google chrome linux...

[brokndodge]

gotta walk back thru what i did and maybe test on a clean install, but i believe the major deps are nspr 4.7.4 and nss 3.12.3.

[brokndodge]

Updated my install script to handle the two biggest dependencies and wget google-chrome-unstable_current_i586.deb.  I posted my hacked together nspr package to my source forge site.  the script will confirm that you want to install my nspr and connie's mozilla-nss before actually doing it.  it must now be run as root (per Daniel's suggestion, thx for the code).  call this version 0.0.2.  beware, i think i did everything right, but it might damage your system.  you should always be very careful running any starnge script as root.

I will try to repackage my nspr tonight.  Hopefully, the second time around I can do it right.
UPDATE:  nspr is required to build nss, but does NOT need to be installed to run Chrome.  I'm going to try to repackage nss 3.12.3 into a nice tlz for the repo.  Maybe I can talk someone into adding it when I'm done.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# Title:   install-chrome
# Author:  BroknDodge
# License: BSD
# Version: 0.0.2
#
# Special thanks to Vectorite Daniel for his help and suggestions.
#

if [ $UID != 0 ];then
  echo "You must run this script as root."
  exit 0
fi

function dowhat {
###########################
#
# First run or update?
#
###########################

echo
echo
echo "Do we need to create the simlinks? (y/n)"
read YN
if [ "$YN" = "y" ]; then
simlinks
fi
}

function simlinks {
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libnspr4.so libnspr4.so.0d
ln -s libnss3.so libnss3.so.1d
ln -s libnssutil3.so libnssutil3.so.1d
ln -s libplc4.so libplc4.so.0d
ln -s libplds4.so libplds4.so.0d
ln -s libsmime3.so libsmime3.so.1d
ln -s libssl3.so libssl3.so.1d

quit
}

function quit {
echo
echo
echo "Are you sure your done? (y/n)"
read YN
if [ "$YN" = "n" ]; then
main
else
exit 0
fi

}

function clean-up {
rm -R /tmp/install-chrome
rm google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb
}

function deps {
#echo "Do you want to install BroknDodge's"
#echo "home grown nspr package? (y/n)"
#read YN
#if [ "$YN" = "y" ]; then

# cd /tmp
# wget -r -nH -nd http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/file-butler/VectorLinux-Packages/nspr-#4.7.4-i586-1vl60vl60.tlz?use_mirror=voxel
# installpkg nspr-4.7.4-i586-1vl60vl60.tlz
# rm nspr-4.7.4-i586-1vl60vl60.tlz
#fi
echo "Do you want to install Connie's"
echo "SlackWare mozilla-nss package? (y/n)"
read YN
if [ "$YN" = "y" ]; then

cd /tmp
wget -r -nH -nd http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/mozilla-nss/pkg/12.2/mozilla-nss-3.12.3-i486-1alien.tgz
installpkg mozilla-nss-3.12.3-i486-1alien.tgz
rm mozilla-nss-3.12.3-i486-1alien.tgz
fi
main
}

function deb {
echo
echo
echo "Are you sure you want to install"
echo "Chrome from Deb? (y/n)"
read YN
if [ "$YN" = "n" ]; then
main
else
rm -R /opt/google/chrome
cd /tmp
wget -r -nH -nd http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb
mkdir /tmp/install-chrome
cd /tmp/install-chrome
echo Unpacking the deb file...
ar -x /tmp/google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb
echo Extracting Google Chrome...
lzma -d data.tar.lzma
cd /
echo Installing Google Chrome...
echo Password may be required
tar xf /tmp/install-chrome/data.tar
fi
dowhat
#echo
#echo
#echo "Do you want me to clean up? (y/n)"
#echo
#read YN
#if [ "$YN" = "y" ]; then
# echo Cleaning up my mess...
clean-up
#else
# echo You will have to manually
# echo remove /tmp/install-chrome before
# echo Next Install!!!
#fi

echo Installation complete!
echo Just type google-chrome
quit

}

function buildbot {
echo
echo
echo "Are you sure you want to install"
echo "Chrome from the Buildbot? (y/n)"
read YN
if [ "$YN" = "n" ]; then
main
else

rm -R /opt/chrome-linux
mkdir /tmp/chromium-buildbot
cd /tmp/chromium-buildbot
wget -r -nH -nd http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux/LATEST

