How to install Google chrome in a docker container

Question

I'm trying to install chrome in a docker container. I execute:

RUN apt-get install -y wget
RUN wget -q https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb  # problem here
RUN apt -f install -y

The problem is that dpkg -i fails because of missing dependencies. In principle this is not a big problem, as the next command should fix this, and indeed it does it when run interactively from within the container. But the problem is that when building a docker container this error makes the build process to stop:

dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-chrome-stable
root@78b45ab9aa33:/# 
exit

How can I overcome this problem? Isn't there a simpler way to install chrome without provoking the dependence problem? I can't find the repository to add so I can run a regular apg-get install google-chrome, that is what I'd like to do. In the google linux repository they just mention that the "the packages will automatically configure the repository settings necessary". Which is not exactly what I get...

This might help: https://medium.com/dot-debug/running-chrome-in-a-docker-container-a55e7f4da4a8 — Facty, Feb 02 '22 at 12:37
Cool, mind to share your Dockerfile with us? There can another person searching for answers :) — Facty, Feb 04 '22 at 10:40

score 54 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 08 '23 at 20:33

After the comment by @Facty and some more search, I found two solutions to install Google Chrome without raising this error. I'll post it below for future references or people having the same issue.

There are actually two ways to install Chrome on a docker container:

If you download the deb file manually, you can install it with apt-get instead of dpkg. This will automatically install the dependencies without having to call apt -f install -y later :

RUN apt-get install -y wget
RUN wget -q https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN apt-get install -y ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

The other solution is to add the repositories (installing the gpg key) and install from them directly, skipping the manual download:

RUN apt-get install -y wget
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - \ 
    && echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install google-chrome-stable

Both of them gets stuck on "Select a geographical area: " where it asks for a number as input. How to handle that any ideas? — Yaser Sakkaf, Sep 08 '22 at 11:39
@YaserSakkaf Add `ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive` to the Dockerfile. — slhck, Sep 13 '22 at 07:51
For the first option (installing the deb file) you may also need `apt-get update` prior to installing it - at least this was the case for me. — Marcus, Mar 02 '23 at 17:06

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '22 at 13:58

10

Here an example for Node versions (debian based) Dockerfile

FROM node:16.16.0 as base
# Chrome dependency Instalation
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    fonts-liberation \
    libasound2 \
    libatk-bridge2.0-0 \
    libatk1.0-0 \
    libatspi2.0-0 \
    libcups2 \
    libdbus-1-3 \
    libdrm2 \
    libgbm1 \
    libgtk-3-0 \
#    libgtk-4-1 \
    libnspr4 \
    libnss3 \
    libwayland-client0 \
    libxcomposite1 \
    libxdamage1 \
    libxfixes3 \
    libxkbcommon0 \
    libxrandr2 \
    xdg-utils \
    libu2f-udev \
    libvulkan1
 # Chrome instalation 
RUN curl -LO  https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN apt-get install -y ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN rm google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
# Check chrome version
RUN echo "Chrome: " && google-chrome --version

answered Jul 21 '22 at 13:58

Andrzej Krawczuk

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worked like charm on u20.04. thanks. all other answers here failed. – AhmFM Apr 27 '23 at 11:54
I get a ton of errors "requested an impossible situation" https://gist.github.com/fotoflo/954d68ebcd68c0eeab09283872f21637 – fotoflo Aug 18 '23 at 20:27
@fotoflo It's look like you took shortcut and do not import "# Chrome dependency Installation" if you will do, the error will gone. – Andrzej Krawczuk Aug 21 '23 at 08:03
Even with adding "# Chrome dependency Installation", the issue remains. When I try to build the image using gcloud submit command, it works fine, however, with Docker, I get the same issue as @fotoflo – Idhem Aug 22 '23 at 08:57

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 29 '22 at 15:30

If you're using it in Python, to run selenium. Here is what solved my problem.

RUN apt -f install -y
RUN apt-get install -y wget
RUN wget -q https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN apt-get install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb -y

Sometimes, using wget doesn't solve the problem. Due to lack of support. So you can use apt -f install -y

The only mistake @Pythonist had was the disorder of commands.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 12 '23 at 11:43

Note that some base images may have or not have wget or gnupg,
so full working Dockerfile example is

FROM ubuntu:22.04

RUN apt-get update; apt-get clean

# Install wget.
RUN apt-get install -y wget

RUN apt-get install -y gnupg

# Set the Chrome repo.
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - \
    && echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

# Install Chrome.
RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install google-chrome-stable

score -3 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 18 '23 at 10:35

-3

apt-get won't work.

You should use dpkg -i ./google-chrome.deb

edited Mar 18 '23 at 10:35

Ying-Shan Lin

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answered Mar 10 '23 at 08:33

Kai Xu

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