Use Google Chrome under Linux with WINE
September 4, 2008 5:03 pmYesterday I had not even tried to install the Windows version of Google Chrome under my Kubuntu .. I had no time and I was too anxious to see him at work. Fortunately someone has done for me (My Science Blog is better). We carry over briefly the steps to follow, so also David T. will we enjoy this new jewel of the house Google.
- Install wine (instructions on the official site) version> = 1.1.3
- Ca. If you have already installed wine, make sure that your version is correct with a wine-version from konsole.
- Download and install winetricks:
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sudo cp winetricks /usr/sbin - Install some external components that will make life easier (Flash is not obligatory but highly recommended)
winetricks riched20 riched30 flash Install allfonts (also optional but recommended)
winetricks allfonts- Download Google Chrome for Windows
wget http://gpdl.google.com/chrome/install/149.27/chrome_installer.exe - Installing Chrome in Wine by following the instructions on the screen and make sure to create an icon on your desktop
wine chrome_installer.exe - After installation is still a few hacks to make it work: close it and open with a text editor (eg kate) file Chrome.desktop that Google has been created by the installer and add
--new-http --in-process-plugins
the end of line
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/NOME_UTENTE/.wine" wine "C:\\windows\\profiles\\NOME_UTENTE\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
so that it is something like:
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/NOME_UTENTE/.wine" wine "C:\\windows\\profiles\\NOME_UTENTE\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe" --new-http --in-process-plugins - Save the file and launch Chrome by using the icon on the desktop.
A bit of hacking and the new browser will be there to replace the old `Konqueror 
13 Responses to "Use Google Chrome under Linux with WINE
Thank you for thinking
But I could not install anyway 
Vabè, we hope to think that Google + pinguinari us soon!
Weird! I have not had any major problems with the following procedure to install it on Kubuntu ...
The only thing is that I had a wine server specified as Windows 2000. Changing to WinXP everything worked well.
What problem you from?
I used it a bit this morning in kubuntu .. not say the same thing under Windows. Much less stable and a little more slowly. Still usable to play a bit.
But it is these that run Windows software with Wine They've never not too convinced. For the rest I have the Gnome desktop, I found a guide but nothing doing. We await the official version for Linux!
What is GNOME or KDE does not change anything. Wine is independent of the two and is configured the same way.
But I am a rabid fan of Wine is that its various commercial exceptions, if there were it would be impossible to use Linux in the office because I depend from Microsoft Outlook.
I too am trying Chrome, with Alpha 2 of Firefox 3.1 = D ... I like to experiment
But I'd like to understand what prevents him from running on Windows 2000. So far it's almost the only non-Microsoft software to request and run the XP 2000 (with the exception perhaps some security software that must integrate much with the OS). Among other things, it also seems to require SP2 or higher. Boh ...
@ David: you set Wine to behave like XP and do not like the 2000 which I believe is set for his?
Hello hello
I forgot to say that the board set as XP Wine had already given Andrew, but perhaps he had escaped to David ... I would not pass him off as flour in my bag, when it is not = D
Great Sleeping!
See I do not think Chrome is the only one not run on Win2000 and run on XP. I remember several other programs that require otherwise nisba WinXP SP2.
You're trying Firefox 3.1 on Windows and Linux?
Chrome on Linux you have tried?
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Thanks for your reply, Andrew!
In fact I looked on the page of Chrome in English and it requires not just XP, but it needs the SP2
http://www.google.com/chrome?hl=en ...
XP probably the "original" without SP is very similar and therefore are also applications that run on Windows 2000, while those for some reason necessarily require SP2 (firewall, I noticed in particular) should not be much different being on Win2000 I hope not ... I said some bullshit = D
Anyway I'm trying out Firefox 3.1 on a normal XP Pro SP3. I noticed that many of the extensions that I use now are not yet compatible with this version and frankly I am very sorry. I understand the 3.0 that was objectively quite different compared to 2 and so it was understandable that almost all extensions that need to be updated more often than I think it consisted of a quick compatibility check with firefox3 from the developer and change the parameter maxversion installation. rdf and only a few cases I think real change ... But it seems impossible that this mess (because objects for little accustomed to these things it is) of having to comb through forums or wait for centuries to be updated or addons.mozilla even change the install by hand. rdf should be repeated again with Firefox 3.1, which really is not much different from 3. Possible that the developers of extensions c'abbiano thought?! What do you think?
Sorry, as usual I have been Verbose
Known now that in addition to being long-winded, I have not even responded at all = D
), No longer even use it for applications 
So I'm trying out Chrome on XP perfectly normal before (on Linux I've never tried) and I'm sorry, but after everything I've read on privacy, such as the fact that it behaves almost like a keylogger, so it I'm a little 'aside. Then when I found out Prism for Firefox (I think from your blog
The native version of Chrome for Linux seems to be far from ready for use. Look here:
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id; 1913014503; fp; 16; fpid; 1
@ luca: thanks for the link, definitely a bad news .. It was a good that you reported it to me because I had put in the `things to do this week to try Chromium for Linux .. read this ... never mind
@ Sleeping: the problem of compatibility of these extensions in Firefox I have it already had with passagigo to 3.0 Some extensions that I used every day have never been updated to support 3.0. I believe that before going to be waiting for 3.1 is a good deal, at least to be sure that all the (few) extensions that I use now work.
Ultimately, the 3.0 is very stable under Linux, and do not take any more memory of the world to see four pages static.
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