Install Chromium web browser on Fedora

Tom ‘spot‘ Callaway created a repository for the Chromium, the open source version of the Google Chrome web browser

To install, first create a file called /etc/yum.repos.d/chromium.repo with the following information

[fedora-chromium]
name=Chromium web browser and deps
baseurl=http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[fedora-chromium-source]
name=Chromium web browser and deps – Source
baseurl=http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-$releasever/SRPMS/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=0

Then you run yum install -y chromium

root@shellcore:~ # yum install -y chromium
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package chromium.x86_64 0:5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: chromium-libs = 5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12 for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libutility.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libbrowser.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libinstaller_util.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libchrome_gpu.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libdebugger.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libbase_i18n.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libbase.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libcommon_constants.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libipc.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libprofile_import.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libsyncapi.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libprinting.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: liballocator.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libapp_base.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: librenderer.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libglue.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libsandbox.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libworker.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libcommon.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libplugin.so()(64bit) for package: chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package chromium-libs.x86_64 0:5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: v8 >= 2.1.4-1.20100315svn4129 for package: chromium-libs-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libv8.so.2()(64bit) for package: chromium-libs-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libGLEW.so.1.5()(64bit) for package: chromium-libs-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Processing Dependency: libminizip.so.1()(64bit) for package: chromium-libs-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package glew.x86_64 0:1.5.1-3.fc12 set to be updated
—> Package minizip.x86_64 0:1.2.3-23.fc12 set to be updated
—> Package v8.x86_64 0:2.1.4-1.20100315svn4129.fc12 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
Package        Arch    Version                                 Repository
Size
================================================================================
Installing:
chromium       x86_64  5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12     chromium  2.1 M
Installing for dependencies:
chromium-libs  x86_64  5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12     chromium   14 M
glew           x86_64  1.5.1-3.fc12                            fedora    109 k
minizip        x86_64  1.2.3-23.fc12                           fedora     24 k
v8             x86_64  2.1.4-1.20100315svn4129.fc12            chromium  895 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install       5 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 17 M
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
Processing delta metadata
Package(s) data still to download: 17 M
(1/5): chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_ | 2.1 MB     00:13
(2/5): chromium-libs-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12 |  14 MB     01:18
(3/5): glew-1.5.1-3.fc12.x86_64.rpm                      | 109 kB     00:02
(4/5): minizip-1.2.3-23.fc12.x86_64.rpm                  |  24 kB     00:00
(5/5): v8-2.1.4-1.20100315svn4129.fc12.x86_64.rpm        | 895 kB     00:06
——————————————————————————–
Total                                           164 kB/s |  17 MB     01:44
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing     : v8-2.1.4-1.20100315svn4129.fc12.x86_64                   1/5
Installing     : glew-1.5.1-3.fc12.x86_64                                 2/5
Installing     : minizip-1.2.3-23.fc12.x86_64                             3/5
Installing     : chromium-libs-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_   4/5
Installing     : chromium-5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12.x86_64      5/5

Installed:
chromium.x86_64 0:5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12

Dependency Installed:
chromium-libs.x86_64 0:5.0.355.0-0.1.20100315svn41615.fc12
glew.x86_64 0:1.5.1-3.fc12
minizip.x86_64 0:1.2.3-23.fc12
v8.x86_64 0:2.1.4-1.20100315svn4129.fc12

Complete!

The browser is installed and is located on /usr/bin/chromium-browser. On Gnome it’s located under Internet.

You can also go to google.com/chrome and download a rpm file to your system.

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