How to install Google Chrome Browser on Kali Linux

Posted by D on March 31, 2020

Download Google Chrome

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Install Google Chrome

The easiest way to install google chrome on your Kali Linux is to by use of
gdegi which will automatically download all depended packages.First install gdegi:

apt install gdebi-core

Once ready, install the actual google chrome package:

gdebi google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Start Google Chrome

To start Google Chrome, open up a terminal and run google-chrome command:

google-chrome --no-sandbox

But it is not safe to run google-chrome without sandbox.

Run Google Chrome as standard user

useradd -m chromeuser

To run google chrome use command:

apt install gksu
gksu -u chromeuser google-chrome

Configure Google Chrome to Use a Proxy Server

vim ~/.bashrc

Add following Content to ~/.bashrc

alias chrome='google-chrome --proxy-server="socks://127.0.0.1:1080" --no-sandbox --user-data-dir'

Enable the configuration

source ~/.bashrc

Run Google Chrome

chrome

NOTE: run Google Chrome in this way that --no-sandbox is NOT safe.

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