Categories: Ubuntu

[SOLVED] “dpkg: error: need an action option”

When you are trying to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu, you may receive the following error:

Error Message

"dpkg: error: need an action option"

Solution

This may be because of the command you copied from somewhere and you pasted on the terminal. Instead of -, a _ may have been replaced in the command as shown below,

sudo dpkg –i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Correct the command and it should be like this,

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

 

Karim Buzdar

About the Author: Karim Buzdar holds a degree in telecommunication engineering and holds several sysadmin certifications. As an IT engineer and technical author, he writes for various web sites. You can reach Karim on LinkedIn

Recent Posts

How to Install Magento 2 on AlmaLinux

Magento is a free and open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP. It is simple, easy…

1 year ago

How to Install ISPConfig Hosting Control Panel with Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 24.04

ISPConfig is an open-source control panel that allows users to manage multiple servers from a…

1 year ago

How to Test your Email Server (SMTP) Using the Telnet Command

As a Linux administrator, you may find it necessary to troubleshoot or test your Simple…

1 year ago

Managing Network Interfaces and Settings on Ubuntu 24.04 with nmcli

Ubuntu 24.04, like many modern Linux distributions, relies on the NetworkManager for managing network connections.…

2 years ago

Using Restic Backup on Ubuntu 24.04

Restic is a modern, open-source backup program designed for efficiency, security, and simplicity. It enables…

2 years ago

Installing phpMyAdmin on Rocky Linux 9 and Securing it with Let’s Encrypt SSL

phpMyAdmin is a popular free tool written in PHP intended to administer MySQL and MariaDB…

2 years ago