I start Chromium.
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I have Chromium web browser on my Lubuntu 13.04 (pre-installed).  I use LX Terminal (pre-installed) to write commands. I am trying to download flash player on Chromium using instructions on this :  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:skunk/pepper-flash   After typing in my password, this worked. Now   sudo apt-get update   I didn't need to type in my password, as I continued on the same terminal, but got W:/ and E:/ fetch file errors  sudo apt-get install pepflashplugin-installer   I continued on the same terminal despite the fetch file errors... and they said pepflashplugin-installer could not be found.  Is the last error because of fetch file errors, or because I need to download pepflash-plugin-installer somewhere? Or is it because of something else?  I cannot download the Chrome browser, and not looking to use flash player on my Firefox web browser (installed using lubuntu software center).
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Google Chrome is available for Ubuntu on the Google website but why is it not present in Ubuntu Software Centre?
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I have already tried using the Ubuntu Software Center, but it won't install the Chromium browser. How can I install it using the terminal?
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I've just installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on dual boot. I've looked for many solutions and tried them all but Chrome never starts; the logo appears on the left but no window opens.  I downloaded the deb file on google chrome website and installed it through Ubuntu Software, but it doesn't start.   I have tried installing it through the command line with   sudo dpkg -i --force-depends google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb sudo apt-get install -f   I have checked with uname -a and my system is 64 bit. I have also tried gdebi with the same result.   My repository universe is up to date.  I only have one display in settings>displays> so I can't turn off built-in display nor check the mirror display (I read it could be the problem as I also have a graphic card but it seems it is not in my case).  Here is what I get in the command line when I try to run Chrome from it ( the message is the same, whatever the method I used to install Chrome):  ~$ google-chrome [11831:11831:1122/114854.195473:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(433)] readlink failed: Permission denied (13) [11831:11831:1122/114854.195493:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(256)] readlink(/home/basil/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed: Permission denied (13) [11831:11831:1122/114854.195508:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(256)] readlink(/home/basil/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed: Permission denied (13) [11831:11831:1122/114854.195515:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(280)] Failed to create /home/basil/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock: Permission denied (13) [11831:11831:1122/114854.195538:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(433)] readlink failed: Permission denied (13) [11831:11831:1122/114854.195564:ERROR:process_singleton_posix.cc(256)] readlink(/home/basil/.config/google-chrome/SingletonLock) failed: Permission denied (13) [11831:11831:1122/114854.195622:ERROR:chrome_browser_main.cc(1498)] Failed to create a ProcessSingleton for your profile directory. This means that running multiple instances would start multiple browser processes rather than opening a new window in the existing process. Aborting now to avoid profile corruption. [11831:11868:1122/114854.209297:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(108)] Failed to launch GPU process.   Any new approach will be much appreciated