I think the package name is google-chrome-unstable, not just google-chrome.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 19:32, Brett Dills <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the same problem. I was unable to uninstall, but I was able to > go to System>Administration>Software Sources, select the Third Party > Software tab and unchecked the Google box. I am now able to update > Ubuntu for my Dell. > > On Dec 4, 1:30 am, soujiro <[email protected]> wrote: >> my status: >> ubuntu 8.04 Dell version >> google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb >> >> Hi. I have recently learned that the installation of Chrome to this >> Dell version of Ubuntu causes a little problem when checking for >> upgrades. I have encountered such error messages as the automated >> upgrade system gets booted up. >> >> The problem is due to the repository thing (which I am yet to >> understand), and there is a way to avoid the problem by "sudo touch / >> etc/default/google-chrome" before the installation. >> >> In order to do that, I need to uninstall Chrome first. But I >> cannot. >> sudo apt-get remove google-chrome >> gives "cannot find package google-chrome" >> >> When I downloaded the package, the installation manager did the job, >> so I expected that Chrome would show up on the list of applications >> installed on the computer. But never! I don't know why. >> >> I simply changed the file "/etc/default/google-chrome" to >> repo_reenable_on_distupgrage="false" >> but it does not do anything. >> >> Could anyone help me out for either uninstalling Chrome or changing >> the repository status? > > -- > Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -- Caleb Eggensperger http://calebegg.com/ -- Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss
