# How to install chrome browser on Balena host os

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-install-chrome-browser-on-balena-host-os/17505>\
**Category:** balenaOS\
**Created:** [July 4, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-install-chrome-browser-on-balena-host-os/17505 "2019-07-04T07:43:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![nikunj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nikunj](https://forums.balena.io/u/nikunj)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-install-chrome-browser-on-balena-host-os/17505/1 "2019-07-04T07:43:22Z")

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Hi,

I want to install a Chrome browser on Balena host os and need to open the browser on boot.

However, I have googled, but I did not get any solution.

Can anybody please help me?

Thanks and Regards,  
Nikunj

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**Author:** ![zvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@zvin](https://forums.balena.io/u/zvin)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-install-chrome-browser-on-balena-host-os/17505/2 "2019-07-04T08:06:22Z")

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Hello,

The Balena hostOS is what runs your containers, you don’t install anything in it.

You can run a full desktop in a container following this guide [https://www.balena.io/blog/running-a-desktop-manager-with-balena/](https://www.balena.io/blog/running-a-desktop-manager-with-balena/)  
Adapt it to install chrome and run it on boot.  
I doubt chrome is available in the debian repos, but you can install the `chromium-browser` package.

If you don’t want a full desktop but only a full screen web browser on a raspberry pi, we have this project: [https://github.com/balena-io-projects/balena-wpe](https://github.com/balena-io-projects/balena-wpe)

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**Author:** ![zvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@zvin](https://forums.balena.io/u/zvin)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-install-chrome-browser-on-balena-host-os/17505/4 "2019-07-04T08:09:36Z")

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We also have a blog post on how to create a web frame with balena-wpe here [https://www.balena.io/blog/make-a-web-frame-with-raspberry-pi-in-30-minutes/](https://www.balena.io/blog/make-a-web-frame-with-raspberry-pi-in-30-minutes/) (if you’re using a raspberry pi)

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**Author:** ![nikunj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nikunj](https://forums.balena.io/u/nikunj)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/how-to-install-chrome-browser-on-balena-host-os/17505/6 "2019-07-04T16:02:03Z")

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Hi @zvin,

Balena-wpe project worked for me. Thanks.

Best regards,  
Nikunj