Google Chrome Alpha on Ubuntu: A step by step installation guide!
I use chrome for general purpose browsing on Windows. I mean seriously I don’t see it as a complete browser at least for someone like me who can’t live without extensions. As a result of which my favorite is still Firefox. However, I cannot ignore the utility of this browser. We are going to see how to install this browser on Ubuntu so that you can install and play around with it yourself.
Home page
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/
Description
Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome. We invite you to join us in our effort to help build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web, and to create a powerful platform for developing a new generation of web applications.
Installation
Following is a step by step process to install Google’s Chrome browser (Alpha) on your Ubuntu machine:
1. First you’ll have to add, Google Chrome PPA to your software sources list. To do so go here and select your version of Ubuntu. Once you have selected your version you’ll see the PPAs as follows:
2. To add these to your software sources list, open software sources by going to System > Administration > Software Sources
In the following window click Third-Party Sources and add the following lines one by one clicking the Add.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
3. The next step in the process is to add the PPA keys for security. To do this open gedit and copy paste the following text and save it on your desktop with some name:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: SKS 1.0.10 mI0ESaSPtAEEAK1nJtoDZ0ewpOOf0ET6Vp28LqO9mB4ubWjzXyRSbiha5pCvnnSIU1K+7Gzb t3r0iUV9eKLUmf8pqfF/9kwsoqFqFSCjp+XjUzXsEChcGBWvyfGdTX8ClFfwNxSVLvGSqmdX gZhs0F8tQB0lPWHGy3VvEt7wG/VHqpcOYpdNYRqxABEBAAG0IExhdW5jaHBhZCBQUEEgZm9y IGNocm9taXVtLWRhaWx5iLYEEwECACAFAkmkj7QCGwMGCwkIBwMCBBUCCAMEFgIDAQIeAQIX gAAKCRBam/O7Tl4XtV/2BACs/RTpEWB/NUlluJmp1e6iFoyyfbT+HOD3hg35aQMzbdcmijsA iY9MvIfZ0YKWyqNUdGpDj5n0bUNO0IcvKBBkOn5o4CiBsMp4DJHdrgJU4S00nAJK00E8I/yA v+x4C9uOacW3yrzSHs7Hv/vG6Z1Jh+1JrabK13hdhwOL8+aY6Q== =3GDx -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Now, we have to import this PPA key. To do so, go to the Authentication Tab in Software sources window and click import key file. Now import the file that you just saved.
4. Reload the repository list by clicking Reload.
5. Now all you have to do is to click the following link to install chrome on your Ubuntu machine.
chromium-browser
chromium-browser-dbg
chromium-testsuite
chromium-testsuite-dbg
python-tlslite
6. Once you have installed the packages to start using chrome go to Applications > Internet > Chromium Web Browser
Following is how it looks:
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