Install Chromium (dev) Browser on Fedora 16/15/14/13 Using YUM
First thing is good to make clear the difference between Chromium and Google Chrome. Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome. Biggest difference between Chromium and Google Chrome is that the Chromium is development version and Google Chrome is tested version of Chromium. A more detailed clarification differences between Chromium and Google Chrome can be found here.
Earlier I write guide, howto install Google Chrome (Stable, Beta or Unstable) on Fedora using YUM. And this is guide, howto Install Chromium on Fedora 16, Fedora 15, Fedora 14 and Fedora 13 using YUM.
Install Chromium with YUM on Fedora
1. Change root user
su - ## OR ## sudo -i |
2. Enable Fedora Chromium YUM repository
Use following commands to get /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-chromium-stable.repo file:
## Change directory to /etc/yum.repos.d/ ## cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ ## Get Chromium repo file ## wget http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium-stable.repo |
Note: If you have installed Chromium before and get following error with Chromium repo:
http://fedorapeople.org/%7Espot/chromium/F13/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 : http://fedorapeople.org/%7Espot/chromium/F13/repodata/repomd.xml Trying other mirror. |
Then remove old repo and get new repo:
## Change directory to /etc/yum.repos.d/ ## cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ ## Delete old Chromium repo file ## rm chromium.repo ## Get new Chromium repo file ## wget http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium-stable.repo |
3. Install Chromium Browser with YUM
yum install chromium |
Output:
yum install chromium Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit ... Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package chromium.i686 0:6.0.453.1-1.fc13 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: chromium-libs = 6.0.453.1-1.fc13 for package: chromium-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libworker.so for package: chromium-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 ... --> Processing Dependency: libots.so for package: chromium-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package chromium-libs.i686 0:6.0.453.1-1.fc13 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: v8 >= 2.2.21-1.20100702svn5010 for package: chromium-libs-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libv8.so.2 for package: chromium-libs-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libminizip.so.1 for package: chromium-libs-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package minizip.i686 0:1.2.3-23.fc12 set to be updated ---> Package v8.i686 0:2.2.21-1.20100702svn5010.fc13 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ======================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================= Installing: chromium i686 6.0.453.1-1.fc13 chromium 2.4 M Installing for dependencies: chromium-libs i686 6.0.453.1-1.fc13 chromium 16 M minizip i686 1.2.3-23.fc12 fedora 24 k v8 i686 2.2.21-1.20100702svn5010.fc13 chromium 1.0 M Transaction Summary ======================================================================================= Install 4 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s) Total download size: 20 M Installed size: 65 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata chromium/prestodelta | 1.3 kB 00:00 Processing delta metadata Package(s) data still to download: 20 M (1/4): chromium-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686.rpm | 2.4 MB 00:01 (2/4): chromium-libs-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686.rpm | 16 MB 00:28 (3/4): minizip-1.2.3-23.fc12.i686.rpm | 24 kB 00:00 (4/4): v8-2.2.21-1.20100702svn5010.fc13.i686.rpm | 1.0 MB 00:01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 609 kB/s | 20 MB 00:33 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : minizip-1.2.3-23.fc12.i686 1/4 Installing : v8-2.2.21-1.20100702svn5010.fc13.i686 2/4 Installing : chromium-libs-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 3/4 Installing : chromium-6.0.453.1-1.fc13.i686 4/4 Installed: chromium.i686 0:6.0.453.1-1.fc13 Dependency Installed: chromium-libs.i686 0:6.0.453.1-1.fc13 minizip.i686 0:1.2.3-23.fc12 v8.i686 0:2.2.21-1.20100702svn5010.fc13 Complete! |
Start Chromium browser
From command line:
chromium |
Or simply use launcher from menu.
