Create a google yum repository

Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo and add the following into it.

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[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

Check the google repository

Run following command to check the repository is available.

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# yum info google-chrome-stable

From the output you should find the lastest version of the package google-chrome-stable

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# yum info google-chrome-stable
Fedora 26 - x86_64 - Updates                                                                                                                                  6.3 MB/s | 4.1 MB     00:00    
Fedora 26 - x86_64                                                                                                                                            7.5 MB/s |  53 MB     00:07    
google-chrome                                                                                                                                                  73 kB/s | 3.7 kB     00:00    
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:00 ago on Fri 14 Jul 2017 09:25:33 AM JST.
Available Packages
Name         : google-chrome-stable
Version      : 59.0.3071.115
Release      : 1
Arch         : x86_64
Size         : 58 M
Source       : google-chrome-stable-59.0.3071.115-1.src.rpm
Repo         : google-chrome
Summary      : Google Chrome
URL          : https://chrome.google.com/
License      : Multiple, see https://chrome.google.com/
Description  : The web browser from Google
             : 
             : Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Install Chrome via yum

Let’s install chrome browser using yum command as below, which will automatically install all needed dependencies.

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# yum install google-chrome-stable
google-chrome                                                                                                                                                  78 kB/s | 3.7 kB     00:00    
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:00 ago on Fri 14 Jul 2017 09:25:41 AM JST.
Dependencies resolved.
==============================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                  Arch                               Version                                          Repository                                 Size
==============================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 google-chrome-stable                                     x86_64                             59.0.3071.115-1                                  google-chrome                              58 M
Installing dependencies:
 at                                                       x86_64                             3.1.20-3.fc26                                    fedora                                     77 k
 ed                                                       x86_64                             1.14.1-2.fc26                                    fedora                                     79 k
 esmtp                                                    x86_64                             1.2-6.fc26                                       fedora                                     56 k
<snip...>
 spax                                                     x86_64                             1.5.3-8.fc26                                     fedora                                    211 k
 systemtap-sdt-devel                                      x86_64                             3.1-5.fc26                                       fedora                                     71 k
 util-linux-user                                          x86_64                             2.30-1.fc26                                      updates                                    90 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 perl-Module-Runtime                                      noarch                             0.014-9.fc26                                     fedora                                     24 k

Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  126 Packages

Total download size: 71 M
Installed size: 265 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Start Chrome

Start Chrome by below command, you can start it with a non-root user.

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$ google-chrome &

Enjory!