[CentOS] Chromium browser for C6

Thu Nov 6 14:32:12 UTC 2014
Phelps, Matthew <mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu>

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Am 14.10.2014 um 21:29 schrieb Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>:
> > On 10/14/2014 01:29 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote:
> >> I found this bug fix report
> >>
> >> http://lwn.net/Articles/616130/
> >>
> >> I thought we were not able to get Chromium for C6. Apparently it looks
> like
> >> the work has been already done.
> >>
> >> Is it possible we (hi Johnny) can get this package into C6? This would
> be a
> >> wonderful addition to CentOS 6.  Please and thank you.
> >
> > They (Red Hat) do not release the Supplemental packages, usually because
> > they can't.  (IE, Sun/Oracle Java, Flash, etc.)
> >
> > This is usually because the sources are not completely open or there is
> > a license issue for distribution or a payment required for support, etc.
> >
> > Red Hat enters into an agreement with said vendors (as required) to be
> > able to distribute said packages only to paying customers.
> >
> > But, I'll see what I can find out.
>
>
> BTW:
> http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/yum/itecs/public/chromium/rhel6/x86_64/
>
> --
> LF
>
>
Yes, I'm aware of that build, but I'd love something more "official."

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Matt Phelps
System Administrator, Computation Facility
Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu