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Summary: Upon Downloading Google Chrome browser, and installing it, leads to Ubuntu software facilitating in installing the software, which upon clicking the install button leads to nothing? Reason for this issue: Ref to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseNotes under title Ubuntu Desktop. Due to the above reason, if you try to install using non-interactive method, using CLI (console/terminal), you will receive the following error message. Error Message: $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable. (Reading database ... 207200 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ... Unpacking google-chrome-stable (57.0.2987.133-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable: google-chrome-stable depends on gconf-service; however: Package gconf-service is not installed. google-chrome-stable depends on libgconf-2-4 (>= 2.31.1); however: Package libgconf-2-4 is not installed. google-chrome-stable depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0); however: Package libpango1.0-0 is not installed. google-chrome-stable depends on libappindicator1; however: Package libappindicator1 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package google-chrome-stable (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.04.20170406-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: google-chrome-stable What i expected to happen: To be able to install Google Chrome without any issue, its not like i have to go to console to find out why upon clicking the install button that nothing happens. Why is Ubuntu software so dumb. Solution: Install synaptic & install gconf other details: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Zesty Zapus (development branch) Release: 17.04 ** Affects: shim-signed (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1681639 Title: installing Google Chrome (downloaded) from Ubuntu Software as the package installer doesn't do anything To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shim-signed/+bug/1681639/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs