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One of the easiest way to try Chromium browser in Ubuntu Linux (Google Chrome browser for Unix/Linux operating system is named as Chromium) is to use daily binary builds at https://launchpad.net/chromium-project. Today Ubuntu is the most popular Linux disributions for desktops so there are daily builds available for the following Ubuntu versions: hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic.
First let your Ubuntu know where it should find chromium-browser deb package:
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Replace jaunty with hardy, intrepid or karmic depending which version you run at your computer. If you feel this information is not sufficient for you, follow this link to get Ubuntu official information on this matter or follow Launchpad help.
The next step is to install Chromium browser:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
or
sudo aptitude install chromium-browser
Once you press enter Ubuntu will download around 18 MB of data from launchpad’s server and will install Chromium with gnome menu entries and shortcuts. Now you can go to System menu –> Internet –> Chromium Web Browser in order to launch Google browser.
Ubuntu Chromium Google browser (Google Chrome Ubuntu)
As you might know there is still no official release of chromium/chrome available for Linux, so these daily builds from launchpad are for testing/observations purposes only. For example, there is no flash plugin available so you will be able to see html pages like this one and no swf/flash content. Anyway thanks to Google for great browser which has all chances to become “browser number one” for Linux or even for the rest of operating system such as Windows or Mac. Who knows? 
You might also find this page using Google and the following keywords: Ubuntu Chrome, Google Chrome Ubuntu, Chrome for Ubuntu and others.
hello,
just to point out :
http://invasiondivine.googlepages.com/googlechrome.png
instructions here :
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
doesnt seem to be the same
cheers
sorry for my english, i’m Québécois (french)
I have to tell ya, Withe way Firefox runs on Jaunty, I can’t see a reason to install chromium. Firefox runs like it was made for jaunty. quick and crisp. Chromium is a nice browser, I would run epiphany on a linux box before chromium.
Thanks for commenting, BartPlopPlep!
i believe you need these sources rather than the awn ones
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
I think you have the wrong links up there–no chromium in that PPA.
The correct lines to add to your sources.list are:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Aaron, could you clarify please? Cannot see any broken link
Aaron is correct – the PPA doesn’t have chromium. Looks like it’s been moved to:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Hope this helps!
Greg
If you go look inside the repo (go to http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu) there’s no chromium-browser anything. Adding that repo to sources.list and updating doesn’t give a chromium-browser package. It doesn’t appear to be in the repo at all.
Doing some more digging, I found chromium-browser in a different PPA.
Did you mean to post these?
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Oh, you’re right, Aaron, here the proper source:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid mainThank you!
Thank you, Greg!
One nice feature I noticed was finally implemented in latest chromium dev was tab crash recovery.
You may want to add the corresponding GPG key to your apt keyring.
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5
See: https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa
@Daniel, thanks!
@Daniel, You need two dashes before recv-keys and keyserver per your link, that is:
[code]sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5[/code]
You can use Ubuntu-tweak to add chromium nice and easy.
Since Chrome(ium) Version 3 is out there for Linux, I’ve kicked this fat, bloated Firefox. It starts in milliseconds, is solid and supports everything (b.t.w.: even flash).
sudo aptitude install chromium
Works on Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
broderic3
Oct 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
sudo aptitude install chromium
Works on Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
Installs the chromium game for me (in 9.10 – Karmic)
for those who are using Ubuntu 9.10, you can download the developer version from here:
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb