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Chrome Browser Update in Ubuntu, Reinstall Message

(We recommend you bookmark this blog. Trying to find helpful information in forums usually just ends in making you frustrated and angry. This blog does not speculate or guess. If we post it, we've tried it and it works. As with all our posts, if you don't care about the background info, you can head straight to the yellow highlighted sections for the problem and the fix.) The Issue I asked this question of Google Gemini 2.5 Pro Flash: "When I open Chrome browser in Ubuntu 25.04, I get the message "Can't Update Chrome," with an offer to reinstall Chrome. Is that message generated by Chrome or by Ubuntu?" The Answer (Click for the entire answer) (I found the entire answer to be soothing to my soul and my psyche (a) to know that this wasn't some phishing or spam that infected Chrome or my Linux machine; (b) to understand the problem and why it occurs (which makes me think that surely other Ubuntu users have the same problem)). What I Did (How I Fixed ...