#Open file for reading to array
exec 10< LATEST
read BUILD <&10
echo Getting build number:  $BUILD
exec 10>&-
rm LATEST
wget http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux/$BUILD/chrome-linux.zip
unzip -d /opt/ chrome-linux.zip
cd /tmp
rm -R /chromium-buildbot
fi
echo Installation complete!
cd /opt/chrome-linux
echo just type ./chrome
quit
}

function main {
echo
echo WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
echo This script may severely damage your system!!!
echo Don't sat I didn't WARN you!
echo
echo Which Version of Chrome Do you want to install?
echo
select i in Dependencies Debian Buildbot Simlinks Quit
do
[ "$i" = "Dependencies" ] && deps
[ "$i" = "Debian" ] && deb
[ "$i" = "Buildbot" ] && buildbot
[ "$i" = "Simlinks" ] && dowhat
[ "$i" = "Quit" ] && quit
done
}

main
quit

[brokndodge]

as promised, here's an update script.  truth be told you could probably install from this script as well.  but, then you wouldn't have the dependency install feature that i included in my other script.  i know, it's just not the VectorLinux way.  but i had to do it myself and my box isn't powerful enough to even build the required nss package.

ok, so i figured out what debian's apt was asking for from the google repo.  managed to hack together a lil script to ask for the same thing.  it also checks to see if the version in the google repo is the same as the one installed locally.  i included a few other minor checks as well, just to reduce the number of error's that appear on the screen.

here it is (with the usual warning: this script must be run as root, always be careful when running a script as root):

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# Title:   update-chrome
# Author:  BroknDodge
# License: BSD
# Version: 0.0.1

# http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
# http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/pool/main/g/google-chrome-unstable/google-chrome-unstable_3.0.196.0-r22005_i386.deb

#----------------------------------------#
# Settings

url="http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/"
tmp="/tmp"

#----------------------------------------#

#----------------------------------------#
# Testing the Environment

if [ $UID != 0 ];then # test for root
  echo "You must run this script as root."
  exit 0
fi

if [ ! -d "$tmp/update-chrome" ]; then
    # Will enter here if dir doesn't exist
    mkdir $tmp/update-chrome
fi

cd $tmp/update-chrome

if [ -f "Packages" ]; then
#checking to see if Packages exists
mv Packages Packages.installed
fi

#----------------------------------------#

function check-update {
wget http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
gunzip Packages.gz

if [ ! -f "Packages.installed" ]; then
update
fi

version=`grep 'Version:' Packages`
version=${version#*:}
read  -rd '' version <<< "$version"

VersionInstalled=`grep 'Version:' Packages.installed`
VersionInstalled=${VersionInstalled#*:}
read  -rd '' VersionInstalled <<< "$VersionInstalled"

if [ "$version" == "$VersionInstalled" ]; then
echo Google Chrome is Up to Date
rm Packages
quit
else
echo $VersionInstalled is installed, but $version is available
echo Updating
update
fi

}

function update {

filename=`grep 'Filename:' Packages` # assign grep output to a variable
filename=${filename#*:}
read  -rd '' filename <<< "$filename"  # remove white space from a variable

mkdir tmp
cd tmp
wget $url$filename

rm -R /opt/google/chrome   # get rid of the previous install
  # don't worry settings are stored in $HOME dir
cd $tmp/update-chrome/tmp

echo Unpacking the deb file...
ar -x ${filename##*/}
echo Extracting Google Chrome...
lzma -d data.tar.lzma
cd /
echo Updating Google Chrome...

tar xf $tmp/update-chrome/tmp/data.tar
cd $tmp/update-chrome
mv Packages Packages.installed
VersionInstalled=`grep 'Version:' Packages.installed`
filename=${VersionInstalled#*:}
read  -rd '' VersionInstalled <<< "$VersionInstalled"
echo Google Chrome updated to version "$VersionInstalled"
rm -R tmp

 quit
}

function quit {
exit 0
}

function main {
check-update
}

main
exit

I intend to make a version 0.0.3 of install-chrome.sh with some new checks and a lil cleaning of the code.

