I am having google chrome version 90.0.4430.93 (the latest one). Due to some dependency, I want to install version 88. So, are there any leads or any kind of suggestion on how to install it?
Thanks
2 Answers
It is possible. Open terminal and type:
cd ~/Downloads
wget
sudo apt-get install ./google-chrome-stable_88.0.4324.96-1_amd64.debNote: if you want to pib/hold this version - use single long command below:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-meld
Package: google-chrome-stable
Pin: version 88.0.4324.96-1
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOFto keep the 88 version installed.
1There has been a similar question asked here and has several answers, but many of them seem outdated.
This site mentioned in one of the answers still works, but it doesn't happen to have version 88, only 86 and then 90.
However, this Google search (also mentioned in one of the answers) can find mirrors of Google Chrome repository that hopefully still have old versions. Using this search, I found that version 88 is available here. However, it's not clear what a site is this, so better verify your download.
If you don't necessary need actual Chrome (with all Google add-ons), you can apparently download any version of Chromium from their build archive, but it seems that the process of finding a particular version is not very straightforward and it requires you to know an exact version number (like "88.x.y.z"). I did a search on this archive for you and seems that Chromium version 88 can be found here - however, I don't know which of the various files present there are actually needed, is this only "chrome-linux.zip" or something more...
I also found that official Debian repository for Chromium still has version 88. (I'm using Debian repo, as in Ubuntu Chromium is now installed via snap, which means older versions are not available).
