Chromium 53 on Raspberry Pi 3
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET CHROMIUM 53 ON JESSIE!
THIS WILL ONLY WORK ON A PI 2 OR PI 3!
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 16TH OCTOBER 2016 BUT LEAD TO DEPENDENCY ERRORS. I HAVE UPDATED THE COMMANDS TO AVOID DEPENDENCY ERRORS. CHEERS!
Open up the terminal and type:
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142_armhf.deb
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser-l10n_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142_armhf.deb
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/libg/libgcrypt11/libgcrypt11_1.5.0-3_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i libgcrypt11_1.5.0-3_armhf.deb
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pciutils/libpci3_3.2.1-1ubuntu5.1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i libpci3_3.2.1-1ubuntu5.1_armhf.deb
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/s/speech-dispatcher/libspeechd2_0.8.5-0ubuntu2_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i libspeechd2_0.8.5-0ubuntu2_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i chromium-browser-l10n_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142_all.deb chromium-browser_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142_armhf.deb
rm -R .cache/chromium
rm -R .config/chromium
sudo mv /usr/bin/x-www-browser /usr/bin/x-www-browser.bak
sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser.bak
sudo cp /usr/bin/chromium-browser /usr/bin/x-www-browser
sudo cp /usr/bin/chromium-browser /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser
IF YOU GET ANY DEPENDENCY ERRORS PLEASE COMMENT.
CHROMIUM DOESN’T HAVE AN AUTO UPDATE FEATURE LIKE GOOGLE CHROME DOES. AS SOON AS CHROMIUM 54 IS RELEASED I WILL POST INSTRUCTIONS OF HOW TO INSTALL IT.
IT WON’T WORK ON PI 1 AND PI 0 BECAUSE THIS CHROMIUM WAS COMPILED FOR UBUNTU AND UBUNTU NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PI 1 AND PI 0 BECAUSE PI 1 AND PI 0 ARE ARMv6 POWERED AND UBUNTU FOR ARM REQUIRES ARMv7 BASED PROCESSOR.
IF YOU WANT CHROMIUM ON ARMv6 PIs THEN INSTALL VERSION 51 (ALSO WORKS ON PI 2 AND PI 3) WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMAND:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Enjoy surfing the Internet!
Epic Chas Gamer 😀
EpicChasGamer.com 
Can’t wait to try this!
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Sorry about this post. It led to dependency errors. I never noticed. Here is the updated version: https://coolchasgamer.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/chromium-53-on-raspbian-jessie-updated/
Google have released Chrome 54: I am expecting to see a Chromium 54 in Ubuntu Repositories in the next few weeks. Once released, I will do a blog post telling you how to install Chromium 54 on Raspbian Jessie later on.
… The Pi 1 and Pi 0 compatible Chromium is still stuck at 51
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Hi. As mentioned in my previous comment on this post, this post lead to dependency errors. So, I have now updated this post to avoid dependency errors.
Enjoy!
Epic Chas Gamer 😀
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