I’ve downloaded the latest Google Chrome 64 bit on a fresh 11.3 install, get this error:
error: Failed dependencies:
libjpeg.so.62()(64bit) is needed by google-chrome-stable-6.0.472.55-58392.x86_64
Linux linux-z1om 2.6.34-12-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-06-29 02:39:08 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I’ve done a bit og Googling, but cannot find where to get the missing files. Has anyone else had this problem and found a fix ?
Thanks
why don’t you use openSUSE repos to install chromium? works fine for me. you find ver. 6 & 7 here:
Index of /repositories/openSUSE:/11.3:/Contrib/standard
since i don’t know how much or little you know about openSUSE: the GUI procedure would be to add the above repo. to your configured repositories via yast -> software repositories, then go to yast -> software management, search for “chromium,” and click on install. if any dependencies are unfulfilled, yast will tell you.
alternatively, you can do all via CLI:
zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/11.3:/Contrib/standard/ contrib_std
zypper in chromium
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phani.
PS: by default, this would give you chromium ver. 7.0.513.0 at the moment, the latest available version. if you prefer ver. 6, you’ll have to check further down in “yast softw. managmt.,” under “versions,” and select the one you want.
Add this repo in YaST Software Manager or with zypper. Install chrome from this repo and that should solve your problem.
dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
Actually, the newest repo is this:
dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
just wondering: what’s the advantage of using google repos over openSUSE ones?
There are no advantages (except for the H264 decoder built in).
See here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)
that may be an advantage, but since i use video, flash or otherwise, sparingly due to my lousy bandwidth, i rather stick with openSUSE repos. the packagers / developers presumably know what’s required & available in oS distros, me thinks.
There are no advantages (except for the H264 decoder built in).
Actually there’s a major disadvantage: the packages offered are not specifically build for SuSE.
I would also strongly disadvise using a ‘contrib’-Repo, as it also contains many other packages beside Chrome which in case of a systemwide upgrade might replace the ones installed from regular repositories.
I would also strongly disadvise using a ‘contrib’-Repo, as it also contains many other packages beside Chrome which in case of a systemwide upgrade might replace the ones installed from regular repositories.
i’ve sometimes done it, used out-of-house repos. the safest way IMO is to disable the repo after installing whatever it is, so they can’t create havoc later on. then of course one has to check manually for updates in these repos. trouble all the way…if oS repos are available for the same job, that’s certainly better.
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phani.
gropiuskalle > That’s why vendor changes policies are useful for 
For google-chrome provided in the google repo, it seems you need libjpeg6 :
rpm -ql libjpeg6
/usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62
/usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
gropiuskalle > That’s why vendor changes policies are useful for
O rly? 
Seriously: In this case I find that to be rather cumbersome, just as the way to deactivate the respective repository after the install.
If one is willing to use Chromium instead of Chrome (which offers the exact same functionality) one could use one of the following repos:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rwooninck:/chromium/openSUSE_11.3/ ##for openSUSE 11.3
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/sanfordarmstrong:/chromium/openSUSE_11.2/ ##for openSUSE 11.2
Both contain only Chromium and one dependency, so there’s no need to fiddle with vendor changes.
That worked - many thanks.
Thanks “phani” You’re great!