Linux Lite won't let me install *any* software

[kansasdougll]

Chrome for 32-bit Linux is no longer supported as of March 1st 2016... Is your desktop the 64-bit version of LL?
If it 32-bit, after the OS was updated the Chrome link should be removed from Lite Software..
If chrome is erroring on 64-bit try updating LL, if not use the following commands:

Open a terminal and do each of these commands one at a time:

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Yes the desktop is a 32 bit machine.  After I made that post by chance I discovered that Google no longer supports the 32 bit version of Chrome, and that it'ss possible the LL team most likely no longer makes it available and neglected to edit the additional software listing.