Chrome - Google´s browser

Chrome - Google´s browser

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  • Boris Jebsen
    Boris Jebsen    Premium Member   Group moderator
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    Chrome under Linux with wine
    Romeo Adrian Cioaba posted on his website "myscienceisbetter" instructions, how to run Chrome under Linux using the wine 1.1.3. extention.

    1. install wine (follow the official instructions http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb)

    2. make sure wine >= 1.1.3 is installed by entering the following in the terminal
    wine --version

    3. Download winetricks and install it

    wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
    sudo cp winetricks /usr/sbin

    4. Install some dependencies for Chrome (Flash is not mandatory but will allow you to play youtube videos :-))
    winetricks riched20 riched30 flash

    4.1 Install allfonts (this is optional)
    winetricks allfonts

    5. Download the Chrome installer
    wget http://gpdl.google.com/chrome/install/149.27/chrome_installe...

    6. Install Chrome (just follow the onscreen instructions and make sure you create a desktop icon)
    wine chrome_installer.exe

    7. After the install is finished, you won't be able to use Chrome as it needs a bit more hacking. Just close it and opent with your favorite editor the Google Chrome.desktop icon created on your Desktop. Make sure your add "--new-http --in-process-plugins", without the quotes at the end of this line:

    Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/mimir/.wine" wine "C:\\windows\\profiles\\mimir\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"

    to make it look like this:
    Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/mimir/.wine" wine "C:\\windows\\profiles\\mimir\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" --new-http --in-process-plugins

    Save the file!

    NOTE: mimir is my username, you will have something like /home/yourusername/.wine

    8. Go to desktop and start Google Chrome

    Link to the original website: http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/
    • 11 Sep 2008, 08:07 am
  • Andreas Horlacher
    Andreas Horlacher    Premium Member   Group moderator
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    Re: Chrome under Linux with wine
    I downloaded CrossOver Chromium for my Mac from codeweavers.com.
    Installation worked perfect and the first-start brings up an initial process window - at this point you just have to wait a bit until Chromium for Mac appears completely.

    Page rendering works quit well, but I very regret Flash is not working for the moment.

    You should understand this software not as a "beta" - better think in terms of "alpha" software.
    But this is communicated clear...
    ...and you should open the license.txt to read the following lines:
    "YOU REALLY WANT TO READ THIS, ESPECIALLY THE PART ABOUT
    THE MANDATORY CAR WAASH FOR CODEWEAVERS EMPLOYEES..."

    Any experiences with Chromium stuff on Mac here around?
    Let us know...
    • 18 Sep 2008, 12:26 pm