[SOLVED] Chrome nagging for update - but CANNOT UPDATE

[rockandroller]

Top left corner says "New Chrome available" - click on it and see "Chrome is out of date"

running Version 126.0.6478.182 (Official Build) (64-bit)

isnt that the latest

'About Chrome' does not offer any update.

downloading latest Chrome installer DEB just fails - error about some missing prerequisites or something.

I'm not even sure how I installed Chrome in the first place - probably downloaded DEB (??)

anyone else seeing this? Im on K24.04 Plasma 5.27.11 kernel 6.8.0-44generic (64 bit)

all hints are greatly appreciated!!

[claydoh]

downloading latest Chrome installer DEB just fails - error about some missing prerequisites or something.

You will need toi find out what that may be, using apt

How did you try to install the deb, exactly? What is tghe exact and specific error, if you see that.
This is important. If you used dpkg on the command line, this won't install any dependencies. You need ti use apt, or Discover to install it

Chrome, installed via a deb, is updated the same way as normal system updates, as it adds their Ubuntu-compatible apt repository.
Chrome installed this way does not auto-update on its own.

so:

apt policy google-chrome-stable

This is what you *should* have:

$ apt policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 128.0.6613.137-1
Candidate: 128.0.6613.137-1
Version table:
*** 128.0.6613.137-1 500
500 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
claydoh@cubist:~$

So, we look deeper. If Discover is not displaying the specific error messages, we can look at things more directly:

sudo apt update

post any errors or warnings

sudo apt upgrade

Again, post any errors/warnings you see.

Another thing to try if these come out clean:

sudo apt reinstall google-chrome-stable

If there are still any dependency issues that the previous comm

downloading latest Chrome installer DEB just fails - error about some missing prerequisites or something.

ands didn't

[rockandroller]

Thanks very much for the tips!!

this i what i got

apt policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 126.0.6478.182-1
Candidate: 126.0.6478.182-1
Version table:
*** 126.0.6478.182-1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

sudo apt update

Hit:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease [126 kB]
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Fetched 126 kB in 0s (274 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
10 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
Get more security updates through Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
libcjson1 libavdevice60 ffmpeg libpostproc57 libavcodec60 libavutil58
libswscale7 libswresample4 libavformat60 libavfilter9
Learn more about Ubuntu Pro at https://ubuntu.com/pro
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-6.8.0-45 linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic
linux-modules-6.8.0-45-generic linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-45-generic linux-tools-6.8.0-45
linux-tools-6.8.0-45-generic
The following upgrades have been deferred due to phasing:
python3-distupgrade ubuntu-pro-client ubuntu-pro-client-l10n ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-qt
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev linux-tools-common
5 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 192 MB of archives.
After this operation, 299 MB of additional disk space will be used.

... well that went just fine ( rebooting now)

[rockandroller]

...back again:

sudo apt reinstall google-chrome-stable

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of google-chrome-stable is not possible, since it cannot be downloaded.

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-6.8.0-41 linux-headers-6.8.0-41-generic linux-image-6.8.0-41-generic
linux-modules-6.8.0-41-generic linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-41-generic linux-tools-6.8.0-41
linux-tools-6.8.0-41-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.

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Well, i think thats the same error mesage as before "it cannot be downloaded"...

Incidentally, now I get

apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
python3-distupgrade/noble-updates,noble-updates 1:24.04.23 all [upgradable from: 1:24.04.22]
ubuntu-pro-client-l10n/noble-updates 33.2~24.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 32.3.1~24.04]
ubuntu-pro-client/noble-updates 33.2~24.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 32.3.1~24.04]
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core/noble-updates,noble-updates 1:24.04.23 all [upgradable from: 1:24.04.22]
ubuntu-release-upgrader-qt/noble-updates,noble-updates 1:24.04.23 all [upgradable from: 1:24.04.22]

and...

sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
Get more security updates through Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
libcjson1 libavdevice60 ffmpeg libpostproc57 libavcodec60 libavutil58
libswscale7 libswresample4 libavformat60 libavfilter9
Learn more about Ubuntu Pro at https://ubuntu.com/pro

The following upgrades have been deferred due to phasing:
python3-distupgrade ubuntu-pro-client ubuntu-pro-client-l10n ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-qt
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.

[claydoh]

apt policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 126.0.6478.182-1
Candidate: 126.0.6478.182-1
Version table:
*** 126.0.6478.182-1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

versus mine:

$ apt policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 128.0.6613.137-1
Candidate: 128.0.6613.137-1
Version table:
*** 128.0.6613.137-1 500
500 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages  <-----this is where the package came from
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
claydoh@cubist:~$

Where did you get Chrome from? The package directly from Google adds the apt repo for updates,
which you do not have. Which is why you see this:

Reinstallation of google-chrome-stable is not possible, since it cannot be downloaded.

Hmm.....a fresh install, or an upgrade? Your version is from two months ago. I probably should have asked this first.
I wonder if the nag is a sort of safety valve to make sure you don't stray too far behind?

If this is an upgraded system, you will need to go and re-enable the google repo, as all addon software repos are disabled before the upgrade starts.

Do you have the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list?

if so, open it. If the file has a "#" before the line that starts with "deb", then it has been disabled. You just need to remove the "#" from the beginning of that line, save, and update. Or use the Software Sources tool, if you can locate it
(hint- open the Driver Manager in System Settings, which is just one tab from this tool.)

Your apt output is 100% normal.

[rockandroller]

Interesting!! I have google-chrome.list.distUpgrade

which contains:

### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
# deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main # disabled on upgrade to noble

For the life of me, I can't recall what I did to install this ( a year or more ago) but I'm a chrome-a-holic so I just had to have it

Incidentally my software sources looks like: (I'm not sure where I got the "Noble" stuff either)

[claydoh]

For the life of me, I can't recall what I did to install this ( a year or more ago) but I'm a chrome-a-holic so I just had to have it

You installed Chrome.
Installing it from the official deb adds their apt repo, so you get browser updates along with your normal updates.

re-check the option in the Software Sources
You will want to verify the other items here (except for the 'cdrom' entry) that these support Ubuntu 24.04. They probably do, except for the MS one that lists "22.04" (and "lunar" --23.04 for some reason, from a past release upgrade, I assume)- that one needs editing or replacing, as it is specifically for 22.04, and will not work, and just give you errors when you want to update.

You aren't getting any updates from any of these external sources since you upgraded.

[rockandroller]

Well, enabling the 'Other Software' sources as recommended HAS DONE THE TRICK. Now running latest Chrome Stable!
Thank you very very much for walking me through that ...