How to install Chromium (web browser) nightly builds

[realnubnut]

Its ok. Being a jerk is therapeutic.

Hurt people hurt people. - Greenberg (film)

[mharrison]

Everything is personal preference including the paper you wipe your ass with. If you want to start a juvenile crusade against certain asswipes (toilet paper) then by all means waste your time and electrons. Whatever floats (or sinks) your boat.

What juvenile crusade? Me thinks you read into things a bit much to much.

[realnubnut]

Yeah I read a bit much too much of ubuntu and arch bashing here in the debian forums. Whatever for again? I cant relate to teenage kicks nowadays.

[mharrison]

Yeah I read a bit much too much of ubuntu and arch bashing here in the debian forums. Whatever for again? I cant relate to teenage kicks nowadays.

Who was bashing Ubuntu or Arch? Not I. I was making reference to a JOKE that ARCH PLAYED A PART IN ON APRIL FOOLS DAY. Let me know if you ever get the teenage kicks...I haven't gotten them for many years now myself.

[jhon987]

hey guys, the link: http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/sn ... rel-linux/ doesn't work anymore,
I've found another solution, tough it's good only for the latest stable build: http://dodebian.blogspot.com/2011/12/in ... lease.html

[gradinaruvasile]

hey guys, the link: http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/sn ... rel-linux/ doesn't work anymore,
I've found another solution, tough it's good only for the latest stable build: http://dodebian.blogspot.com/2011/12/in ... lease.html

The nightlies are not dead, just moved to another location:

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com ... ots/Linux/

My update script works just as before with the new location, although browsers sometimes have hard time loading that location (wget works with no issues).

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#!/bin/bash
unset basehttp
unset latest
cd /tmp/
rm LATEST* > null
rm LAST_CHANGE* > null
rm chrome-linux.zip
rm chrome-linux.zip.*
#basehttp=http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/Linux/
#basehttp=http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/chromium-linux-reliability/
#export basehttp=http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux
basehttp=http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/Linux

echo "Downloading latest version information..."
wget --quiet $basehttp/LAST_CHANGE

if [ -f $HOME/chrome-linux/LAST_CHANGE ]
  then
  echo "Installed dev version is `cat $HOME/chrome-linux/LAST_CHANGE`"
   else
   echo "Cannot get Google Chromium version - not installed?"
fi

echo "Latest Chromium Dev version is `cat /tmp/LAST_CHANGE`"

if [ $((`cat /tmp/LAST_CHANGE`)) -eq $((`cat $HOME/chrome-linux/LAST_CHANGE`)) ]
then
   echo " You have the latest version of Chromium Browser"
   exit 0
else

read -p "Press any key to continue installation or Ctrl-C to abort"
export latest=`cat /tmp/LAST_CHANGE`
echo "Downloading latest Chromium build..."
wget $basehttp/$latest/chrome-linux.zip && rm -rf $HOME/chrome-linux/

echo "Unpacking new version..."
unzip -o -qq /tmp/chrome-linux.zip -d $HOME/ && mv /tmp/LAST_CHANGE $HOME/chrome-linux/

echo "Creating links..."
if [ -d $HOME/bin/ ]
  then
   echo "The bin folder already exists!"
  else
  mkdir $HOME/bin
fi

if [ -d $HOME/bin/icons ]
  then
   echo "The bin/icons folder already exists!"
  else
  mkdir $HOME/bin/icons
fi

echo "Creating menu link"

mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/applications/

echo -e '[Desktop Entry]\r
Encoding=UTF-8\r
Version=1.0\r
Name=Chromium Linux\r
Comment=Browse the WWW\r
Type=Application\r
Exec='$HOME'/chrome-linux/chrome --enable-click-to-play\r
Terminal=false\r
Categories=Network\r
Name[en_US]=Chromium Browser\r
Comment[en_US]=Browse the WWW\r
Icon[en_US]='$HOME'/chrome-linux/product_logo_48.png\r
Icon='$HOME'/chrome-linux/product_logo_48.png\r' > $HOME/.local/share/applications/chromium-linux.desktop

#mv /tmp/LATEST $HOME/chrome-linux/
#ln -s $HOME/chrome-linux/chrome $HOME/bin/chromium-linux

rm $HOME/bin/chromium-linux

echo -e '#!/bin/bash\n
$HOME/chrome-linux/chrome --enable-click-to-play\r' > $HOME/bin/chromium-linux

chmod +x $HOME/bin/chromium-linux

#ln -s /opt/google/chrome/libpdf.so $HOME/chrome-linux/
#ln -s /opt/google/chrome/libgcflashplayer.so $HOME/chrome-linux/

rm /tmp/chrome-linux.zip
echo "Installation/Upgrade complete"
exit 0
fi