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Asked: 2011-04-22 07:08:43 +0800 CST

How do I get apt links to work with Google Chrome

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I was reading another question on ask-ubuntu, where I encountered an apt link. Intrigued, I clicked on it, expecting my browser to launch the software center, only to get a page saying "You don't seem to be running Ubuntu".

Browser: Google Chrome 12.0.742.0 dev

the link I clicked on apt.ubuntu.com/p/hardinfo

Thanks for the help.

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  1. Best Answer

    What you need to do is to use Chromium not Chrome. This is because Chrome doesn't include Ubuntu in it's useragent but Chromium does.

    The easiest way to do this and keep the dev channel, is to use the PPA.

    Of course this isn't ideal, hopefully in the near future a new version of apt.ubuntu.com will be released that works with Chrome.

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