[M0E-lnx]

Sorry man, I just tried your install script, and quite frankly it needs a lot of work
Here are some things you might consider changing.

First of all, don name a bash function "clean-up"
the "-" trhows the shell off there, so it wont run. Consider something like cleanup or clean_up if you must have the space.

I only tried your debian option, but failed within a split second.

here are some hits.
try the "deb2tgz" command in vectorlinux for converting a .deb to a .tgz package.
Then, explode the .tgz
Try it like this. You may still need to debug this, I haven't ran the code myself.

Code:

function deb {
echo
echo
echo "Are you sure you want to install"
echo "Chrome from Deb? (y/n)"
read YN
if [ "$YN" = "n" ]; then
main
else
rm -R /opt/google/chrome
cd /tmp
wget -r -nH -nd http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb
mkdir /tmp/install-chrome
deb2tgz *.deb
cd /tmp/install-chrome
echo Unpacking the deb file...
explodepkg ../google-*.deb
echo Extracting Google Chrome...
cd /
echo Installing Google Chrome...
echo Password may be required
tar xf /tmp/install-chrome/data.tar # Not sure this is till needed.
fi
dowhat
#echo
#echo
#echo "Do you want me to clean up? (y/n)"
#echo
#read YN
#if [ "$YN" = "y" ]; then
# echo Cleaning up my mess...
clean-up
#else
# echo You will have to manually
# echo remove /tmp/install-chrome before
# echo Next Install!!!
#fi

echo Installation complete!
echo Just type google-chrome
quit

}

[Daniel]

Just noticed something in the above code. The command "deb2tgz" doesn't exist. It should be "/sbin/deb2targz".

[M0E-lnx]

Yeah... that one 

[brokndodge]

the google-chrome deb file is packaged with lzma compression.  when i tried alien or deb2targz, neither could handle the lzma compression.  thats why i set it up in my script for manual install.  if the deb option failed that quickly, which version of the script did you install from?  edit: just took a close look at your patch, your running version 2 with wget.  can you tell me exactly what point the script failed.  i've been working on including some error handling and a few environment checks.

if you have nss>= 3.12.3 and the simlinks are already created, could you try using my new update script as the installer.  it will pull directly from the google repository.  please let me know how it goes.  also if you could provide more detail regarding the failure point, i would appreciate that.    it is still a work in progress and testing on a variety of machines is the most important part.

thank you for your input.

final edit:  i just remembered, i may have had to "slapt-get --install lzma"  before i could crack the deb package open.  i'll add a test to the script for lzma capability.

 

[brokndodge]

so i've done a lot of work on my installation script.  i did not follow a previous suggestion about using deb2targz.  i prefer to do things manually if possible.  i just added checks to make sure the deps were installed.  it's possible some deps might be missing as i have not tried this on a fresh install.  takes like 6 hours to install VL60 on this machine. soon as a couple of folks let me know this thing works for them, i'm going to post it to chromium.  hopefully they can then add support for slackware and vectorlinux from their website.

changelog:

tests for the presence of lzma, if not present installs thru slapt-get

tests for the presense of nss = 3.12.3, if not present installs from connie's slackware site.
         connie.slackware.com

added a lot of tests and error points.  i think every stage of the install now has a test and error message.  that way we can tell exactly where things went wrong.

removed almost all of the user prompts.  the script still warns you that it's about to make some system changes as root.  it also now checks to see if chrome has been installed, if so it will ask if you want to remove and reinstall chrome.

checks for the existence of the simlinks.  fixme:  still need to follow the links to find out what they link to.

added menu entry to any window manager that adhere's to the freedesktop.org specification.  yes, there will now be a menu entry under xfce's menu under network.

