Does anyone have a package bundled up for Google Chrome yet?
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Does anyone have a package bundled up for Google Chrome yet?
I'm looking to find a Slackware package for Google Chrome. Alternatively, I'll just create one and make it available, but what's up with Linuxpackages.net???
The search engine over there is almost as if there aren't any Slackware 13.0 packages? Is there something wrong with the site?
I read about the virtual homelessness and then getting back into the groove of things, but it seems that something is broken over there.
The only prebuilt packages that can be trusted are those by AlienBob and rworkman.
Well that's not actually true, although I know what you're saying and certainly appreciate the caveat as a valid warning when acquiring packages from untrusted sources.
By the same token, I would also warn RPM users of the same potentially dangerous possibilities when surfing rpmfind.net
But there are more people than just AlienBob and Robby that bundle up trustworthy packages
I got Chrome off SlackBuilds yesterday. Other than having to install two other libraries before it would work, it works perfectly. And as long as you get the right two packages, you should be fine.
I was using linuxpackages.net for a while when I first started using Slackware, but it's just easier now to use SlackBuilds because of the lack of variety and lack of 13-compatible packages at linuxpackages...
But there are more people than just AlienBob and Robby that bundle up trustworthy packages
They are both significant Slackware contributors though. You can be quite certain they are trusted and meet quality standards. Slackbuilds is also nice because you can look at the build script and build it yourself, that way the only person you can doubt is yourself.
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