This is essentially the same thing as configuring email to load images only when you click a “load images” link. About halfway down the content settings list is a “Plug-ins” entry, which will likely be set to “Run automatically.” Instead, select “Click to play.” In the Chrome menu, go to “Preferences,” scroll all the way down in the menu, and click on “Show advanced settings…” The first item in the expanded advanced settings list will be “Privacy,” and click on the “Content Settings” button right under that. You’ll have to dig a couple of levels deep into your Chrome settings.įirst, shut down all your Chrome windows without quitting the program. Deactivating it isn't entirely intuitive, though-there's no mention of the Helper outside of your Activity Monitor and forum complaints. You'll just have to opt in to view plug-in content on a case-by-case basis. I will choose the stable package to install, the same as I chose for the other installation method.This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.ĭisabling Helper's auto-helping is easy, and it won't prevent you from using plug-ins. Now, to install Google Chrome in Arch Linux using yay: yay -S google-chromeĪs you see, yay found all the available packages related to Google Chrome. Makepkg -si Step 2: Install Google Chrome using AUR helper You should install it if you haven’t got it already: sudo pacman -S -needed base-devel git There are quite a few AUR Helpers to choose but in this tutorial, I will use yay which I have installed on my machine. Step 1: Install an AUR helper (if you haven’t got one already) If not, please read our articles on what is AUR and what are AUR helpers and how to install them. I hope that you are familiar with the concept of AUR (Arch User Repository) and AUR helpers. Method 1: Installing Google Chrome with an AUR Helper I will cover both options in this tutorial.
You can install Google Chrome using an AUR Helper easily or use Git to install it without AUR helper. You can go to Chrome’s website and download the DEB or RPM installer files and install it easily.Īrch Linux users may notice that there is no package for them on the official Google Chrome website.įortunately, Google Chrome is available on Arch User Repository (AUR) for Arch, Manjaro and other Arch-based Linux distributions. Installing Google Chrome is easy in Ubuntu and Fedora based distribution. You won’t even find Chrome in the software center.
It is not open source software and this is why you won’t see it preinstalled in Linux distributions you use. Google Chrome is undeniably the most popular web browser. Brief: A step-by-step beginner’s tutorial showing how to install Google chrome in Arch, Manjaro and other Arch-based Linux distributions.
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