here it is:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# Title:   install-chrome
# Author:  BroknDodge
# License: BSD
# Version: 0.0.3
#
# Special thanks to Vectorite Daniel for his help and suggestions.
# Very Special thanks to the folks at Chromium.org and Google
# without whom there wouldn't be anything to install
#

#------------------------------------------#
# Setting up the Environment

tmp="/tmp"

chromeURL="http://dl.google.com/linux/direct"
chromePackage="google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb"

nssURL="http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/mozilla-nss/pkg/12.2"
nssPackage="mozilla-nss-3.12.3-i486-1alien.tgz"

#------------------------------------------#
# Making sure the system is sane

if [ $UID != 0 ]; then
  echo "You must run this script as root."
  exit 1
fi

if [ -d "$tmp/install-chrome" ]; then # check for and create temp dir
    # Will enter here if dir doesn't exist
    rm -R $tmp/install-chrome # hope you didn't have anything
mkdir $tmp/install-chrome # stored there
else
mkdir $tmp/install-chrome
fi

#------------------------------------------#

function DoTests {

echo Running tests...
#------------------------------------------#
# check for lzma

haveLZMA=`which lzma` # check for and getting lzma
if [ "$haveLZMA" == "" ]; then
slapt-get --install lzma
fi

#------------------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------#
# check for nss = 3.12.3

nssInstalled=`slapt-get --search nss-3.12.3` # I really need to check the version
nssInstalled=${nssInstalled#*=} # as well, but this build seems to
nssInstalled=${nssInstalled%]*} # work best with 3.12.3

if [ "$nssInstalled" != "yes" ]; then
InstallNSS
fi
simlinks
}
#------------------------------------------#


function simlinks {
cd /usr/lib
if [ ! -f "libnspr4.so.0d" ]; then
ln -s libnspr4.so libnspr4.so.0d
fi

if [ ! -f "libnss3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libnss3.so libnss3.so.1d
fi

if [ ! -f "libnssutil3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libnssutil3.so libnssutil3.so.1d
fi

if [ ! -f "libplc4.so.0d" ]; then
ln -s libplc4.so libplc4.so.0d
fi

if [ ! -f "libplds4.so.0d" ]; then
ln -s libplds4.so libplds4.so.0d
fi

if [ ! -f "libsmime3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libsmime3.so libsmime3.so.1d
fi

if [ ! -f "libssl3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libssl3.so libssl3.so.1d
fi

InstallChrome
}

function InstallNSS {

cd $tmp/install-chrome
wget $nssURL/$nssPackage
if [ ! -f "$nssPackage" ]; then
echo For some reason wget didnt pull nss from Connie's
echo slackware site!!!
exit 1
fi
installpkg $nssPackage

rm $nssPackage
simlinks
}

function InstallChrome {

cd $tmp/install-chrome
wget $chromeURL/$chromePackage

if [ ! -f "$chromePackage" ]; then # quit running if wget failed
echo Something went wrong while retrieving # and kick out a sane error msg
echo Google Chrome!!!
exit 1
fi

echo Unpacking the deb file...
ar -x $tmp/install-chrome/$chromePackage

if [ ! -f "data.tar.lzma" ]; then # quit running if ar failed
echo Something went wrong while unpacking # and kick out a sane error msg
echo the .deb file!!!
exit 1
fi

echo Extracting Google Chrome...
lzma -d data.tar.lzma
if [ ! -f "data.tar" ]; then # quit running if lzma failed
echo Something went wrong while extracting # and kick out a sane error msg
echo Google Chrome!!!
exit 1
fi

cd /
echo Installing Google Chrome...

