installing Chromium or Google Chrome
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installing Chromium or Google Chrome
How do you install Google chrome. I downloaded the file from their site but then it wanted me to extract it which I did. but the removed installer didn't show up.
How do I install Chrome of Chromium?
So far Mint Debian is working great
How do I install Chrome of Chromium?
So far Mint Debian is working great
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Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
Hello vinoman, add to /etc/apt/sources.list
Then login as root and run
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deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main
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wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && apt-get update && apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)
--or the package manager you prefer, eg synaptic
- Chromium is the open source web browser project from which Google Chrome draws its source code.[1] The project's hourly Chromium snapshots appear essentially similar[2] to the latest builds of Google Chrome aside from the omission of certain Google additions, most noticeable among them: Google's brand, auto-update mechanism, click-through licensing terms, usage-tracking, and bundling of Adobe Flash Player.
--or the package manager you prefer, eg synaptic
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apt search chromium
p chromium - transitional dummy package for chromium-bs
p chromium-browser - Chromium browser
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
Also, take a look at an earlier thread on the same topic:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=55106
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=55106
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
Thank you.secipolla wrote:Hello vinoman, add to /etc/apt/sources.listThen login as root and runCode: Select all
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main
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wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && apt-get update && apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
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gdebi- Deb installer is not installed by default in LMDE, get it from the repos. Then Chrome and Picasa install no problem.
Desktop Core i7 Linux Mint 21.1 / Laptop Dell Precision M6400 Linux Mint 21.1
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
I also had a similar problem, I just created a new menu item and got it back into the menu.
Desktop Core i7 Linux Mint 21.1 / Laptop Dell Precision M6400 Linux Mint 21.1
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
I just deleted that post because I just got an update and it was chrome. Now its back and I put an icon on the toolbar.900i wrote:I also had a similar problem, I just created a new menu item and got it back into the menu.
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Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
Yep. When I tried to install Chromium, It told me that it was pulled from the repositories for some reason, so I just downloaded the latest stable Chrome and it installed great using gdebi.900i wrote:gdebi- Deb installer is not installed by default in LMDE, get it from the repos. Then Chrome and Picasa install no problem.
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Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
I have a short script I'll be pushing (once proper error checking is complete) for download of Chromium through Debian Sid repos and install (geared towards LMDE).
Stay tuned, hopefully.
Stay tuned, hopefully.
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
chromium-browser removed from testing | Giuseppe, il suo blog : http://www.iuculano.it/en/linux/debian/ ... m-testing/
You need a line in your sources.list for sid if you want to install chromium.
For Chrome downloading and installing the package from Google adds the Google repo to keep it updated.
You need a line in your sources.list for sid if you want to install chromium.
For Chrome downloading and installing the package from Google adds the Google repo to keep it updated.
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
A suggestion, why not add Chromium "Stable" to the LMDE repositories ?
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
While there's such a thing as google-chrome-stable, I don't think there's a Chromium "Stable."axel668 wrote:A suggestion, why not add Chromium "Stable" to the LMDE repositories ?
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
i think that's why the quotation marks were used. Chromium "stable" would then be the chromium build, that the current chrome stable is based on
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
probably coz Chromium itself is a testbed (before being applied to Google Chrome) hence it receives too many updates that can potentially cause problems. IIRC last time I've added Chromium updates came every 1-3 daysaxel668 wrote:A suggestion, why not add Chromium "Stable" to the LMDE repositories ?
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
Maybe it's different depending on the repos you get it from? I've got chromium-browser here from the Ubuntu repos but I don't see frequent updates coming down the pipe -- not every 1-3 days, anyway.Joylove wrote:probably coz Chromium itself is a testbed (before being applied to Google Chrome) hence it receives too many updates that can potentially cause problems. IIRC last time I've added Chromium updates came every 1-3 daysaxel668 wrote:A suggestion, why not add Chromium "Stable" to the LMDE repositories ?
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
You can also use the Launchpad Chromium Beta PPA for Lucid which works perfectly with LMDE (add to /etc/apt/sources.list):
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deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/beta/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/beta/ubuntu lucid main
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while that PPA only installs Chromuim, it is NOT a good idea to install Ubuntu packages on Debian.magian wrote:You can also use the Launchpad Chromium Beta PPA for Lucid which works perfectly with LMDE (add to /etc/apt/sources.list):
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deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/beta/ubuntu lucid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/beta/ubuntu lucid main
You would be better off just adding a line to your sources.list for sid then doing apt-get unpdate; apt-get -t unstable install chromium-browser.
$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 6.0.472.62~r59676-1
Version table:
6.0.472.62~r59676-1 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages
If you instead choose to install Google Chrome you have a choice, you can install the latest dev version or the current 'stable' version.
$ apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 6.0.472.62-r59676
Version table:
6.0.472.62-r59676 0
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
$ apt-cache policy google-chrome-unstable
google-chrome-unstable:
Installed: 7.0.517.8-r59474
Candidate: 7.0.517.8-r59474
Version table:
*** 7.0.517.8-r59474 0
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
Right, there's 4 different versions of Chromium in the Ubuntu PPA:MALsPa wrote:Maybe it's different depending on the repos you get it from? I've got chromium-browser here from the Ubuntu repos but I don't see frequent updates coming down the pipe -- not every 1-3 days, anyway.
- stable (kept in sync with CHROME stable version)
- beta (kept in sync with CHROME beta version)
- dev (kept in sync with CHROME dev version)
- daily (just the latest daily chromium build)
So while Chromium itself does not have a stable version, it seems to be possible to create a Chromium build, which is in sync with the Chrome stable version, while not adding Chrome- specific features (branding, embedded Flash / PDF). Debian Unstable seems to follow the same strategy, so it wouldn't be much more than a copy step, either from the Ubuntu PPAs or from Sid. The idea of adding this to the LMDE repos is merely for end users to avoid the inconvenience of messing with their software sources.
Re: installing Chromium or Google Chrome
Interesting, wasn't aware of all this.axel668 wrote:Right, there's 4 different versions of Chromium in the Ubuntu PPA:MALsPa wrote:Maybe it's different depending on the repos you get it from? I've got chromium-browser here from the Ubuntu repos but I don't see frequent updates coming down the pipe -- not every 1-3 days, anyway.
- stable (kept in sync with CHROME stable version)
- beta (kept in sync with CHROME beta version)
- dev (kept in sync with CHROME dev version)
- daily (just the latest daily chromium build)
So while Chromium itself does not have a stable version, it seems to be possible to create a Chromium build, which is in sync with the Chrome stable version, while not adding Chrome- specific features (branding, embedded Flash / PDF). Debian Unstable seems to follow the same strategy, so it wouldn't be much more than a copy step, either from the Ubuntu PPAs or from Sid. The idea of adding this to the LMDE repos is merely for end users to avoid the inconvenience of messing with their software sources.
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/stable
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/beta
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/dev
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa
I'm thinking that my version of chromium-browser in Mint doesn't come from any of the above (correct me if I'm wrong here).
From the browser (About Chromium): 6.0.472.53 (57914) Built on Ubuntu 10.04, running on LinuxMint 9
In Synaptic, it says chromium-browser 6.0.472.53~r57914-0ubuntu0.10.04.1. Origin: lucid-updates/universe (archive.ubuntu.com)