Problem:

I made a decision to switch to Linux Mint from Ubuntu. After the successful installation I tried to install some of my favorite applications that include Dropbox, Ubutnu One and Google Chrome.

To install Google Chrome, I downloaded the from Google Chrome website and when I double clicked on it to install it gave me following error:

Could not open ‘google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb’

The package might be corrupted or you are not allowed to open the file. Check the permissions of the file.

Solution:

We will use terminal to solve this problem. Open the Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and then go to the directory where you have stored the .deb file, usually in Downloads folder.

Use the following commands one by one:

cd Downloads

chmod u+x google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

This will generate an error like this:

Errors were encountered while processing:
google-chrome-stable

Now type the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install -f

Now again type the following command:

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

This time it should be installed successfully. The reason for the error is “borken dependencies” which are re-built be apt-get install command.

Hope it solved your problem. Ciao