All,
As has already been brought up, we have not yet been able to build the new version of Chromium-32 for CentOS, and the current version (31.0.1650.63-1.el6) needs updating.
We have also recently been informed that we may not redistribute the PepperFlash Library from the Google site (libpepflashplayer.so) as we did in 31.0.1650.63-1.el6.
Therefore, I have had to rebuild the currently released version to remove the libpepflashplayer.so library.
What this means for all Chromium users is that after upgrade, you will no longer have built in flash. I apologize for the inconvenience, but we have no real choice in the matter.
While the CentOS team can not redistribute that library, end users can still get it ... here is how:
1. Become root and create a temporary working directory to download the package .. I recommend /tmp/working/
mkdir /tmp/working/ cd /tmp/working/
2. Get the latest google chrome rpm from google for your arch (either x86_64 or i386):
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
(or if needing the 32bit version, substitute i386 for x86_64 in the above path)
3. Extract the RPM using this command:
rpm2cpio google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm | cpio -idv
(again, substitute i386 for x86_64 if required)
4. Create the PepperFlash directory where the library will live:
mkdir /opt/chromium-browser/PepperFlash/
5. Copy the chome PepperFlash library and json file to the new directory:
cp opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/* /opt/chromium-browser/PepperFlash/
6. Restart chromium and test that flash works.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
If you haven't already, would you put this on the wiki for searchable reference?
Are you sure that's not against the law?
Putting non-open files in/opt/chromium-browser/PepperFlash/ seems worse to me than putting open source files from f15 in /opt/google/chrome/lib which Jim Perrin (on 27 Oct 2013 @19:24 zulu in this list) said should be a criminal offense.
e.g. as a result of wget http://chrome.richardlloyd.org.uk/install_chrome.sh chmod u+x install_chrome.sh ./install_chrome.sh
On 02/15/2014 08:38 PM, Darr247 wrote:
Are you sure that's not against the law?
Putting non-open files in/opt/chromium-browser/PepperFlash/ seems worse to me than putting open source files from f15 in /opt/google/chrome/lib which Jim Perrin (on 27 Oct 2013 @19:24 zulu in this list) said should be a criminal offense.
e.g. as a result of wget http://chrome.richardlloyd.org.uk/install_chrome.sh chmod u+x install_chrome.sh ./install_chrome.sh
Well, putting libc from f15 will have many security issues .. the file that you are putting in now is the latest pepperflash from real chrome. And if you use that script, you get this same pepperflash file AND the old, outdated libc from f15.
Personally, even though I like chromium, if google can't be bothered to support EL6, then I say that is their loss and I'll just use firefox.
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote: ...
Personally, even though I like chromium, if google can't be bothered to support EL6, then I say that is their loss and I'll just use firefox.
+1 But Me: "Hey students, we are using a premier LTS Linux distro, look at all you can do!" Student: "Can we run Chrome?" Me: " Well.....no, not on our version."
2014-02-16 8:54 GMT+01:00 Robert Arkiletian robark@gmail.com:
Me: "Hey students, we are using a premier LTS Linux distro, look at all you can do!" Student: "Can we run Chrome?" Me: " Well.....no, not on our version."
Hi Robert, better you make it clear: Me: "Hey students, we are using a premier LTS Linux distro, look at all you can do!" Student: "Can we run Chrome?" Me: "Well, in his farsighted view Google decided it is uninterested to have it running on the prominent linux enterprise distribution. It worked in the past but after version 31 they made it impossible to build. And we can't use version 31 for the lack of security updates. But we can do much much more than browsing web and for that we already have Firefox"
Best regards, Giorgio.
On 16 February 2014 @11:10 zulu, Giorgio Bersano wrote:
Student: "Can we run Chrome?" Me: "Well, in his farsighted view Google decided it is uninterested to have it running on the prominent linux enterprise distribution. It worked in the past but after version 31 they made it impossible to build.
Actually, that's not accurate... "Chrome" installs just fine using Richard Lloyd's install_chrome.sh script.
The script from http://chrome.richardlloyd.org.uk/ downloads that package from a fedora 15 repo (getting it from fedora 16 or newer causes other errors/crashes), segregates it in /opt/google/chrome/lib so all other programs use the package from the CentOS repo, installs the Google-Chrome repo, fetches the latest stable release Chrome rpm and installs Chrome.
