I have just got a Raspberry Pi and I want Google Chrome on it. I've downloaded the Chrome file from the Google download page, but I don't know how to open it.
I have no clue about how Raspberry Pis work or how to do anything more complicated than pushing buttons.
The short answer is that you can't install Google Chrome. We have a blog post that goes into depth about the topic in general. The gist of it is that Google Chrome isn't offered for ARM processors.
Chromium can be installed on a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3, though it isn't the same thing.
Regardless of what everyone else says it is possible to install google chrome and all other x86 apps on raspberry pi! Here is a simple instruction on how to install and run Google Chrome on your RPi 3 device.
Configure Raspbian
1.) Google Chrome is CPU intensive application, therefore, we recommend to increase swap space. Open configuration file in Terminal (command line) using the following command:
$ sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile
Raspbian has 100MB of swap by default. You should change it to 2000MB in the configuration file. So you will have to find this line:
CONF_SWAPSIZE=100
And then change it into:
CONF_SWAPSIZE=2048
Press F3 key to save changes and F2 to close the file. Then restart dphys-swapfile to apply changes:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile stop
Then:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile start
Install ExaGear Desktop
2.) Download ExaGear Desktop archive with installation packages and license key. Unpack the downloaded archive by entering the following command in Terminal:
$ tar -xvzpf exagear-desktop-rpi3.tar.gz
3.) Install and activate ExaGear on your RPi by running install-exagear.sh script in a directory with deb packages and one license key:
$ sudo ./install-exagear.sh
Launch Guest X86 System
4.) Enter the guest x86 system by using the following command:
$ exagear
Then:
Starting the shell in the guest image /opt/exagear/images/debian-8
5.) Now you are in the x86 environment that can be checked by running the ‘arch’ command:
$ arch
Then:
i686
6.) It is recommended to update apt-get repositories on the first launch of the guest system:
$ sudo apt-get update
Install Chrome
7.) Download Google Chrome: Use These Cammands:
$ wget http://mirror.retrosnub.co.uk/apt/google/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_48.0.2564.116-1_i386.deb
8.) Install Chrome:
$ sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_48.0.2564.116-1_i386.deb
Then:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Run Chrome
Best to use Iceweasel... It's basically Firefox. In my experience it works well.
To install: sudo apt-get install iceweasel
