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I am trying to install the chrome browser in a docker image with 

RUN apt-get install chromium-browser

but I get the error: 

Package chromium-browser is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'chromium-browser' has no installation candidate

How to correctly install chromium in a docker image?

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If you happen to be running a Debian-based image, the package you want is chromium (vs chromium-browser). So, for such images, this'll take care of it for you:

RUN apt-get install chromium -y
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    @Superbman Make sure to apt-get update first. If that doesn't help, maybe try searching the package listings for the particular flavor/version you're running? E.g. debian.org/distrib/packages, packages.ubuntu.com, etc.
    – verespej
    Commented Nov 1, 2021 at 21:01
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    I figured what the issue was. It turns out they renamed chromium-chromedriver to chromium-driver
    – Superbman
    Commented Nov 3, 2021 at 2:51
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    That's great @Superbman! Glad you were able to resolve it. 👍 Thanks for sharing the resolution.
    – verespej
    Commented Nov 3, 2021 at 16:38
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    This was a good fix for armbian 22, thank you. Also I used sudo and not RUN for linux.
    – Exzile
    Commented May 13, 2022 at 1:51
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    You saved my day with this answer , it worked for me after day of struggling , I can't thank you enough!
    – Spartacus
    Commented Jun 15, 2022 at 9:33
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I solved it directly downloading Google Chrome

# install manually all the missing libraries
RUN apt-get install -y gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libcairo2 libcups2 libfontconfig1 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libxss1 fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils

# install chrome
RUN wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb; apt-get -fy install
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Use the following to install chrome in a docker container: 

RUN wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb --fix-missing; apt-get -fy install`
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    Your answer has a ` at the end of the second RUN that makes it return an error, but without it everything goes smoothly
    – Silkking
    Commented Oct 28, 2020 at 17:11
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Base on provided answers and comment, I was able to solve it with my setup (Jenkins, Docker, Ubuntu) :

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y chromium-driver

Thanks @verespej and @Superbman

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