20100917 - Updated the contents of this post to replace 'beta' package references to 'stable'.
Create the Google yum repository configuration file (replace x86_64 with i386 in the repo file to use the 32bit Google repository)
$ sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo [google] name=google - x86_64 baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
Then install Google Chrome
$ sudo yum install google-chrome-stable ==================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository ==================================================================================================================================== Installing: google-chrome-stable x86_64 5.0.307.11-39572 google-chrome Installing for dependencies: cvs x86_64 1.11.23-8.fc12 fedora foomatic x86_64 4.0.3-8.fc12 updates foomatic-db noarch 4.0-8.20091126.fc12 updates gettext x86_64 0.17-16.fc12 updates libmodplug x86_64 1:0.8.7-2.fc12 fedora libmpcdec x86_64 1.2.6-6.fc12 fedora patch x86_64 2.6.1-1.fc12 updates pax x86_64 3.4-10.fc12 fedora phonon x86_64 4.3.80-5.fc12 updates phonon-backend-xine x86_64 4.3.80-5.fc12 updates qt x86_64 1:4.6.2-3.fc12 updates qt-sqlite x86_64 1:4.6.2-3.fc12 updates qt-x11 x86_64 1:4.6.2-3.fc12 updates qt3 x86_64 3.3.8b-28.fc12 fedora redhat-lsb x86_64 3.2-7.fc12 fedora xine-lib x86_64 1.1.16.3-5.fc12 updates
Original content:
Want to run Google Chrome web browser on your Fedora workstation? Not exactly Chrome, but you can install and run the open source browser (devoid of Google branding), Chromium, of which Google Chrome is based.
Chromium will install on both 32bit and 64bit systems.
First, create a new yum repository configuration file (/etc/yum.repos.d/chromium.repo):
[chromium] name=Chromium Test Packages baseurl=http://spot.fedorapeople.org/chromium/F$releasever/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0Next install chromium, 2 packages will come from the chromium repo, chromium and v8:
$ sudo yum install chromium Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================== Installing: chromium x86_64 4.0.252.0-0.1.20091119svn32498.fc12 chromium 9.7 M Installing for dependencies: minizip x86_64 1.2.3-23.fc12 fedora 24 k nss-mdns x86_64 0.10-8.fc12 fedora 21 k v8 x86_64 2.0.0-1.20091118svn3334.fc12 chromium 810 kOnce installed, you'll find Chromium on the Applications menu under Internet.
v8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.
4 comments:
Hm, "gpgcheck=0", not too optimistic...
Good point,
Google Chrome is now available via an official repo (which GPG signed packages :-)
$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
O-o-o-o K-k-k-k, so why do I get "No package google-chrome.repo available" from yum when I follow these directions? And why is it 'x86_64'? That makes it sound like a 64 bit version only. But those of us running Netbooks are still on 32 bit processors.
Howdy,
The following are more detailed instructions for installing google's public key, setting up the repository definition and finally installing 'google-chrome-stable'
First, download and install the public key for the Google RPMs (this link has the official instructions, but I'll include them here in case the site gets altered):
http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/rpm.html
Run the following commands as root (or using sudo if you've properly set up /etc/sudoers)
wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
rpm --import linux_signing_key.pub
Next, create the repository definition file (I'll use the 32bit version in this example, use your favorite text editor, I'm using vi):
http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/yum.html
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo
[google]
name=Google - i386
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
Save and exit the editor
Now simply run the yum command to install chrome
yum install google-chrome-stable
Once that completes, google chrome should be installed and ready to use :-)
An alternate method is to download and install the RPM directly from
http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?platform=linux
Installing this RPM directly may require additional packages. This page also provides Debian / Ubuntu packages.
Thanks for the comments.
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