Installing Google Chrome on Amazon Linux

Question

I am trying to install the latest version of Google Chrome on Amazon Linux using yum.

As far as I can tell Amazon Linux is based on RHEL/Centos however, it doesn't look like Google support this directly anymore.

I followed the instructions from http://www.raywaresoftware.com/10/using_yum_to_install_google_chrome/ however, when it comes to installing using the command

yum install google-chrome-stable

This command outputs the errors

Error: Package: google-chrome-stable-44.0.2403.157-1.x86_64 (google-chrome) Requires: libXss.so.1()(64bit)

Error: Package: google-chrome-stable-44.0.2403.157-1.x86_64 (google-chrome) Requires: libgconf-2.so.4()(64bit)

I have tried to install libXss using the command

yum install libXScrnSaver

However, I get the message:

2498 packages excluded due to repository priority protections No package libXScrnSaver available. Error: Nothing to do

How can I install the missing packages?

I am now stuck because we need to install Chrome on a server to run headless UI tests via Xvfb but we cannot get Chrome onto the server.

Thanks

For a myriad of reasons (including this one), I recommend that people stay far away from Amazon Linux. Just stick with a widely-used and widely-supported distro. If you want a RHEL derivative, go with CentOS. — EEAA, Aug 28 '15 at 14:23
Amazon Linux forked from CentOS **5**, several years ago, and bears little resemblance to it now. It is _not_ compatible and it is _not_ stable. Run away. — Michael Hampton, Aug 28 '15 at 16:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 02:33

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There is an AWS Forums thread detailing how to do this at https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=229187

answered Aug 22 '17 at 02:33

David Filiatrault

David, generally Server Fault asks that answers contain the required information, rather than just links. Links stop working fairly regularly, in which case the answer isn't useful. – Tim Aug 22 '17 at 04:06

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