Unable to log into Google account in Chromium broswer launched from the command line

[Matt Wollam]

Essentially the meat of my question revolves around launching Chromium from the terminal.

If I launch Chromium through the GUI I can log into my Google account just like normal, although if I try to launch Chromium via the command `chromium-browser` and try to authenticate, I get the message "Something went wrong Sorry, something went wrong there. Try again." with no further information.

I have tried to install Chromium with the [.deb]( https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb.deb) and the [.zip](https://download-chromium.appspot.com/dl/Linux_x64?type=snapshots) (with the commands updated for the proper path), I have also followed [these instructions]( https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys) with no success from anything.

I have also tried launching the regular Chrome browser from the command line with the command `google-chrome` and I am able to authenticate like normal.

This is on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Any ideas?

[Christian Biesinger]

chromium-browser is not from the deb at dl.google.com. That deb
installs google-chrome. chromium-browser is probably the Ubuntu
package:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/chromium-browser

For which you should talk to Ubuntu.

Christian

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