Friday, January 15, 2010

How to install Google Chrome in Fedora 10 or Fedora 11

To install chromium, create a chromium.repo file in your /etc/yum.repos.d directory.

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/chromium.repo
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Then fill it up with this:-

[chromium]
name=Chromium Test Packages
baseurl=http://spot.fedorapeople.org/chromium/F$releasever/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
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After that, just yum install chromium
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[root@atreides ~]# yum install chromium
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: mirror.oscc.org.my
* rpmfusion-free: mirror.transact.net.au
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.transact.net.au
* rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.transact.net.au
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.transact.net.au
* updates: ftp.riken.jp
chromium | 1.2 kB 00:00
chromium/primary | 2.4 kB 00:00
chromium 7/7
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package chromium.i586 0:3.0.191.0-0.1.20090628svn19474.fc11 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libv8.so.0 for package: chromium-3.0.191.0-0.1.20090628svn19474.fc11.i586
--> Running transaction check
---> Package v8.i586 0:1.2.9-1.20090626svn2284.fc11 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
chromium i586 3.0.191.0-0.1.20090628svn19474.fc11 chromium 11 M
Installing for dependencies:
v8 i586 1.2.9-1.20090626svn2284.fc11 chromium 858 k

Transaction Summary
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Install 2 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 12 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
Processing delta metadata
Package(s) data still to download: 12 M
(1/2): chromium-3.0.191.0-0.1.20090628svn19474.fc11.i586 | 11 MB 01:11
(2/2): v8-1.2.9-1.20090626svn2284.fc11.i586.rpm | 858 kB 00:06
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Total 149 kB/s | 12 MB 01:19
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : v8-1.2.9-1.20090626svn2284.fc11.i586 1/2
Installing : chromium-3.0.191.0-0.1.20090628svn19474.fc11.i586 2/2

Installed:
chromium.i586 0:3.0.191.0-0.1.20090628svn19474.fc11

Dependency Installed:
v8.i586 0:1.2.9-1.20090626svn2284.fc11

Complete!

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