To install the latest stable Chrome (Puppeteer) version in Ubuntu 20.04, you can run the command below.
Firstly you will have to get the setup source using cURL as follows.
Step 1: Download Setup with cURL
Firstly you will have to get the setup source using cURL as follows.
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
Step 2: Install Required Ubuntu Dependency
Once you have done that, you need to get the necessary Ubuntu dependency. Do note that each of these dependencies is necessary for the puppeteer to run.
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgbm1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils wget libgbm-dev libxshmfence-dev
Step 3: Install Puppeteer
Now that you have the necessary dependency you can install puppeteer using npm.
sudo npm install --global --unsafe-perm puppeteer
Step 4: Change Permission
The final step is that you have to change the permissions for the puppeteer.
sudo chmod -R o+rx /usr/lib/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium
Full Installation Command
The full installation command is as follows. Do run it one line at a time.
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgbm1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils wget libgbm-dev libxshmfence-dev sudo npm install --global --unsafe-perm puppeteer sudo chmod -R o+rx /usr/lib/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium
