
We can also install from Ubuntu Software, search for Chromium and install the application. The snap package will automatically update(in the background) whenever a new version of Chromium is released. This command will install the latest chromium and other dependencies too. Open your terminal ( Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the below command with sudo privileges sudo snap install chromium Snap packages can be installed either from Ubuntu Software application or via command-line. It includes all dependencies needed to run an application. Snap packages are easy to upgrade and secure as Snaps are self-contained software packages. Installing as a Snap PackageĬanonical manages and distributes the Chromium snap package, the one behind Ubuntu. Snapcraft store as a snap package or with apt. In this article we will see two different ways of installing an open-source Chromium browser on Ubuntu 20.04 and other few Ubuntu-based distributions are as follows: The Chromium browser is an excellent option for open-source applications. As well as Google handles crash reports and usage tracks with Google Chrome based on Chromium. Chromium does not include proprietary web codecs. Planned to switch to Chromium after the huge popularity and success of Chromium-based browsers.įew browsers based on Chromium projects as of writing this article on 31 st, October 2020 are -Ĭhromium project is an open-source project managed by Google. Many modern browsers are built on Chromium.Įven Microsoft latest Edge browser released on January 15 th, 2020 has been built from scratch using Chromium as a new foundation. Chromium is an open-source browser project backing Google’s Chrome browser.