tar xf $tmp/install-chrome/data.tar
if [ ! -f "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" ]; then # let me know if chrome wasn't
echo Installation failed while # installed correctly
echo moving files!!!
exit 1
else
cp /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome.desktop /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
echo Installation complete!
echo Just type google-chrome
quit
fi
}

function quit {
exit 0
}

function main {
echo
echo WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
echo This script may severely damage your system!!!
echo Don't say I didn't WARN you!
echo
echo Are you sure you want me to Monkey with your System? [yes/no]
echo [for your safety you must type "yes" to proceed]
echo
 
read YN
if [ "$YN" = "yes" ]; then
if [ -d "/opt/google/chrome" ]; then
echo Looks like Google Chrome is already installed!
echo Do you want to remove it and reinstall? [yes/no]
read yn
if [ "$yn" = "yes" ]; then
rm -R /opt/google/chrome
rm /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
DoTests
else
quit
fi
else
DoTests
fi
elif [ "$YN" = "no" ]; then
quit
else
main
fi
quit
}

main
exit

[stretchedthin]

Howdy,

I gave the script a whirl.  Really do think it would be a win for Vector to be able to offer Google Chrome and this is taking things in that direction.

First run of the script resulted in an error.  I think it has to do with function InstallNSS

Code:

function InstallNSS {

cd $tmp/install-chrome
wget $nssURL/$nssPackage
if [ ! -f "$nssPackage" ]; then
echo For some reason wget didnt pull nss from Connie's
echo slackware site!!!
exit 1
fi
installpkg $nssPackage

For some reason it downloads the package to $tmp/install-chrome, but it does not install it afterwards.

So no biggy, I changed directories into /tmp/install-chrome and I did the installpkg myself.

Then ran the script again. It moved further along but resulted in....

Running tests...
./chrome: line 99: InstallChrome: command not found

Well I figured for some reason the InstallChrome function wasn't being seen or recognized so I just copied the function code and needed variables into a second script and ran it separately.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

tmp="/tmp"

chromeURL="http://dl.google.com/linux/direct"
chromePackage="google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb"

cd /tmp/install-chrome
wget http://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.debcd

if [ ! -f "$chromePackage" ]; then # quit running if wget failed
echo Something went wrong while retrieving # and kick out a sane error msg
echo Google Chrome!!!
exit 1
fi

echo Unpacking the deb file...
ar -x $tmp/install-chrome/$chromePackage

if [ ! -f "data.tar.lzma" ]; then # quit running if ar failed
echo Something went wrong while unpacking # and kick out a sane error msg
echo the .deb file!!!
exit 1
fi

echo Extracting Google Chrome...
lzma -d data.tar.lzma
if [ ! -f "data.tar" ]; then # quit running if lzma failed
echo Something went wrong while extracting # and kick out a sane error msg
echo Google Chrome!!!
exit 1
fi

cd /
echo Installing Google Chrome...

tar xf $tmp/install-chrome/data.tar
if [ ! -f "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" ]; then # let me know if chrome wasn't
echo Installation failed while # installed correctly
echo moving files!!!
exit 1
else
cp /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome.desktop /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
echo Installation complete!
echo Just type google-chrome
quit
fi
exit

This time success!! I now have Google Chrome, and it is sooooooooo much faster then when I was running it under crossover.  Hope my detail helps you shake the last couple of bugs out.

[uelsk8s]

I had to enclose all the text in quotes after the echo's to get it to work here

[M0E-lnx]

I really wanted to try this again, but I'm to lazy to be jacking with the script.
I might just do it manually some time, just for giggles. I was not too impressed with crossover chrome, but want to check this out

[uelsk8s]

to add flash:
as root

Code:

mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
cp -ax /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins/

then run it with:

Code:

google-chrome --enable-plugins

[M0E-lnx]

Changed my mind and did it manually using the steps outlined in the script.

here is a couple of suggestions for the script.
chrome needs GConf installed, have it check for libgconf.
clean up the bash code.
look for the flash plugin, and install it if present.

[M0E-lnx]

Is it just me, or does the thing not close when you click the X on the top-right corner (window decoreation)?

[Daniel]

stretchedthin: was this the order that you ran the scripts and stuff?

Run brokndodge's script.
Do manual installpkg.
Run stretchedthin's script.

I would also like to get Google Chrome and I wanted to make sure of the order you did things in.


brokndodge: I am not completely sure but capitalized functions might not work in scripts.