I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedora-linux/
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 18:55:18 +0100 From: H agents@meddatainc.com
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedo ra-linux/
Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, release for centos-7?
The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues and work well on centos-7) are:
stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1
while the epel one is:
61.0.3163.100-1
which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about five releases back.
On 11/25/2017 10:52 PM, Richard wrote:
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 18:55:18 +0100 From: H agents@meddatainc.com
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedo ra-linux/
Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, release for centos-7?
The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues and work well on centos-7) are:
stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1
while the epel one is:
61.0.3163.100-1
which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about five releases back.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not familiar with it.
Date: Monday, November 27, 2017 19:45:28 +0100 From: H agents@meddatainc.com
On 11/25/2017 10:52 PM, Richard wrote:
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 18:55:18 +0100 From: H agents@meddatainc.com
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fe do ra-linux/
Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, release for centos-7?
The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues and work well on centos-7) are:
stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1
while the epel one is:
61.0.3163.100-1
which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about five releases back.
Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not familiar with it.
Yes, from the google chrome repository, using google-chrome.repo. The Centos wiki page at:
https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/GoogleYumRepos
has the details if you need them. This works for -7, not -6.
On November 27, 2017 2:09:34 PM EST, Richard lists-centos@listmail.innovate.net wrote:
Date: Monday, November 27, 2017 19:45:28 +0100 From: H agents@meddatainc.com
On 11/25/2017 10:52 PM, Richard wrote:
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 18:55:18 +0100 From: H agents@meddatainc.com
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fe do ra-linux/
Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, release for centos-7?
The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues and work well on centos-7) are:
stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1
while the epel one is:
61.0.3163.100-1
which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about five releases back.
Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not familiar with it.
Yes, from the google chrome repository, using google-chrome.repo. The Centos wiki page at:
https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/GoogleYumRepos
has the details if you need them. This works for -7, not -6.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
And for Centos 6?
-----Original Message----- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of H Sent: den 27 november 2017 19:45 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium on CentOS 6
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedo ra-linux/
Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, release for centos-7?
The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues and work well on centos-7) are:
stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1
while the epel one is:
61.0.3163.100-1
which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about five releases back.
Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not
familiar
with it.
Wasn't the latest Google Chrome unsupported on CentOS 6 because of some dependency problems or some such?
-- //Sorin
Sorin,
Indeed, CentOS 6 is not longer officially supported by Chrome. It hasn't been for a few years, though there are workarounds[1].
It's high time people migrated to EL7.
[1] - http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/chrome-deps-stable-3.11-1.x8...
-- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
Nux! www.nux.ro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sorin Srbu" Sorin.Srbu@orgfarm.uu.se To: "CentOS mailing list" centos@centos.org Sent: Tuesday, 28 November, 2017 07:47:35 Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium on CentOS 6
-----Original Message----- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of H Sent: den 27 november 2017 19:45 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium on CentOS 6
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedo ra-linux/
Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, release for centos-7?
The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues and work well on centos-7) are:
stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1
while the epel one is:
61.0.3163.100-1
which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about five releases back.
Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not
familiar
with it.
Wasn't the latest Google Chrome unsupported on CentOS 6 because of some dependency problems or some such?
-- //Sorin _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
-----Original Message----- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Nux! Sent: den 28 november 2017 09:17 To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium on CentOS 6
Sorin,
Indeed, CentOS 6 is not longer officially supported by Chrome. It hasn't
been
for a few years, though there are workarounds[1].
It's high time people migrated to EL7.
[1] - http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/chrome-deps- stable-3.11-1.x86_64.rpm
That was indeed my main incentive to upgrade to CentOS 7! If not for Chrome, I'd have stayed on C6 till 2020.
-- //Sorin
On 11/25/2017 11:55 AM, H wrote:
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedora-linux/
We can't build things from the supplemental channel in RHEL .. they normally have issues with licensing. In this case, it is the flash library that is not completely open for rebuilding.
On 11/27/2017 07:35 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On 11/25/2017 11:55 AM, H wrote:
I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from RHEL for C 6.
Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6?
https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedora-linux/
We can't build things from the supplemental channel in RHEL .. they normally have issues with licensing. In this case, it is the flash library that is not completely open for rebuilding.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
OK, I have no interest in Flash, however.
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 09:07:36PM +0100, H wrote:
OK, I have no interest in Flash, however.
If you don't mind installing singularity (https://github.com/singularityware/singularity), you can run a CentOS-7 docker based container with google-chrome at the expense of disk space.
<shameless advertising> If you have version >= 2.4 installed you can just do something like: $ mkdir ~/home-for-google-chrome $ singularity run -B /run -H ~/home-for-google-chrome \ shub://truatpasteurdotfr/singularity-docker-centos7-google-chrome </shameless>
caveat: works for me, and google-chrome is running with --no-sandbox
Cheers
Tru PS: https://github.com/truatpasteurdotfr/singularity-docker-centos7-google-chrom...
Am 28.11.2017 um 12:29 schrieb Tru Huynh tru@centos.org:
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 09:07:36PM +0100, H wrote:
OK, I have no interest in Flash, however.
If you don't mind installing singularity (https://github.com/singularityware/singularity), you can run a CentOS-7 docker based container with google-chrome at the expense of disk space.
<shameless advertising> If you have version >= 2.4 installed you can just do something like: $ mkdir ~/home-for-google-chrome $ singularity run -B /run -H ~/home-for-google-chrome \ shub://truatpasteurdotfr/singularity-docker-centos7-google-chrome </shameless>
caveat: works for me, and google-chrome is running with --no-sandbox
Cheers
Tru PS: https://github.com/truatpasteurdotfr/singularity-docker-centos7-google-chrom...
Is it not easier to rebuild for example the EPEL7 package [1]? Did anyone tried it?
I have something like
$ scl enable devtoolset-${X} rpmbuild chromium.spec
in mind. The difficult part will be the exact examination of the needed toolchain! Some kind of reconstruction of the build process that upstream is applying every couple of weeks for packaging the last stable version [2].
Here some (old) resources:
- https://github.com/hughesjr/chromium_el_builder
- Some efforts have been made at NCSU. From there following sentence [3]:
I am no longer able to build for RHEL 6 because I can't figure out how to patch the source code for such an old kernel. Chromium seems to require video features that are only in newer kernels.
So, what is upstream exactly doing to get the build done? Do we need an SIG :-)
[1] http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/epel/7/SRPMS/Packages/c/chromium-61.0.3163.100...
[2] $ curl -s "https://omahaproxy.appspot.com/all?csv=1" |grep -E "linux,stable" |cut -d"," -f3
[3] http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/yum/itecs/public/chromium/howto/readme.txt
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