genomicslab/google-chrome repository overview

⁠Introduction

This is a Docker image for Google Chrome browser (latest stable version as of April 2021 version) on Ubuntu v14.

There are some scenarios where you want to run a web browser from a remote server or a local computer, but want to run it in a dockerized environment for various reasons. Existing docker images for various Linux distributions cannot do it because they are mostly CLI based without GUI interface. This Docker image is built so that you can use X-forwarding to run a web browser within a Docker image in either a remote server or a local computer with an X server.

⁠Usage

Run the command docker run -ti --rm -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix genomicslab/google-chrome. If you have an X server running, a Google Chrome window should pop up and then you can use it to browser the Internet. I have not tested it on Windows, but I believe it should work if you install MobaXterm or similar X servers and perform appropriate configurations.