title: Google Chrome on RHEL/CentOS link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/google-chrome-on-rhelcentos/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 183 created: 2010/03/03 21:19:15 created_gmt: 2010/03/03 21:19:15 comment_status: open post_name: google-chrome-on-rhelcentos status: publish post_type: post

Google Chrome on RHEL/CentOS

Thanks to Chris Staite over at the University of Birmingham for his chrome-wrapper (link to tar.gz download) rebuild of Google’s shipping source of chromium (the open source version of the chrome browser).

Before running this you need to add at least the xdg-utils and libXcomposite rpms (I installed via yum).

Just unpack, (resulting directory will be “chrome”) move over under /opt, set ownership/permissions and fire up chrome-wrapper (/opt/chrome/chrome-wrapper). Not only will chromium come up, but a new menu item will appear under Applications… Internet for Chromium.

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