If you are running the CentOS operating system and try to install Google Chrome you will probably be disappointed. The Browser Google Chrome no longer supports the most famous commercial distribution RHEL 6.x and all its free clones such as CentOS and Scientific Linux.
Yes, Google is reported to have stopped support for RHEL 6.X distribution while on the other hand, Firefox and Opera browser appear to be facing no particular problems on the same platforms.
Below we will describe how to install Google Chrome using a script developed by Richard Lloyd.
The script will download the latest version of Google's browser, and select the libraries they need by placing them in the / opt / google / chrome folder.
So you will be able to run it application even if it no longer supports them distributions RHEL and CentOS.
Open the terminal and run the following commands:
wget http://chrome.richardlloyd.org.uk/install_chrome.sh
chmod u + x install_chrome.sh
./install_chrome.sh
After installation launch the application from the terminal like a simple one user (not as root).
google-chrome
