Can't install Chrome

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I always used Chrome on my PC and today I got some problems so I decided to uninstall and re-install the software. I'm stuck now cause I can't install again Chrome. I get this result from terminal; I use these 4 commands:

$ wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
E: Malformed entry 4 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list (URI parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

$ sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
E: Malformed entry 4 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list (URI parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Malformed entry 4 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list (URI parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

See below:

Into /etc/apt/sources.list.d/I have 2 files of chorme

Into google-chorme.list

### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb <a class=vglnk href=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ rel=nofollow><span>http</span><span>://</span><span>dl</span><span>.</span><span>google</span><span>.</span><span>com</span><span>/</span><span>linux</span><span>/</span><span>chrome</span><span>/</span><span>deb</span><span>/</span></a> stable main
deb <a class=vglnk href=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ rel=nofollow><span>http</span><span>://</span><span>dl</span><span>.</span><span>google</span><span>.</span><span>com</span><span>/</span><span>linux</span><span>/</span><span>chrome</span><span>/</span><span>deb</span><span>/</span></a> stable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ xenial stable main
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ xenial stable main

Into google-chrome.list.save

### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

Try `sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'` for the second command. 32bit versions are no more available. — pomsky, Sep 27 '17 at 17:30
It's not working. I've just edited the question with the terminal result — Giovanni Giampaolo, Sep 27 '17 at 17:58
You will have to remove the **google-chrome.list** file and then run this command. First run `sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list` then run the command I wrote in my first comment. — pomsky, Sep 27 '17 at 18:30
Thanks I just installed it!! But when I click on the icon the window does not open...grrrrr =( — Giovanni Giampaolo, Sep 27 '17 at 18:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '17 at 18:17

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You forgot to add the release code name.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ $( lsb_release -sc ) stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'

answered Sep 27 '17 at 18:17

Hunter.S.Thompson

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Using this I get the same error =( – Giovanni Giampaolo Sep 27 '17 at 18:28
The autogenerated-by-Chrome version is `deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main`. It has no Ubuntu release codename. – Chai T. Rex Aug 08 '18 at 20:36

David Foerster · Answer 2 · 2017-09-28T08:57:55.987

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chorme.list has a misspelled name and lots of bogus or duplicate content; remove it. If the spelling mistake is only in your question but not in the actual file name, remove it nonetheless for the other reasons.
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.save is supposed to be a sort of back-up of google-chrome.list but since I just recommended to remove the latter and am about to recommend to start from scratch, let's remove this one too.
Perform any of the Chrome installation procedures from the answers to “How to install Google Chrome”. I specifically recommend the answer with the 2nd most votes; the 3rd does essentially the same on the command-line only.

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