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howtos:google-chrome [2012/08/28 00:15 (UTC)] – [Stable Google Chrome Release Installation on Slackware 14] Typo fixes escaflownhowtos:google-chrome [2012/08/31 02:35 (UTC)] – [Stable Google Chrome Release Installation on Slackware 14] Added a note for Gconf and Orbit in 13.37 escaflown
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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]].
  
-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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 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>
  
 +<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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