From then on, yum should install updates from the Google-Chrome repo (at least that's how it's done it for me since I used an early version of it to install v28 on CentOS 6.4 after I saw his post in https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6570 and yum's updated Chrome for me at least 6 times since then).
i.e. You've confused "Chrome" with "chromium"
As I recall, the Chrome rpm downloaded from Google's repo would fail to install with yum complaining about a new enough libstdc++ file not being available. I can't find on http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/ what the difference is between the GLIBCXX_3.4.15 string offered by fedora15 and the older (GLIBCXX_3.4.12? GLIBCXX_3.4.13?) versions offered by CentOS 6.5, and don't understand why a minor revision like that would/could NOT be updated without waiting for RH/CentOS 7.x. But, then... I'm just a dumb electrician. :)
Am 15.02.2014 um 20:40 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
What this means for all Chromium users is that after upgrade, you will no longer have built in flash. I apologize for the inconvenience, but we have no real choice in the matter.
i haven't follow this chromium technology discussion right now, therefore just a question: Is it not possible to use the external flash plugin?
-- LF
On 02/16/2014 04:45 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 15.02.2014 um 20:40 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
What this means for all Chromium users is that after upgrade, you will no longer have built in flash. I apologize for the inconvenience, but we have no real choice in the matter.
i haven't follow this chromium technology discussion right now, therefore just a question: Is it not possible to use the external flash plugin?
Yes, in theory if you turn off the internal flash player and use the external one via these instructions:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-google-chrome.html
Am 17.02.2014 um 15:34 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
On 02/16/2014 04:45 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 15.02.2014 um 20:40 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
What this means for all Chromium users is that after upgrade, you will no longer have built in flash. I apologize for the inconvenience, but we have no real choice in the matter.
i haven't follow this chromium technology discussion right now, therefore just a question: Is it not possible to use the external flash plugin?
Yes, in theory if you turn off the internal flash player and use the external one via these instructions:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-google-chrome.html
I tried and it works.
-- LF
Johnny, Thanks for the Chromium 31 build; it works great. Are you planning on continuing support for Chromium-32 for CentOS and beyond? Stable release seems to be at 33 now for Chrome. Best Troy
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Am 13.03.2014 um 20:05 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
On 03/13/2014 12:43 PM, teltel wrote:
Johnny, Thanks for the Chromium 31 build; it works great. Are you planning on continuing support for Chromium-32 for CentOS and beyond? Stable release seems to be at 33 now for Chrome.
If we can get them to build, yes. So far we can not.
is read a reference to "Extra Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6" and can't confirm it. Does upstream provide a chrome package?
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On 04/02/2014 10:49 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 13.03.2014 um 20:05 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
On 03/13/2014 12:43 PM, teltel wrote:
Johnny, Thanks for the Chromium 31 build; it works great. Are you planning on continuing support for Chromium-32 for CentOS and beyond? Stable release seems to be at 33 now for Chrome.
If we can get them to build, yes. So far we can not.
is read a reference to "Extra Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6" and can't confirm it. Does upstream provide a chrome package?
No, they do not.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9RlkKQB1POSWmFiT0REeG1QS28/edit?usp=sharin...
2014-04-03 18:43 GMT+03:00 Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
On 04/02/2014 10:49 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 13.03.2014 um 20:05 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
On 03/13/2014 12:43 PM, teltel wrote:
Johnny, Thanks for the Chromium 31 build; it works great. Are you planning on continuing support for Chromium-32 for CentOS and beyond? Stable release seems to be at 33 now for Chrome.
If we can get them to build, yes. So far we can not.
is read a reference to "Extra Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6" and can't confirm it. Does upstream provide a chrome package?
No, they do not.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9RlkKQB1POSQlZ1OUljT3p6U1U/edit?usp=sharin...
2014-04-04 1:49 GMT+03:00 Νικόλαος Γεωργόπουλος ngeorgop@gmail.com:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9RlkKQB1POSWmFiT0REeG1QS28/edit?usp=sharin...
2014-04-03 18:43 GMT+03:00 Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
On 04/02/2014 10:49 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 13.03.2014 um 20:05 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
On 03/13/2014 12:43 PM, teltel wrote:
Johnny, Thanks for the Chromium 31 build; it works great. Are you planning on continuing support for Chromium-32 for CentOS and beyond? Stable release seems to be at 33 now for Chrome.
If we can get them to build, yes. So far we can not.
is read a reference to "Extra Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6" and can't confirm it. Does upstream provide a chrome package?
No, they do not.
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