Google Chrome first public linux release

Rasi · 2009-06-05 08:09:02

http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel

sadly the amd64 binaries are in fact 32bit.... *sigh*

Themaister · 2009-06-05 08:46:51

Huh? Do they then include all 32-bit libraries needed or what? It won't compile on x86_64?

Rasi · 2009-06-05 11:23:06

Themaister wrote:

Huh? Do they then include all 32-bit libraries needed or what? It won't compile on x86_64?

Normally you dont compile binaries, but source code, haha...

and no, they dont include 32bit binaries, it seems to be a packaging bug, 64bit release is no 64bit release at all...

deadspider187 · 2009-06-05 14:58:36

I installed it by using deb2targz to convert it to a .tar.gz. then extracted the files and moved them to where they needed to be.

It's exactly the same as chromium at the moment. Way more stable then Chromium used to be. But no flash, no saving a homepage, etc. I ran sunspider on it and got around 3000 ms, which is 5x better then any other web browser I've tried. It feels fast.

I can't wait for this to stabilize.

Mo · 2009-06-05 15:43:35

This dirty PKGBUILD works for me on Arch64

pkgname=google-chrome
pkgver=unstable_current
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier."
arch=('x86_64')
arch_='amd64'
url="http://www.google.com/chrome/?hl=en"
license=('BSD')
depends=('lib32-gconf' 'lib32-dbus-glib')
makedepends=('deb2targz')
install='google-chrome.install'
options=()
source=("http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}.deb")
md5sums=('ed0fea0cee5f3355b9eb9054fe7941ce')

build() {
    echo $install
    mkdir $srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}
    deb2targz ${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}.deb
    mv ${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}.tar.gz $srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}
    cd $srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}

    tar xf google-chrome-unstable_current_${arch_}.tar.gz

    cp -r $srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}/opt $pkgdir
    cp -r $srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}_${arch_}/usr $pkgdir    
}

Here's the google-chrome.install:

post_install() {
  echo "Add 'export PANGO_RC_FILE=/opt/lib32/config/pango/pangorc' to your ~/.bashrc in order to make pango work"
}

Maybe someone could try if it works.

Regards
Mo

Last edited by Mo (2009-06-06 08:36:38)

Оо · 2009-06-05 16:03:38

Tested it a minute ago Must say I like it The rumors were true - it's veeery fast.
Huge "-" is that there is no flash at the moment

Rating: 8/10

venky80 · 2009-06-05 18:02:26

is it there in AUR

SleepyFloyd · 2009-06-05 19:49:05

Thanks for the PKGBUILD...

Chrome feels pretty good, fast and snappy. Unfortunatly, having to load all these ads makes outweights the increase in speed. Does anybody know if there'll be an ad-blocker for Chrome?

And what's exactly the difference between chrome and chromium? I get that Chrome is the google version, which depends on Chromium... so, wouldn't it be better to use chromium or are there any big differences?

Lastly, my Chrome looks like this... I know it's Alpha, but has anybody an idea how to fix that?

vMXNiMg

schuay · 2009-06-05 20:40:58

SleepyFloyd wrote:

Lastly, my Chrome looks like this... I know it's Alpha, but has anybody an idea how to fix that?

have you tried installing gsfonts?

tth · 2009-06-05 20:56:07

SleepyFloyd wrote:

Thanks for the PKGBUILD...
Lastly, my Chrome looks like this... I know it's Alpha, but has anybody an idea how to fix that?

Put this to ~/.bashrc

export PANGO_RC_FILE=/opt/lib32/config/pango/pangorc

Should fix it.

ammon · 2009-06-05 21:05:32

What it the diffirence chrome/chromium?
This one is Google branded and...?

Good browser, testing it few days. Waiting for x86_64 binaries.
And sticking do chromium, dont wanna branding and spyware on my arch.

jerryluc · 2009-06-06 12:08:54

@SleepyFloyd: using "chrome" to start it instead of "chromium" fixed it for me.

