how to downgrade Chrome on Ubuntu and disable auto-update?

Question

I want to downgrade my chrome on Ubuntu

Because I have problems when selenium runs against Chrome 34.

I have installed chrome 33.

But then every once in a while the auto-updater update the chrome.

How can i disable the auto-upadter on Linux specifically?

Answer 1

I had a similar task recently. This is the script I ran to download previous Chrome version, disable auto update and check the installed version:

sudo wget http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_75.0.3770.142-1_amd64.deb && \
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_75.0.3770.142-1_amd64.deb && \
sudo apt-mark hold google-chrome-stable  && \
google-chrome-stable --version \

Answer 2

you can google to find an archive website. I have mentioned 2 of them here, though there are hundreds of them around.

0- choose the version you want to install by going to an archive website like this: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/pm/google-chrome-stable

1- In the Download section download the 64-Bits or 32-Bits package suitable for your OS ( or you can directly Press APT_INSTALL button)

3- Install the package using Ubuntu software center. you may need to remove the existing version first.

4- for disabling auto updates you can go to SystemSettings/ Software & Updates from Ubuntu applications Menu

Doing the same things command line: I assume your user name is "user" you replace it with your username.

1- Browse the website http://www.slimjet.com/chrome/google-chrome-old-version.php or any other archive website.

2- Download a proper version of google-chrome ( I brought 49.0.2623.75 Linux_64)

3- Save the downloaded file in /home/user/Downloads

4- Open a console and execute the following commands:

user@host:~/workspace $ cd ~/Downloads/
user@host:~/Downloads $ 
user@host:~/Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i ./chrome64_49.0.2623.75.deb

of course you would replace the file name with the one you downloaded.