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Chrome says I should update but apt-get says I have the latest version. When I run "sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable" I get "google-chrome-stable is already the newest version (90.0.4430.93-1)." I am running Ubuntu 20.04. How can I stop the Google nag screen to update?

Paul Miller
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  • Does this answer your question? [How to install Google Chrome](https://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome) as the latest Chrome version is 92.0.4515.107-1, so you have disabled Google's repository. – N0rbert Jul 24 '21 at 07:19
  • Does this answer your question? [How to install Google Chrome](https://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome) – karel Jul 27 '21 at 00:58
  • I'm having this issue as well, although apt tells me that I have 90.0.4430.212-1 and claims that it is the latest version. I'm assuming that the google-chrome-stable package hasn't been updated to match Google's latest release. Also, when I click on "Update" in the browser, and then "Chrome is out of date", I get "Can't update Chrome" and a suggestion to "Reinstall Chrome" – Brian Borchers Jul 31 '21 at 22:59
  • I'm having the same issue Brian describes – Mark Aug 22 '21 at 02:23
  • It's a month later, and I'm still having this problem on one of my 20.04 machines. However, ubuntu's google-chrome-stable has updated to 92.0.4515.159-1 on my other 20.04 machines and won't upgrade on this machine. – Brian Borchers Aug 30 '21 at 23:52

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I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 as well and apt show google-chrome-stable didn't find anything. That probably means that you installed Chrome from a third party apt repository which contains an outdated version of Chrome, or manually from a .deb file.

If you don't mind snaps you can install the latest, stable Chromium (92.0.4515.107) with sudo snap install chromium.

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  • paul@CarolineEycks:~$ apt show google-chrome-stable Package: google-chrome-stable Version: 90.0.4430.93-1 Status: install ok installedpaul@CarolineEycks:~$ sudo snap install chromium [sudo] password for paul: snap "chromium" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh' – Paul Miller Jul 24 '21 at 20:10
  • Ok, so you have installed both versions of Chrome. Try to launch _Chromium_ instead of _Google Chrome_. You can just search for it in the activities overview. If Chromium is outdated as well, run `sudo snap refresh`. – MWin123 Jul 25 '21 at 16:12