Themaister · 2009-06-06 15:37:58

Rasi wrote:

Themaister wrote:
Huh? Do they then include all 32-bit libraries needed or what? It won't compile on x86_64?
Normally you dont compile binaries, but source code, haha...
and no, they dont include 32bit binaries, it seems to be a packaging bug, 64bit release is no 64bit release at all...

I don't think you understand what I meant I mean, do they not supply a 64-bit build because their source code (omg, obvious>_>) won't compile on 64-bit? In that case, that's rather lame.

uncholowapo · 2009-06-06 15:53:14

Doesn't matter if it's lame. It will be ported eventually... Anyways I use it daily now and am loving it. The "sans plugin" thing isn't a problem for me since I barely use flash or any of the other plugins. It's very very fast IMO.

thayer · 2009-06-06 16:48:13

Yay, I finally have a fast Gmail browser! I'm 99% satisfied with Firefox/Vimperator, but the performance of Gmail in Firefox has absolutely sucked under Linux...problem solved (~/.xbindkeysrc):

# gmail (W+g)
"google-chrome http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox"
  m:0x40 + c:42

Ranguvar · 2009-06-06 17:26:37

I'll wait until SRWare's Iron is compilable for Linux (if it isn't already?) :-"

And, cool, looks like they are interested in Linux: http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=382

n8schicht · 2009-06-06 17:33:18

tth wrote:

SleepyFloyd wrote:
Thanks for the PKGBUILD...
Lastly, my Chrome looks like this... I know it's Alpha, but has anybody an idea how to fix that?
Put this to ~/.bashrc
export PANGO_RC_FILE=/opt/lib32/config/pango/pangorc
Should fix it.

This works great for Chrome. But when I start Firefox afterwards, then it spits out error messages about pango and refuses to start
Is there a way to only set set the path for Chrome?

Ramses de Norre · 2009-06-06 17:58:01

n8schicht wrote:

Is there a way to only set set the path for Chrome?

alias chrome="PANGO_RC_FILE=/opt/lib32/config/pango/pangorc chrome"

Change "chrome" to the real name of the program.

Edit: in case this wasn't clear, put this in your .bashrc or .zshrc or whatever you use as shell, running it once will only affect your current session.

Last edited by Ramses de Norre (2009-06-06 17:59:40)

NekySerbia · 2009-12-08 20:09:31

and now a first public beta:

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/w00t.html

wuischke · 2009-12-08 20:58:56

Regarding native 64bit:
Chrome's JavaScript engine, V8, currently only supports ia32 and arm. My understanding is that as the engine does on-the-fly compilation, a native 64bit version is not possible until V8 supports amd64, too.

Last edited by wuischke (2009-12-08 20:59:54)

zakili · 2009-12-08 21:02:22

venky80 wrote:

is it there in AUR

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32530

yaourt -S google-chrome-beta

works fine ..

Last edited by zakili (2009-12-08 21:03:24)

dyscoria · 2009-12-08 21:14:11

Chrome is friggin awesome!

Though I think I'm gonna find it hard to switch from firefox without NoScript...

s3kt0r · 2009-12-09 01:41:25

I am also using google-chrome-beta as zakili mentioned, loving it although I miss vimperator.

edit: found this, trying it out.https://chrome.google.com/extensions/de … cjpiefdnnj

Last edited by s3kt0r (2009-12-09 03:19:13)

Gen2ly · 2009-12-09 08:49:54

The last of the new great browsers.

Does anyone know if this was done in conjunction with chromium? Seems like just wasted resources if they didn't.

Last edited by Gen2ly (2009-12-09 11:42:46)

barzam · 2009-12-12 17:01:34

I use Iron from the AUR, and these addons are vimperator alternatives (currently using gleebox):
http://www.chromeextensions.org/appeara … avigation/
http://www.chromeextensions.org/utilities/gleebox/
http://www.chromeextensions.org/other/vimlike-smooziee/

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