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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 =====
  
-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).
  
 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:
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 2. Click the download button, and select either: 2. Click the download button, and select either:
-  * 32 bit .deb (for Debian/Ubuntu). +  * 32 bit //.deb// (for Debian/Ubuntu). 
-  * Or 64 bit .deb (for Debian/Ubuntu).+  * Or 64 bit //.deb// (for Debian/Ubuntu).
    
 3. Select a download package that is appropriate for your architecture: 3. Select a download package that is appropriate for your architecture:
   * 32 bit //.deb// (for Debian/Ubuntu) for a 32-bit version of Slackware.   * 32 bit //.deb// (for Debian/Ubuntu) for a 32-bit version of Slackware.
-  * 64 bit //.de//b (for Debian/Ubuntu) for a 64-bit version of Slackware.+  * 64 bit //.deb// (for Debian/Ubuntu) for a 64-bit version of Slackware.
  
 4. Read and accept the license terms. 4. Read and accept the license terms.
  
-5. Download the .deb package.+5. Download the //.deb// package.
  
 6. Copy the //extra/google-chrome// Slackbuild folder into a temporary location (///tmp// for example). 6. Copy the //extra/google-chrome// Slackbuild folder into a temporary location (///tmp// for example).
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 <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>
  
-<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//) :
  
 <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>
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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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