Bookmem Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 I just bought a used Lenovo 300e touchscreen tablet and have installed Mint 20.3 Xfce on it. When I try to install either Chrome or Brave browser, when I click the Download button, nothing happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 That is because you install it via the Software Manager, not from a website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Ah, its not in the normal repos anymore. Follow this to install it: https://itsfoss.com/install-chrome-linux-mint/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookmem Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, securitybreach said: Ah, its not in the normal repos anymore. Follow this to install it: https://itsfoss.com/install-chrome-linux-mint/ Nope. I installed from website, not software manager. But when I click Accept and Install, nothing happens. I don't get the Save screen. edit: Problem solved. Even though I didn't get the Save option screen, when I looked later the deb file was in my Downloads folder. Edited July 15 by Bookmem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 12 hours ago, Bookmem said: Nope. I installed from website, not software manager. But when I click Accept and Install, nothing happens. I don't get the Save screen. edit: Problem solved. Even though I didn't get the Save option screen, when I looked later the deb file was in my Downloads folder. There ya go, Book. The Chrome DEB is an "installer" file that sets up a repo for Chrome that subsequently installs, and updates, from that repo. I'm guessing you didn't get the "save option" screen because you have Firefox(?) set to automatically save to "Downloads" folder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookmem Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 1 hour ago, Hedon James said: There ya go, Book. The Chrome DEB is an "installer" file that sets up a repo for Chrome that subsequently installs, and updates, from that repo. I'm guessing you didn't get the "save option" screen because you have Firefox(?) set to automatically save to "Downloads" folder. Yeah, Mint has Firefox as the only installed browser, so that's what I used to download from the website. I seldom use Firefox except when setting up new Mint installs but this is the first time I've seen this behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Now Chromium is in the software repos but the sync function has been removed so you have to manually import favorites and install extensions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookmem Posted July 15 Author Share Posted July 15 2 hours ago, securitybreach said: Now Chromium is in the software repos but the sync function has been removed so you have to manually import favorites and install extensions No sync is a deal breaker for me. I have a whole bunch of devices and having to add a new bookmark or login to them individually is too much of a PITA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Easy fix: EverSync - Sync bookmarks, backup favorites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Personally, I switched back to Firefox a few years back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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