Install Chrome under WSL

install.sh

# assumes you have ubuntu-desktop installed which includes stock libpulse
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:therealkenc/wsl-pulseaudio
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

# Download the stable or development Chrome .deb package - dev if you want headless functionality
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt -f install                       # probably

wget https://github.com/therealkenc/libudev-stub/releases/download/v0.9.0/libudev-stub-0.9.0-WSL.deb
sudo dpkg -i libudev-stub-0.9.0-WSL.deb   # doing this **last** is important

@drexler Don't worry! It is quite challenging to work with WSL. I ended up not using WSL for my project.

I am still happily using WSL and looking forward for WSL 2 to be completed!

Here is a couple of Chrome related links which were helpful to me:

• Install Chrome on WSL
• Use chromedriver on WSL

I keep getting this error

apt: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0)
UDEV STUB: Using libudev-stub 0.9.0

whenever I try to install any package. I've not been able to install any package since.
Any suggestions?

It seems like this script can brake the symlink which is used by apt to load the libudev.so.
To fix this locate the real libudev.so on your machine (ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.*).
On my machine it's /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1.6.9.

Then, override the symlink by running

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.{YOUR_VERSION} /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1

I keep getting this error

apt: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0)
UDEV STUB: Using libudev-stub 0.9.0

whenever I try to install any package. I've not been able to install any package since.
Any suggestions?

It seems like this script can brake the symlink which is used by apt to load the libudev.so.
To fix this locate the real libudev.so on your machine (ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.*).
On my machine it's /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1.6.9.

Then, override the symlink by running

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.{YOUR_VERSION} /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1

exactly this

I am still happily using WSL and looking forward for WSL 2 to be completed!

Here is a couple of Chrome related links which were helpful to me:

• Install Chrome on WSL
• Use chromedriver on WSL

You had saved my life <3

@kev26 @lackovic Is it possible to use chrome without the chromedriver in WSL, since chromedrivers are said to be installed for WSL2, whereas I'm using WSL1

@kev26 @lackovic Is it possible to use chrome without the chromedriver in WSL, since chromedrivers are said to be installed for WSL2, whereas I'm using WSL1

Sorry, I don't know about WSL1: the best thing you can do is to migrate to WSL2, it is so much better it is really not worth to stay on WSL1.

If it helps anyone,
instead of installing chrome exclusively for WSL (mine's WSL1), here's what worked for me with whatever was installed on Windows:
Since ~/.bashrc references .bash_aliases, use any editor. I'm using nano here:

$ nano ~/.bash_aliases
alias chrome="powershell.exe -Command start chrome"
alias firefox="powershell.exe -Command start firefox"

Without re-starting Bash, just type:

$source ~/.bashrc

Test with alias name:

$chrome

I am still happily using WSL and looking forward for WSL 2 to be completed!

Here is a couple of Chrome related links which were helpful to me:

• Install Chrome on WSL
• Use chromedriver on WSL

Thank you very very much. Works perfectly