I compiled a 64 bit chromium for everyone to use, unfortunatelly i have no idea how to put it in an rpm file. I do know that flash works, for ad blocking is AdSweep and it is fast like hell
P.S. AdSweep doesn’t block adds, it hides them (at least the developer of it says so).
P.S.2 Flash plugin (64 bit) works fine, i could watch youtube.com with no problems. As for now i’m using google chrome full time since after i tasted it i now dislike firefox for being so slow…
P.S.3 The 64 bit flash player is included (newest one).
Installation instructions:
Unpack it,
tar -xf google-chrome.tar.gz
, put the chrome folder anywhere you like for example /home/<user>/,
then move the desktop file to usr/share/applications/ directory by issuing command:
Also, if you also want to enable extensions you need to edit the Google Chrome.desktop file and add --enable-extensions to the right from --enable-plugins
Mind that some extensions might slow down the browser.
If chrome doesn’t start then you probably need to install some libraries and in that case open terminal where the chrome executable is and start it by ./chrome and watch for messages.
If it for example says gconf2-so.0 : No such file or directory you need to open Software Management type the exact message of what you are missing in search window and below that tick “RPM “Provides”” and “File list”. And install that file.
I’ll be posting new versions every 1 or 2 days (it’s from a svn repo, the ubuntu’s ppa is 2 weeks behind it unfortunatelly).
P.S. Could you comment on speed? Does it work as fast on your PC as on mine? For me it starts in half a second, rendering is also faster and gmail is a lot smoother than on firefox. How about you? Now i wonder if the vlc plugins will work with it, i’ll create a symlink to /usr/lib64/browser-plugins and i’ll test it out later
Yes, it’s mega-fast, way faster than FF. It starts in about 2 seconds (FF about 8!), and closes almost instantly (FF 10 seconds).
I don’t get any youtube video though, although I don’t think I have 64bit flash installed. I’ll look into getting that working tomorrow, I’m off to bed now :).
well i’m having a problem with it i get this error after telling it to import firefox settings
[10727:10727:2115127660:FATAL:app/gfx/font_skia.cc(90)] Check failed: tf. Could not find font: Adobe New Century Schoolbook
Trace/breakpoint trap
And when i delete the chrome.destop in usr share apps and delete the exracted files and redo it according to your instructions i still get the same error and it dont even ask to import firefox settings it just throughs up that error which i know what it is it cant find my font i use in firefox but why after deleting it and reduing the instructions does it keep giving me the error?
so how to totally get rid of it and redo it?
i was really wanting to try this out
Try unpacking it into your home directory and running it from there. But use the terminal to launch it by cd-ing to the chrome dir and typing - ./chrome.
In my case I unpacked it into ~/Apps, and would do this -
ok heres where i put the files and unpacked them
/home/username/chrome
and followed your instructions
then ran from terminal in that dir and thats the error i get all the time now even if i delete it and redo it so how do i totally get rid of it now to try it out again without getting that error so it thinks it is the first time it is ran again?
the fonts should be wherever the fonts are installed on the system
sometimes i just feel like a noooooob lol
) and boy did it compile A LOT even on a quad core lol!