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== Chromium web browser ==
== Chromium web browser ==


Fedora does not include Chromium web browser in the official repository due to problems outlined in  
Chromium is the upstream project that Google Chrome browser is based on. Fedora did not include Chromium web browser in the official repository due to problems outlined in  


http://ostatic.com/blog/making-projects-easier-to-package-why-chromium-isnt-in-fedora
http://ostatic.com/blog/making-projects-easier-to-package-why-chromium-isnt-in-fedora


Tom 'spot' Callaway, Manager of the Fedora Engineering team at Red Hat is working with Google to fix the problems in Chromium so that it can be made available in the official repository. He also maintains his own test packages of Chromium at
Tom 'spot' Callaway is [http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28287 working with Google] to fix the problems in Chromium. Since Fedora does nowaday allow packages to bundle librariers, it is now possible to package Chromium in Fedora and Tom already created a [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270322 package review] for chromium and its dependencies.


http://fedorapeople.org/~spot/chromium/
=== Copr repository ===


To use this repo,  create a chromium.repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d as root user with the following content


<pre>
Use the Chromium [http://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/spot/chromium/ Copr] repository


[chromium]
== Google Chrome ==
name=Chromium Test Packages
baseurl=http://spot.fedorapeople.org/chromium/$releasever/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0


</pre>
Since Chromium is upstream for Google Chrome, all the same issues apply. In addition to that, Fedora does not include Google Chrome because it is a proprietary product and bundles other proprietary software such as Adobe Flash plugin. However, Google does maintain a [[dnf]]|[[yum]] repository for Fedora at


Use PackageKit or run the following command as root user
https://www.google.com/chrome/


<pre>yum install chromium</pre>
The link above also includes downloadable RPMs that you may use to install Chrome.
 
==  Google Chrome ==
 
Fedora does not include Google Chrome because is a proprietary product and bundles other proprietary software such as Adobe Flash plugin however Google does maintain a yum repository at
 
http://www.google.com/chrome/

Revision as of 04:32, 27 June 2016

Chromium web browser

Chromium is the upstream project that Google Chrome browser is based on. Fedora did not include Chromium web browser in the official repository due to problems outlined in

http://ostatic.com/blog/making-projects-easier-to-package-why-chromium-isnt-in-fedora

Tom 'spot' Callaway is working with Google to fix the problems in Chromium. Since Fedora does nowaday allow packages to bundle librariers, it is now possible to package Chromium in Fedora and Tom already created a package review for chromium and its dependencies.

Copr repository

Use the Chromium Copr repository

Google Chrome

Since Chromium is upstream for Google Chrome, all the same issues apply. In addition to that, Fedora does not include Google Chrome because it is a proprietary product and bundles other proprietary software such as Adobe Flash plugin. However, Google does maintain a dnf|yum repository for Fedora at

https://www.google.com/chrome/

The link above also includes downloadable RPMs that you may use to install Chrome.

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