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I’ve got a new RPi zero W and I’ve install raspbian using the imager tool (32 bit) and when booted the OS works fine, all programs open etc except for web browsers.

I’ve reinstalled chrome and even installed Firefox, but none will open up, it just shows the timer curser (like it’s doing something) and then nothing.

Also, installed all updates and reinstalled the OS, but no luck.

Any ideas?

Kaigo
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I stumbled across this while trying to find an answer as to why I couldn't install Firefox (short answer, it seems like they removed the arm6 compatible versions from every legitimate link I could find).

Make sure you're using Buster 32 bit. I just set up my Pi Zero W from scratch, the only thing I did was install it to the SD card, run:

sudo apt-get update

then:

sudo apt-get upgrade

and then run:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

In action:Chromium on Raspberry Pi W Zero

You can also install Midori instead of Chrome/Firefox if you are having issues with them.

Use:

sudo apt-get install midori
ripout
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Raspberry Pi Zero W doesn't support Chromium or Firefox anymore, as the architecture the processor uses doesn't support some features required by Chromium-based browsers. It would also be close to unusable because of the limitations of the Broadcom CPU, which wasn't designed to run power-hungry and GPU-based programs such as Chrome. Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W uses a more capable CPU and supports Chromium.

Try using midori as @ripout suggested as an alternative, or w3m to view websites within the terminal.

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