One of the easiest way to try Chromium browser in Ubuntu Linux (Google Chrome browser
for Unix/Linux operating system is named as Chromium) is to use daily
binary builds at https://launchpad.net/chromium-project. Today Ubuntu is
the most popular Linux disributions for desktops so there are daily
builds available for the following Ubuntu versions: hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic.
First let your Ubuntu know where it should find chromium-browser deb package:
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Replace jaunty with hardy, intrepid or
karmic depending which version you run at your computer. If you feel
this information is not sufficient for you, follow this link to get
Ubuntu official information on this matter or follow Launchpad help.
The next step is to install Chromium browser:
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install chromium-browseror
sudo aptitude install chromium-browser
Once you press enter Ubuntu
will download around 18 MB of data from launchpad’s server and will
install Chromium with gnome menu entries and shortcuts. Now you can go
to System menu –> Internet –> Chromium Web Browser in order to launch Google browser.
Ubuntu Chromium Google browser (Google Chrome Ubuntu)
As you might know there is still no
official release of chromium/chrome available for Linux, so these daily
builds from launchpad are for testing/observations purposes only. For
example, there is no flash plugin available so you will be able to see
html pages like this one and no swf/flash content. Anyway thanks to
Google for great browser which has all chances to become “browser number
one” for Linux or even for the rest of operating system such as Windows
or Mac.
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