#!/bin/bash set -e set -x is_user_root () { [ "${EUID:-$(id -u)}" -eq 0 ]; } if is_user_root; then maybesudo="" else maybesudo="sudo" fi # 1. make sure to remove old beta if any. if dpkg --get-selections | grep -q "^google-chrome-beta[[:space:]]*install$" >/dev/null; then $maybesudo apt-get remove -y google-chrome-beta fi if ! command -v wget >/dev/null; then $maybesudo apt-get install -y wget fi # 2. download chrome beta from dl.google.com and install it. cd /tmp wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-beta_current_amd64.deb $maybesudo apt-get install -y ./google-chrome-beta_current_amd64.deb rm -rf ./google-chrome-beta_current_amd64.deb cd - google-chrome-beta --version