Chrome Update does not work

[Richmond]

On 27/03/2025 14:09, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> I got a message that CHROME was out of date. A popup window appears in
> te upper right hand corner that contains the word UPDAET. I clicked on
> that and a download window appears however the download fails to do
> any thing but download. IT DOES NOT INSTALL.
>
>  I am running Ubuntu 24.04 lTS. everything else is working fine.
> Chrome still works, for now. About pops up a window containing:
>
> Chrome logo
> Google Chrome
>
> THE NEXT LINE IS PRECEED BY A BLUE CIRCLE WITH A CHECKMARK.
> Nearly up to date! Relaunch Chrome to finish updating. Incognito
> windows won't reopen. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A BUTTON WITH A THE WORD
> RELAUNCH IN IT.
>
> Clicking that button appears to do nothing except change the active
> window to another instance. I use four instances of the browser, each
> on a different desktop, there are four desktops, open at all tines.
> Each works as expected.
>
> Version 94.0.4606.71 (Official Build) (64-bit)
>
>
> What have I done wrong? How do I proceed from here.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>
If you installed chrome using snap then you should update it that way,
snap refresh.

If you installed it by downloading it from google, then probably it has
installed its own repository, so you should use:

aptitude update
aptitude safe-upgrade

Or use the software updates app.

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