Search code examples
dockerchromium

Package 'chromium-browser' has no installation candidate


I am trying to install the chrome browser in a docker image with

RUN apt-get install chromium-browser

but I get the error:

Package chromium-browser is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'chromium-browser' has no installation candidate

How to correctly install chromium in a docker image?


Solution

  • I solved it directly downloading Google Chrome

    # install manually all the missing libraries
    RUN apt-get install -y gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libcairo2 libcups2 libfontconfig1 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libxss1 fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils
    
    # install chrome
    RUN wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
    RUN dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb; apt-get -fy install