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    Google-chrome disappeared

    I had google-chrome installed.

    I was using it. Then I closed it. And immediately after, went to start it again, and got the message
    `KDEInit could not launch '/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable`

    There is a desktop file in .local/share/applications

    Code:
     
    #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
    [Desktop Entry]
    Version=1.0
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    Name=Google Drive
    Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=apdfllckaahabafndbhieahigkjlhalf
    Icon=chrome-apdfllckaahabafndbhieahigkjlhalf-Default
    NoDisplay=true
    StartupWMClass=crx_apdfllckaahabafndbhieahigkjlhalf
    When I looked in /usr/bin AND /opt there was no reference in either one to google that I could find.

    I didn't do anything else between shutting it down and going to reopen it. There was about a second in between.

    I rebooted, and it is still gone.

    The only browsers on my system were Firefox and Chrome. Now just Firefox...

    What happened?

    #2
    What do you see with apt policy google-chrome-stable?

    I have
    Code:
    $ apt policy google-chrome-stable
    google-chrome-stable:
     Installed: 72.0.3626.96-1
     Candidate: 72.0.3626.96-1
     Version table:
    *** 72.0.3626.96-1 500
           500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages
           100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    $
    And which google-chrome-stable shows
    Code:
    $ which google-chrome-stable
    /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable
    $
    BTW, I have the same .desktop file you have in ~/.local/share/applications.
    Kubuntu 20.04

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      #3
      Here is my output:
      Code:
      hoo@BadWolf:~$ apt policy google-chrome-stable
      google-chrome-stable:
       Installed: (none)
       Candidate: (none)
       Version table:
          72.0.3626.96-1 -1
             100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      hoo@BadWolf:~$ which google-chrome-stable
      hoo@BadWolf:~$

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        #4
        How did you install Google-Chrome?
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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          #5
          I believe I installed it from the .deb package...

          I don't remember what specific steps I took after that. But I didn't do anything particularly complex, because I don't know how.

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            #6
            Sounds like time to re-install. https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/g...rent_amd64.deb

            Please Read Me

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              #7
              Why not Chromium?
              https://www.howtogeek.com/202825/wha...um-and-chrome/

              Please Read Me

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                #8
                I'm perfectly happy to try Chromium.

                But I'm still concerned that an installed application simply disappeared from my drive.

                Not only is that downright weird, it leads me to doubt the reliability of the OS.

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                  #9
                  The OS is. Really. Something else must have gone on that we don't know about. Installed programs don't just disappear or magically uninstall themselves.
                  Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                  Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                  "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                    #10
                    Yeah, impossible for us to figure out what happened. I've not seen anything like this reported anywhere.

                    Please Read Me

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                      #11
                      What PC? Do you have more than one HDD in it? Is it possible that the application was installed to another drive (if you have more than one)?
                      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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                        #12
                        Chrome is gone. But Chromium somehow was able to import my settings from the ghost of Chrome.

                        Is it possible that Chrome is still there but I can't see or access it?

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Snowhog View Post
                          What PC? Do you have more than one HDD in it? Is it possible that the application was installed to another drive (if you have more than one)?
                          It's a thinkpad x201. Only one drive.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by TwoFistedJustice View Post
                            Chrome is gone. But Chromium somehow was able to import my settings from the ghost of Chrome.

                            Is it possible that Chrome is still there but I can't see or access it?
                            Maybe it was "sync" doing its stuff?

                            Also, if you have inxi installed, the output of inxi -Fxrz may reveal something.
                            Last edited by chimak111; Feb 14, 2019, 11:54 PM.
                            Kubuntu 20.04

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by chimak111 View Post
                              Maybe it was "sync" doing its stuff?

                              Also, if you have inxi installed, the output of inxi -Fxrz may reveal something.
                              No, it won't, at least in this case.
                              We probably need to see the apt logs ( /var/log/apt/) to see when (and maybe why) Chrome was uninstalled

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