Chromium Browser Setup on Ubuntu 22.04 Using Terminal

This guide intends to teach you 3 Methods for Chromium Browser Installation Setup on Ubuntu 22.04 Using Terminal. As you may know, Chromium is an open-source web browser that Google Chrome started. It comes with amazing features including:

• Open-Source
• Web Standards Compliance
• Basis for Other Browsers
• Customization and Developer Tools
• Frequent Updates
• Cross-Platform

Now you can follow the steps below to start your Chromium installation on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use the default APT repo, PPA repo, and Flatpak to install Chromium.

3 Methods for Chromium Browser Setup on Ubuntu 22.04 Using Terminal

Before you start your Chromium browser installation, you must log in to your Ubuntu server as a non-root user with sudo privileges. For this purpose, you can check the Ubuntu 22.04 Initial Setup Guide.

Then, follow the steps below to complete this guide.

Method 1 – Install Chromium via APT on Ubuntu 22.04

At this point, you can easily use your default APT repo to install Chromium. First, run the system update:

sudo apt update

Then, use the following command to install Chromium:

sudo apt install chromium-browser

Once your installation is started, you will see that your package is installed with Snapd.

Verify your installation by checking its version:

chromium-browser --version

Example Output
Chromium 120.0.6099.199 snap

Method 2 – Install Chromium via PPA Repository on Ubuntu 22.04

You can use the ppa:xtradeb/apps repository to install Chromium on Ubuntu 22.04 in this method. First, add the PPA repo on your server:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xtradeb/apps -y

Then, run the system update and install Chromium:

# sudo apt update
# sudo apt install chromium -y

Once your installation is completed, verify it by checking its version:

chromium --version

Example Output
Chromium 120.0.6099.129 built on Ubuntu , running on Ubuntu 22.04

Method 3 – Install Chromium via Flatpak on Ubuntu 22.04

At this point, you can use Flatpak to start your Chromium setup. This is the same as the Snap package manager. First, install Flatpak and enable FlatHub with the commands below:

# sudo apt install flatpak -y
# sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Then, restart your session to apply the changes.

Now use the following command to install Chromium Browser with Flatpak:

sudo flatpak install flathub org.chromium.Chromium -y

Run Chromium Browser via CLI and GUI

At this point, you can use the command line terminal to launch your Chromium Browser on Ubuntu 22.04. If you installed Chromium with APt and PPA, you can run:

sudo chromium

For Chromium setup with Flatpak, you can run:

sudo flatpak run org.chromium.Chromium

Also, you can run your Chromium from your desktop. From your search bar, search for Chromium and open your browser.

Update Chromium Packages on Ubuntu

You can easily update your Chromium packages from the terminal. If you use APT and PPA, you can simply run:

sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt upgrade

If you use Flatpak, you can run:

sudo flatpak update

Uninstall Chromium Browser From Ubuntu

If you plan to remove Chromium from your server, you can use the following commands:

As you saw, if you installed Chromium with APT, it used Snap. So you can simply remove Chromium with:

sudo snap remove chromium

Example Output
chromium removed

Instead, if you use PPA repo, you can run:

sudp apt remove chromium 

For Flatpak, you can use:

sudo flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.chromium.Chromium

Conclusion

At this point, you have learned 3 methods including default APT repo, PPA Repository, and Flatpak to start your Chromium Browser Installation setup on Ubuntu 22.04 using the terminal. Also, you have learned to launch your browser from CLI and GUI, update your app, and uninstall it. Hope you enjoy it.

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