Google Chrome – Googles opensource browser in openSUSE
Posted by admin on September 10th, 2008
Install Wine
Installing Google Chrome in openSUSE or in any Linux required WINE to be installed before we can get the Executable for Google Chrome (Windows). To install Wine on your openSUSE, click one of the following 1-click installer (YaST MetaPackages) based on your openSUSE version. This will automatically download the YMP file for Wine and launch YaST Package Manager.
openSUSE 11.0
openSUSE 10.3
openSUSE 10.2
NOTE: Click here to enable 1-click install feature in openSUSE 10.2
Click Next on the repositories window and Next again on the Wine package selection window and finally Next on the Install proposal window. This should add repositories, download and install wine and required dependencies. Click Finish when successfully installed.
Once installed, Wine is installed under “/usr/bin/wine”
opensuse11:~ # which wine
/usr/bin/wine
The network installer availabe from http://www.google.com/chrome is not the one that will help. Instead download the full installer for Google Chrome from here
You can download from a terminal window as follows:
opensuse11:~ # wget http://cache.pack.google.com/chrome/install/149.27/chrome_installer.exe
Install Google Chrome as follows
opensuse11:~ # wine chrome_installer.exe
Once installed, google Chrome tries to import settings bookmarks etc from Internet Explorer. This doesn’t do in Linux so simply click “Start Google Chrome”. This starts Google Chrome browser for the first time. This will crash. Don’t panic!!!
Simply close and start Google Chrome from terminal as follows
opensuse11:~ # wine ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/$USER/Local\ Settings/Application\ Data/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe –new-http —process-plugins &
This should work. You may add a shortcut on your Desktop to start like any other browser or program. While, you cannot expect a fully featured Google Chrome as in Windows, most of the features like most visited websites, incognito (browse with privacy) should all work without much of a problem.
Following are some of the screenshots from Google in Action on you openSUSE.
For more feature information, click here
September 10th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
i try in my opensuse11 pc and i get this error, can you help me ?
thanks..
nugen@bunglon:~> wine chrome_installer.exe
err:setupapi:detect_compression_type cannot open file L”Z:\\home\\nugen\\-r”
err:setupapi:get_file_size cannot open file L”Z:\\home\\nugen\\-r”
expand.exe: can’t open input file Z:\home\nugen\-r
September 12th, 2008 at 8:16 am
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September 12th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
What I do not understand is why we settle for second best instead of asking for a native Chrome for Linux? After all, if I wanted to run Windows apps, I would run on Windows after all.
Once Chrome is available for Linux, only then, I will put it on my box (no offense to folks working on Wine, a very fine product I might add).
September 13th, 2008 at 5:42 am
I have XP in my Virtualbox, and I installed Google Chrome. Never really enjoyed it, I can’t do much to customize it. We’ll see when it’s ready for Linux. Maybe “better” than FF?
September 13th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Hey!
I dont wanna even try it. why!!?? because its from gooooogle!??
Come on!
Not everything that comes from this company is so great.
Picasa?? bahhhh –> not even near the toes of Digikam.
FOSS rulz! and that chrome thing can’t stand a minimal chance against firefox… Why even bother?
Me.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Google don’t seem to want anyone to install it other than through their online installer. The links given above are now broken and my attempts to track down the standalone installer have failed.
I wanted to download it under Linux and install it in Wine but also on a box with no internet access (to use other apps trhat connect via a web browser) but this seems impossible.
Am I being paranoid???
Rgrds
Peter
September 28th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
[...] recently saw here how to install and use Google Chrome web browser using Wine. Obviously not the best user experience [...]
December 24th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Hi,I am using Open Suse 10.3 with 64 bit. Can anybody provide me the wine download link for 10.3?, the above link is not working.Thanks,Shekar
January 31st, 2011 at 5:01 am
Hello, I am using open suse 11.0, but can’t able to install properly…. is there any other browser for suse 11.0 ?