How to properly Install chromium from zip and make it the default browser? [duplicate]

Is there an easier way to install Chromium than what is described here?

Furthermore, is there an easier way to stay up to date with current Chromium releases rather than having to re-build Chromium each release? (a script which automatically grabs and installs the latest build possibly?).

Related:

• How do I get the latest (beta and development) version of Chromium?

Solution 1:

Chromium is currently not built for the chromium-daily PPA, which makes using it a bit of a security issue. Unless you can find a better PPA that stays up to date, I'd recommend you use the repo version of Chromium. Using an old browser on the internet will get you hacked. See:

Does someone know why the Chromium daily package isn't build anymore?

For the latest stable of Chromium click the button here:

https://snapcraft.io/chromium

Solution 2:

I've asked a similar question. What I do is use the daily zip archives. Within Chromium I install the Chromium Update plugin. It doesn't auto install or anything but I have quick access to the latest zip which I simply extract to the current location (in my case ~/opt/).

Solution 3:

GUI method

I remember that one of the first things that I made after I installed a fresh version of Ubuntu 13.04 it was to install Chromium browser . And I installed it from Ubuntu Software Center without to add any ppa repository or to download it from somewhere. Also, I remember that just a few days ago Software Updater announced me that there is a new version of Chromium to update.

So it's sure that Canonical have decided to provide the most recent Chromium versions and you don't need to think anymore what is easier way to install Chromium or how to stay up to date with current Chromium releases. And here is the official Ubuntu package of Chromium browser on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser.

Proof:

As you can see from above image, you can also to install Unity Webapp extension once with Chromum Browser.

Comand-line method

Open a terminal and run next command:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Proof:

As a note, it seems that Chromium Likely to Replace Firefox As Default Browser in Ubuntu 13.10.

If you are interested somehow by other versions of Chromium browser from Personal Package Archives (PPAs), here is a complete list with all of these (some of them have been abandoned): https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=chromium-browser. And keep in mind that these PPAs are considered by Canonical unsupported and unsecured.

Solution 4:

I had the exact same problem, and had come to the conclusion that Chromium had been abandoned. In any case, when the Unity Webapps Preview was released I installed it right away, and it updated both FireFox and Chromium. After FireFox moving so slowly it hurt, I moved back to Chromium and decided I could live with it being outdated... Lo and behold! It had been updated!

To install the Webapps Preview:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview

Wait for everything to install, and Chromium should be fully updated:

If you don't want to use the Webapps, then you can just go to Chromium's extension page and select to disable the add-on:

If you want to uninstall Webapps:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:webapps/preview

N.B. Using ppa-purge removes all the packages that were installed or upgraded by the ppa you added: this means that Chromium and FireFox (as well as other applications) will be downgraded. If you use Chromium's sync function, this will cause an error when you start the program telling you that your profile is from a newer version of Chromium, and that you should upgrade or change profiles.

Hope this helps!