Chromium - Google Chrome in Ubuntu 9.04
Chromium is a project aiming to run Google Chrome web browser on Linux. Launchpad repositories deliver apt sources list for Ubuntu which enables us with an easy installation process like usual: add sources and authorization key, update package database and install the application.
Note: For simpler installation instructions on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) read my new blog post "Chromium - Google Chrome in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)".
First we need to add Chromium application sources for Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
To connect to the servers we need authentication keys. It's possible with simple apt command.
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0x5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5
Now we need to refresh information about the packages.
sudo aptitude update
Finally we can install Chromium.
sudo aptitude install chromium-browser
In case you need flash support, first make sure it's installed:
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
Next we need to copy flash plugin into proper directory so Chromium could find it:
sudo cp /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/
Last but not least, to enable flash, Chromium needs to be run with plugins enabled:
chromium-browser --enable-plugins
I was interested in Google Chrome a while ago because of the multi-thread support , but then again it was very unsecure at that point , wander how it's now :)
I don't know yet. I didn't use it too much up to know. One thing I noticed for sure. Google Chrome loads pages really fast!