UPDATE 1: A USER CALLED HUEY REPORTED 404 ERRORS DURING INSTALLATION. I HAVE UPDATED SCRIPT TO FIX 404 ERRORS. THANKS HUEY FOR YOUR FEEDBACK!
UPDATE 2: UPDATED TO INSTALL CHROMIUM 55, NOT 53
UPDATE 3: FOR BETTER VIDEO PLAYBACK, USE THE CHROMIUM IN RASPBERRY PI REPOSITORIES
UPDATE 4: FIXED YET ANOTHER 404 ERROR.
UPDATE 5: MADE SURE THAT ALL CHROMIUM FILES ARE UP TO DATE.
UPDATE 6: CHROMIUM ARM IS NOW DISCONTINUED.
Hello. Here is an installer that installs latest Chromium onto ARMv7 Linux
Create a new file called install-chromium-arm.sh and put the following into it:
# This script installs latest Chromium onto ARM Linux
# This script was created by Epic Chas Gamer
# Check out Epic Chas Gamer’s blog at https://coolchasgamer.wordpress.com
# Leave feedback at https://coolchasgamer.wordpress.com/chromium-arm
echo “Welcome!”
echo “Chromium is installing…”
echo “Downloading Chromium packages”
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1.16.10.1330_armhf.deb
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser-l10n_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1.16.10.1330_all.deb
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1.16.10.1330_armhf.deb
echo “Unpacking Chromium-Codecs-Ffmpeg-Extra”
sudo dpkg -i chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1.16.10.1330_armhf.deb
echo “Downloading Libcrypt11”
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/libg/libgcrypt11/libgcrypt11_1.5.0-3_armhf.deb
echo “Unpacking Libcrypt11”
sudo dpkg -i libgcrypt11_1.5.0-3_armhf.deb
echo “Downloading Libpci3”
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pciutils/libpci3_3.2.1-1ubuntu5.1_armhf.deb
echo “Unpacking Libpci3”
sudo dpkg -i libpci3_3.2.1-1ubuntu5.1_armhf.deb
echo “Downloading libdbus-1-3”
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.10.10-1ubuntu2_armhf.deb
echo “Unpacking libdbus-1-3
sudo dpkg -i libdbus-1-3_1.10.10-1ubuntu2_armhf.deb
echo “Installing Libspeechd2”
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/s/speech-dispatcher/libspeechd2_0.8.5-0ubuntu2_armhf.deb
echo “Unpacking Libspeechd2”
sudo dpkg -i libspeechd2_0.8.5-0ubuntu2_armhf.deb
echo “Downloading LibFontConfig1 and FontConfig-Config”
wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/f/fontconfig-config_2.11.94-0ubuntu2_all.deb
wget http://http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/f/fontconfig/libfontconfig1_2.11.94-0ubuntu2_armhf.deb
echo “Installing LibFontConfig1 and FontConfig-Config”
sudo dpkg -i fontconfig-config_2.11.94-0ubuntu2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i libfontconfig1_2.11.94-0ubuntu2_armhf.deb
echo “Unpacking Chromium-Browser”
sudo dpkg -i chromium-browser-l10n_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1.16.10.1330_all.deb chromium-browser_55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1.16.10.1330_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
echo “Chromium is now installed and set as your default browser”
echo “If you get issues then plz leave feedback at https://coolchasgamer.wordpress.com/chromium-arm”
Then Save the file and type into the terminal:
sudo chmod +x install-chromium-arm.sh
./install-chromium-arm.sh
Enjoy!
Epic Chas Gamer 😀
Remember to leave feedback!
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The script is outdated again. It giver 404 errors. It seems the file names are updated on the server.
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OK. Please tell me what the new files are called 😎
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OK! I have fixed 404 now! Cheers! Epic Chas Gamer 😎
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ubuntu install, I have updated the files. Thank you for helping with the development of Chromium ARM. The latest files install Chromium 55.
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55 has been pulled from those links, so script broken
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i am thinking of discontinuing chronium arm this month, so just install 56 using sudo apt-get install chromium-browser.
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Chromium ARM discontinued.
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Why so complicated?
Simply use : sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
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Chromium ARM (my project) is discontinued. I was updating the script and there were too many errors. And you don’t need it anymore, as you said, you can just do sudo apt-get install chromium-browser.
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