I try to open Google Chrome by running this command, but the result is strange:
$ google-chrome
Please launch slimjet via the wrapper script: flashpeak-slimjet
Why above command does not open Google Chrome and also what is the meaning of above result?
Edit:
Here is the result of which command:
$ which google-chrome
/usr/bin/google-chrome
Also, /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome and google-chrome-stable both open Google Chrome. But again, my questions are why google-chrome does not?and why flashpeak-slimjet is proposed?
3 Answers
The command to start Google Chrome is /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable, or just google-chrome-stable if /usr/bin is in the PATH as it should. In general, to see what is the command to run a graphical application, use Nautilus to navigate to /usr/share/applications and examine the properties of the launcher, or, in a terminal, look for the line Exec= in the .desktop file.
It's a mess the installer of slimjet, a chromium-based browser (looks pretty much identical, that's probably what you're running sometimes), does in your system, replacing the actual chrome's symlink.
It's a hijack by slimjet. In /etc/alternatives/, for each google-chrome, gnome-www-browser, and x-www-browser, change the symlink to /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable, e.g.:
sudo ln -f -s /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable /etc/alternatives/google-chrome
