dpkg: need an action option

Use following:

dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

Notice the "-" infront of the parameter i.

I had this error even using -i. Then I tried using --install and it worked.

sudo dpkg --install google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

please correct your command dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ,You need to provide -i instead of .i option

This error can occur when copy/pasting the command from online instructions rather than typing it yourself. So instead of '-' you end up with '–' and you get the error.