Chromium on Fedora screenshots
Chromium running on Fedora 15
Chromium running on Fedora 13
This page of yum installing information is the greatest written instruction that I have seen on the net so far! I want to say thank you to the person who took the time to write this for those of us who are somewhat new to Linux (as far as installing with yum is concerned), and I want to say that I would be happy to help you in any way that I could in future postings if possible…
thank you,
Artie Caton
very nice post brother :D
i use your article for indonesian forum “kaskus.us”
thanks
works like charm. thanks.
i got the below !
error!\
i tried wat u said in the above for 10 times!
i want the solution!\
thanks in advance!
[root@ksk yum.repos.d]# yum install chromium
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Red Hat Linux 13 – i386 – Base
retrygrab() failed for:
http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/13/i386/headers/header.info
Executing failover method
failover: out of servers to try
Error getting file http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/13/i386/headers/header.info
[Errno 4] IOError:
Hi sudheerkrishna,
This is probably due to something else, than the chromium repo.
Please post output of following commands:
yum repolistAnd
And
Thanks a lot!! this was pretty helpful…Regards!! :D
Thanks for the instructions I’m using Chromium home from Ubuntu Linux, now I can do the same in the office in Fedora 13.
Thank you! It worked like a charm!
Thanks for your help guys on how to install Chromium on Fedora. Worked no problem on my Fedora 14. I’ve used Chromium on Ubuntu now I can use it on Fedora now.
I am getting the following error during the installation.
Error: Package: chromium-libs-12.0.718.0-1.fc14.i686 (fedora-chromium)
Requires: libjpeg.so.62(LIBJPEG_6.2)
Any idea on what to do ?
@fsb
Try playing with yum search and yum install in terminal, or do the same in the package manager (KPackageKit in KDE or gnome-packagekit in GNOME).
i have problem with chromium, after install and run the chromium it’s crash, when i start it from console i get that error:
[0430/111856:ERROR:nss_util.cc(55)] Failed to create ~/.pki/nssdb directory.
Naruszenie ochrony pamięci (core dumped)
idk why some people complain it worked wonders for me on my Fedora 15 install, also its important to enable RPM Fusion repos n.n
Nice but doesn’t do the trick
[root@oppa-mag yum.repos.d]# wget http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium.repo
–2011-08-06 15:50:41– http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium.repo
Resolving repos.fedorapeople.org… 85.236.55.7
Connecting to repos.fedorapeople.org|85.236.55.7|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
2011-08-06 15:50:41 ERROR 404: Not Found.
[root@oppa-mag yum.repos.d]# rm chromium.repo
rm: cannot remove `chromium.repo’: No such file or directory
[root@oppa-mag yum.repos.d]# wget http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium.repo
–2011-08-06 15:51:13– http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium.repo
Resolving repos.fedorapeople.org… 85.236.55.7
Connecting to repos.fedorapeople.org|85.236.55.7|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
2011-08-06 15:51:14 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Hi OppaErich,
Chromium repo is changed again…I updated guide and new repo is following:
Thanks for your detailed and clear help. New repo (fedora-chromium-stable.repo ) works for me too.
thnk u
Thanks a lot for your very very good tutorial!
doesent work with rhel 6.2 any longer
Hi gh,
This is Fedora only guide…this has never worked on CentOS, or what do you mean?
If you want install Google Chrome instead on CentOS 6.2, then check:
Install Google Chrome with YUM on CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.2
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/leigh123linux/chromium-stable/epel-chromium-stable.repoI had to use this repo, the one listed above was 404′d
Hi Travis Paul,
Original http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium-stable.repo works normally for me?
You are a very great instructor, i wish you were my teacher
Thank you SO much! This worked beautifully. Follow the directions exactly as posted (copy paste each line individually in the terminal after signing in as administrator by typing “su” and then typing in your login password, and you’ll have Chromium.
Thank you for this. I wonder, though – is there a way to get the latest version of Chromium on Fedora? This is still only v21 and we have v24 Chromium out there.
Hi Ante,
Unfortunately I can’t find any Chromium v24 builds for Fedora, but you can of course build Chromium v24.
Great guide, thank you very much!