Hi,

For some reason the chromecast extension in chrome disappeared and so I tried purging chrome and then re-installed google-chrome-stable amd64. I also added the necessary architecture from the terminal using

sudo dpkg --add-architecture amd64

Google chrome installed without any problems. The thing is it doesn't start though. When I try running it from terminal I get the following

/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable: line 55: /opt/google/chrome/chrome: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable: line 55: /opt/google/chrome/chrome: Success

but chrome doesn't open.

Is there anyway of running the latest version of chrome or in any case get chrome up and working again? I'm pretty much tied down to chrome cuz I use chromecast a lot. Does anyone know if it works with any other browser?

Which architecture is your machine?

dpkg --print-architecture

dpkg --print-foreign-architectures

Also, which version of Deepin are you running?

My laptop runs on 32 bit and the Deepin version I'm using is 15.4

Foreign architecture present is amd64

Then you need to use 32 Bit chrome.

If you're running a 32-bit operating system, you cannot run 64-bit software on it unless you have 64-bit hardware and you run the software in a 64-bit virtual machine using e.g. VMWare.

Chrome has now discontinued support for 32-bit operating systems.

Is your underlying hardware 32-bit or 64-bit?

My underlying hardware is 32-bit. Where can I find the 32-bit version of chrome?

Is it not in your repos? If not, Google it - you will find a mirror of it somewhere.

Bear in mind that it is no longer supported and thus will be more open to attack.

First of all, you should remove that amd64 foreign architecture and purge the 64-bit version of chrome from your system.

Have you tried Chromium?

Thanks, I found it in the repos.....not convinced though seeing that it leaves me vulnerable. This basically means that for a person who owns a 32bit pc like myself and a chromecast has no choice but remain "exposed" and use them together or not use them at all?

Another thing....how do I remove the foreign architecture?

Have you tried using Chromecast in Chromium (Chrome's open-source counterpart which, as far as I know, still supports 32-bit)?

dpkg --remove-architecture architecture

Yep, I've tried chromium and chromecast has never worked with it in the past...tried in vain again today but no use. Thanks though!

Ok, sorry to hear that. Thanks for letting us know.