Installing Chromium web browser

monojeffrey · 02-27-2013, 06:26 AM

Hello there,
I would like to install chromium web browser in ubuntu 12.10, i think ,i downloaded the source(new to this kind of installation)files ,extracted the tar files and found a folder named debian, the contents of the folder is attached as snapshot, help me build and install the package

yowi · 02-27-2013, 07:58 AM

Whatcha playing with source for???
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?ke...romium-browser
It looks likes it's available through your package manager.

273 · 02-27-2013, 07:59 AM

May I ask why you didn't install the browser from the Ubuntu repositories? I would have just typed:

Code:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

schneidz · 02-27-2013, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monojeffrey

Hello there,
I would like to install chromium web browser in ubuntu 12.10, i think ,i downloaded the source(new to this kind of installation)files ,extracted the tar files and found a folder named debian, the contents of the folder is attached as snapshot, help me build and install the package

i'm confused is this for a windows install ? if so i think you downloaded the wrong file. i think you download a windows exe file and run it from there.

if this is for ubuntu you go into software center in the menus and search for it and click install.

you only need source code if you plan on modifying it or adding functionality or making a fork of it...

monojeffrey · 02-27-2013, 12:01 PM

Quote:

May I ask why you didn't install the browser from the Ubuntu repositories? I would have just typed:

Code:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

i tried this , but received a error message like it couldn't connect to the IP(security.ubuntu.com-something like this)

273 · 02-27-2013, 12:03 PM

You should probably try to correct that, since it means that your package management system is broken. Can you connect to the internet with the machine at all? If so then please give the exact error including the URL it says it is unable to connect to.

monojeffrey · 02-27-2013, 12:03 PM

Quote:

i'm confused is this for a windows install ? if so i think you downloaded the wrong file. i think you download a windows exe file and run it from there.

if this is for ubuntu you go into software center in the menus and search for it and click install.

you only need source code if you plan on modifying it or adding functionality or making a fork of it...

i downloaded a tar file for ubuntu only , and i found a folder inside the tar file named debian, please refer the snapshot there is no exe file

monojeffrey · 02-27-2013, 12:05 PM

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You should probably try to correct that, since it means that your package management system is broken. Can you connect to the internet with the machine at all? If so then please give the exact error including the URL it says it is unable to connect to.

machine is connected to the internet,i downloaded some other files and browsed the web

monojeffrey · 02-27-2013, 12:13 PM

i tried this link
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/i38...owser/download
navigating to the page , i downloaded a file by clicking on the link found at the bottom of the page

security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

a file is being downloaded
after completion

what i should do next(i think its a package)

273 · 02-27-2013, 12:15 PM

You should install it with the command I gave from the repositories because that will ensure that dependencies are met. If you post the error that you received when you tried to run the command I gave you then we can help you to repair whatever is broken.

schneidz · 02-27-2013, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by monojeffrey

i downloaded a tar file for ubuntu only , and i found a folder inside the tar file named debian, please refer the snapshot there is no exe file

the snapshot is of a windows desktop running cmd.exe.

linux programs dont run on windows.

monojeffrey · 02-28-2013, 03:19 AM

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the snapshot is of a windows desktop running cmd.exe.

linux programs dont run on windows.

just displayed the contents of the folder using windows(cmd), rest everything is done for ubuntu only

monojeffrey · 02-28-2013, 04:38 AM

i tried to install the deb extension package which was downloaded from the link security.ubuntu.com (as mentioned above)
the package is not getting installed properly
output is attached as snapshot

also tried the command sudo apt-get install chromium-browser , with internet connection
it also ended up in error
the snapshot is attached

schneidz · 02-28-2013, 08:00 AM

i am not certain but maybe these commands may help get beyond the problem:

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

also, i would copy-and-paste text rather than upload a picture.