how to install google chrome browser AGAIN

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Hi All
Someone showed us how to install google chrome with suse 13.2,
I did it and it worked, but I forgot to write it down.
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Can someone please resend the instructionsa ???

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install google’s PGP key to avoid key warnings

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
sudo rpm --import linux_signing_key.pub

Add chrome’s repository and use zypper or yast to install
for 64bit OS

sudo zypper ar http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 google
sudo zypper in google-chrome-stable

for 32bit OS

sudo zypper ar http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386 google
sudo zypper in  google-chrome-stable
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Problem: google-chrome-stable-47.0.2526.106-1.i386 requires libX11.so.6, but this requirement cannot be provided.

I am running OpenSUSE 12.1

Linux Hostname 3.1.10-1.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 27 05:21:40 UTC 2012 (d016078) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
AlanVM:/home/user # lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    n/a
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description:    openSUSE 12.1 (i586)
Release:        12.1
Codename:       Asparagus
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ah man your OS is way outdated you need xorg-x11-libX11 but all official online repo’s for 12.x have been taken down
post your repo list

zypper lr -d

in the meantime you can try this file
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/suse/i586/xorg-x11-libX11-7.6-23.1.2.i586.rpm
do

zypper in http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/suse/i586/xorg-x11-libX11-7.6-23.1.2.i586.rpm

you really should update to 13.x or 42.1

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Thanks, I installed chrome 18. I found it with this query in google. Much much quicker than an endless upgrade cycle.

google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm “index of” 2013

I’ll get around to updating SUSE, someday.

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You wore just missing a library you should still be able to install the latest chrome
or better yet get Firefox static build from mozilla
it’s not installable just unpack the tarball somewhere and run it
the last esr
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/38.5.2esr/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-38.5.2esr.tar.bz2
or the latest 43.0.3
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/43.0.3/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-43.0.3.tar.bz2

to get full multimedia with firefox you still need packman and they still have the 12.1 repo online
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_12.1/
to add it just do as root

zypper ar -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_12.1/ packman
zypper dup --from packmen
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Have you tried just downloading and installing the rpm?
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html

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https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

Have anyone tried using this above url. Please let me know if this works.

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Be aware that using any(well, later than about 2007) Linux kernel earlier than approx Oct 2016 makes you vulnerable to instant and immediate exploitatation using “Dirty COW” techniques.

First screenshot installing VNC server using YAST
https://dirtycow.ninja/

And the slide deck to my presentation to a local UG on this and other contemporary attacks summer of 2016
http://bit.ly/2iarkvY

TSU

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Been using http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 through several openSUSE versions with no difficulties.