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====== Google Chrome Browser in Slackware ====== | ====== Google Chrome Browser in Slackware ====== |
| According to Google, the chrome browser is a web browser built for speed, simplicity, and security. Note that this package has little to do with [[http://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=chromium|chromium]] as this is a pre-compiled package by Google, instead of a package that a user can compile locally from the open-source [[http://www.chromium.org/Home|project]]. |
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Google Chrome is not installed as a default application in Slackware but it is provided instead as an installation-ready application through a Slackbuild available in the //extra// folder of the Slackware folder tree. At the time of this writing, the Google Chrome Slackbuild is available in the //extra// directory of Slackware13.37, and 14. | Google Chrome is not installed as a default application in Slackware but it is provided instead as an installation-ready application through a Slackbuild, created by Patrick Volkerding that is available in the //extra// folder of the Slackware folder tree. At the time of this writing, the Google Chrome Slackbuild is available in the //extra// directory of Slackware13.37, and 14. |
===== Stable Google Chrome Release Installation on Slackware 14 ===== | ===== Stable Google Chrome Release Installation on Slackware 14 ===== |
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In the Slackware directory tree, the //google-chrome// folder inside the //extra// directory contains a [[http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-current/extra/google-chrome/README|README]] file that provides simple instructions to follow for this installation. Using a [[http://mirrors.slackware.com/|Slackware mirror]], the Google Chrome Slackbuilb folder can be easily downloaded online. The Slackbuilb folder is also available on Slackware installation CDs/DVD (version 13.37 and 14 at the time of this writing), which can be purchased at the [[http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store|official Slackware Store]] (consider a subscription). | In the Slackware directory tree, the //google-chrome// folder inside the //extra// directory contains a [[http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-current/extra/google-chrome/README|README]] file that provides simple instructions to follow for this installation. Using a [[http://mirrors.slackware.com/|Slackware mirror]], the Google Chrome Slackbuild folder can be easily downloaded online. The Slackbuild folder is also available on Slackware installation CDs/DVD (version 13.37 and 14.0 at the time of this writing), which can be purchased at the [[http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store|official Slackware Store]] (consider a subscription). |
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The following simple steps illustrate the installation of a Stable release of Google Chrome in Slackware 14: | The following simple steps illustrate the installation of a Stable release of Google Chrome in Slackware 14: |
<code>upgradepkg --install-new /tmp/google-chrome-21.0.1180.81-i386-1.txz</code> | <code>upgradepkg --install-new /tmp/google-chrome-21.0.1180.81-i386-1.txz</code> |
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<note> Note that Google Chrome requires the PAM library //libpam.so.0//. A //google-chrome-pam-solibs// package is available in the same folder (//extra/google-chrome//) as the Google Chrome Slackbuilds. Installing the <//google-chrome-pam-solibs// package allow newer versions of Chrome to run without having to actually switch the system to using PAM. To install the //code>google-chrome-pam-solibs// package, run the following code as root within the downloaded or copied Google Chrome Slackbuild directory (///tmp/google-chrome//) : | <note> Note that Google Chrome requires the PAM library //libpam.so.0//. A //google-chrome-pam-solibs// package is available in the same folder (//extra/google-chrome//) as the Google Chrome Slackbuilds. Installing the //google-chrome-pam-solibs// package allow newer versions of Chrome to run without having to actually switch the system to using PAM. To install the //google-chrome-pam-solibs// package, run the following code as root within the downloaded or copied Google Chrome Slackbuild directory (///tmp/google-chrome//) : |
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<code>upgradepkg --install-new /tmp/google-chrome/google-chrome-pam-solibs-1.1.3-i486-1.txz</code> | <code>upgradepkg --install-new /tmp/google-chrome/google-chrome-pam-solibs-1.1.3-i486-1.txz</code> |
If you need real PAM (to compile Chromium for example), you can find it in //extra/source/pam/// from the Slackware directory tree.</note> | If you need real PAM (to compile Chromium for example), you can find it in //extra/source/pam/// from the Slackware directory tree.</note> |
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| <note> Installing Google Chrome browser in Slackware 13.37 requires the installation of the packages //GConf// and //ORBit2//. These packages are also available in the //extra/google-chrome// directory and can be easily installed with the //upgradepkg // command.</note> |
===== Beta and Unstable Google Chrome Release Installation on Slackware 14 ===== | ===== Beta and Unstable Google Chrome Release Installation on Slackware 14 ===== |
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