Is google chrome still installable on RHEL 9 and supported ?

[DavidPoulin79]

Hi,

new user of RHEL trying to build a kind of kiosk mode with only displaying a web page and nothing else.

By looking around on multiple post on the web...i have a few questions for the Red Hat community!!

1. Is Google chrome browser still installable on RHEL 9 ?
   1. if yes, anyone have official documentation or bullet-proof walktrrough...?
2. Is google chrome officially supported by Red hat ?
   1. probably not as Firefox is the default, but wanted to be sure and have answer from experimented red hat guys
3. Regarding kiosk mode, anyone have a official documentation or guide that can share ?

Thank in advance for your help....

[RH-Yamato]

Hi @DavidPoulin79 

This page might have an accurate answer for you. 
Google Chrome Support in Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Red Hat Customer Portal
※When you access this page, you might get a logon screen. 

In short, RHEL does not support "Google Chrome" and we offer "Chromium" as an alternative solution.

If you would like to install the Chromium, please try following command.

yum install chromium-browser

And this is a snapshot from the above link.

If you do not know the "Chromium", this link might help your understanding about it.
https://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/

Thanks Regards

[cyb3rx]

Hi, 

I am not sure about RHEL Server edition but I am currently using Google Chrome on RHEL9 Workstation, installed on my laptop

I remember I didn't make any special config changes for this, I just downloaded the rpm from google chrome site and installed it

[RH-Yamato · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Thank you for asking about this—it’s a great question!

First of all, Google provides "Google Chrome" for multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and some Linux-based environments.

When you try to download the "Chrome installer for Linux systems," there are two options available:

1. For Debian-based distributions
2. For Fedora and SUSE-based distributions

https://www.google.com/chrome/?platform=linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) falls under the "Fedora-based" category because both distributions are based on Red Hat technologies.

If you're interested in learning more about the relationship between Fedora and RHEL, you can visit this page:
Relationship between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Therefore, you should download and install "Chrome for Fedora" on your RHEL system.

Some users may have concerns about this setup. Technically, Chrome for Fedora works on RHEL. However, neither Red Hat nor Google officially supports this configuration. As a result, Chrome on RHEL may work without any issues, or you could encounter errors. Since this is an unsupported environment, any errors would need to be resolved and analyzed by the user.

In summary, "unsupported" means:
"It might work technically, but users are responsible for resolving any issues themselves."

Thank you for reading my explanation. I hope this information helps with your learning!

Best regards,

[DavidPoulin79]

Hi @RH-Yamato 

Thank for your answer. I did see previously the link your have provided about the support (Google Chrome Support in Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Red Hat Customer Portal), but as it was mentionned about Rhel 6-7, i was wondering if it was still the case with the latest version.

I fully understand now that, yes we can install it but it considered as not officially supported and we will probably try to avoid unsupported stuff as much as possible!

Thank again for your clarifications!