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Old 10-31-2013, 12:32 AM   #1
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Where is it? Chromium Installation on Slackware 13.37 using SlackBuilds


Hello!

My name is Mark. I own a hand-me-down SONY vaio desktop that was new in ~2003. I am trying to re-purpose this machine to help me get through the next 18 months of school. I am certain it will serve all of my needs. I am running Slackware 13.37 with fluxbox for my window manager, and firefox as my browser. I am very happy with my setup but would like to install Chromium to see if google docs will meet my needs for some of my coursework.

Today I installed libevent and chromium (32 bit) on my computer explicitly following the instructions at SlackBuilds.org for my OS and hardware. Everything went flawlessly as far as I can tell. I periodically watched code flying by in xterm and received all of the messages saying everything was ok.

There's only one problem, and this is where I blush like a newbie.
Where is it and how do I launch it? As embarrassing as it is, I can't seem to find it and don't even really know where to look.

Please help!

Mark
 
Old 10-31-2013, 12:46 AM   #2
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Hi Mark.

Try running this from a terminal (say xterm):

Code:
$ /usr/bin/chrome --enable-plugins
You'll have to add it to your fluxbox menu to have a direct launch method.

--mancha
 
Old 10-31-2013, 12:48 AM   #3
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Look in /tmp ... ;-)
 
Old 10-31-2013, 10:05 AM   #4
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Running the slackbuild will create a slackware package in /tmp that you can install with
Code:
installpkg /tmp/package-name
If you've done this, you can launch chrome by opening a command line and typing
Code:
chrome
 
Old 10-31-2013, 09:57 PM   #5
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Hello!
Thank you for your help. Typing chrome launched the app just fine. Should I leave the application in /tmp, or do you recommend that I move it to some other directory. If so, is it a simple process of using basic command line commands to relocate it, or is a more complicated procedure required?

Thanks!
Mark
 
Old 11-01-2013, 10:03 AM   #6
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The file in /tmp is not the actual application, it's a package that you used to install it. The actual application is probably /usr/bin/chrome (typing "which chrome" will tell you, if you're curious). So, you can actually delete the file in /tmp.

Basically:
- running the slackbuild script converts the source into a slackware package that's put into /tmp
- "installpkg /tmp/package-name" actually installs the package
- once this is successful, the source, slackbuild scripts and the package in /tmp are no longer needed
 
Old 11-01-2013, 12:54 PM   #7
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- once this is successful, the source, slackbuild scripts and the package in /tmp are no longer needed
But you can still save the package somewhere, so that if you decide to uninstall it, you won't have to rebuild it in case you change your mind. But don't let it in /tmp after installation, better move it, maybe to ~/packages, /home/packages, or on a removable device if you are short in hard disk space.
 
  


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