In this easy tutorial, we'll see how to install Chromium on Linux Mint 20 by using the terminal from Debian Buster repository. The package is not available anymore in Linux Mint 20 from the Software manager.
Step 1: Remove old chromium packages
To start, go and clean old packages in order to prevent possible problems of other versions. In this case:
sudo apt update
sudo apt remove chromium-browser
Step 2: Add Debian Buster repository
Next as root, add the following - this will add new repository - Debian Buster for Chromium:
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian buster main
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main
to:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
You can use Nano in order to create new file and save it:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
Step 3: Add the Debian signing keys
Now Debian signing keys should be added by:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --recv-keys DCC9EFBF77E11517
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --recv-keys 648ACFD622F3D138
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --recv-keys 112695A0E562B32A
Note: This step add trusted set of keys which can be used for Chromium
Step 4: Create /etc/apt/preferences.d/chromium.pref file
To install Chromium we need to create file /etc/apt/preferences.d/chromium.pref with the following content:
# Don't install anything other than chromium from the Debian repos
Package: *
Pin: origin "deb.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: -10
# Don't install anything other than chromium from the Debian repos
Package: *
Pin: origin "security.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: -10
# Exclude the game chromium-bsu
Package: chromium-bsu*
Pin: origin "deb.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: -10
# Exclude the game chromium-bsu
Package: chromium-bsu*
Pin: origin "security.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: -10
# Pattern includes 'chromium'
Package: chromium*
Pin: origin "deb.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: 700
# Pattern includes 'chromium'
Package: chromium*
Pin: origin "security.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: 700
# Chromium dependencies only in buster
Package: /libevent-2.1-6/ /libicu63/ /libjpeg62-turbo/ /libvpx5/
Pin: origin "deb.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: 1
# Chromium dependencies only in buster
Package: /libevent-2.1-6/ /libicu63/ /libjpeg62-turbo/ /libvpx5/
Pin: origin "security.debian.org"
Pin-Priority: 1
Step 5: Install Chromium
Once all steps are completed then we can install Chromium by running next commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install chromium
Finally we can test is the Chromium installation on Linux Mint 20 successful by starting the browser: chromium-browser
Note: In case of upgrade of Linux Mint 19 to LM20 programs like Chromium, Radio Tray will be deleted and all information lost. So back up any information before the upgrade.
Source
Linux Mint User Guide - Chromium
Note 1: Latest Chromium can be downloaded from Download Chromium
Note 2: You can use alternatives like Google Chrome from: Install Google Chrome in Ubuntu 18