On 11/25/2017 10:52 PM, Richard wrote:> >> Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 18:55:18 +0100 >> From: H <agents at meddatainc.com> >> >> I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need >> to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not >> available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is >> because it is already available in a supplementary channel from >> RHEL for C 6. >> >> Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6? >> >> https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedo >> ra-linux/ >> > Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, > release for centos-7? > > The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues > and work well on centos-7) are: > > stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 > beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1 > > while the epel one is: > > 61.0.3163.100-1 > > which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about > five releases back. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centosAh, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not familiar with it.
> Date: Monday, November 27, 2017 19:45:28 +0100 > From: H <agents at meddatainc.com> > > On 11/25/2017 10:52 PM, Richard wrote: >> >>> Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 18:55:18 +0100 >>> From: H <agents at meddatainc.com> >>> >>> I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now >>> need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not >>> available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this >>> is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from >>> RHEL for C 6. >>> >>> Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6? >>> >>> https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fe >>> do ra-linux/ >>> >> Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, >> release for centos-7? >> >> The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues >> and work well on centos-7) are: >> >> stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 >> beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1 >> >> while the epel one is: >> >> 61.0.3163.100-1 >> >> which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is >> about five releases back.> > Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not > familiar with it. >Yes, from the google chrome repository, using google-chrome.repo. The Centos wiki page at: <https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/GoogleYumRepos> has the details if you need them. This works for -7, not -6.
On November 27, 2017 2:09:34 PM EST, Richard <lists-centos at listmail.innovate.net> wrote:> > >> Date: Monday, November 27, 2017 19:45:28 +0100 >> From: H <agents at meddatainc.com> >> >> On 11/25/2017 10:52 PM, Richard wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Saturday, November 25, 2017 18:55:18 +0100 >>>> From: H <agents at meddatainc.com> >>>> >>>> I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now >>>> need to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not >>>> available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this >>>> is because it is already available in a supplementary channel from >>>> RHEL for C 6. >>>> >>>> Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6? >>>> >>>> https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fe >>>> do ra-linux/ >>>> >>> Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, >>> release for centos-7? >>> >>> The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues >>> and work well on centos-7) are: >>> >>> stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 >>> beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1 >>> >>> while the epel one is: >>> >>> 61.0.3163.100-1 >>> >>> which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is >>> about five releases back. > >> >> Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not >> familiar with it. >> > >Yes, from the google chrome repository, using google-chrome.repo. The >Centos wiki page at: > ><https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/GoogleYumRepos> > >has the details if you need them. This works for -7, not -6. > > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centosAnd for Centos 6?
> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of H > Sent: den 27 november 2017 19:45 > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium on CentOS 6 > > >> I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need > >> to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not > >> available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is > >> because it is already available in a supplementary channel from > >> RHEL for C 6. > >> > >> Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6? > >> > >> https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedo > >> ra-linux/ > >> > > Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, > > release for centos-7? > > > > The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues > > and work well on centos-7) are: > > > > stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 > > beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1 > > > > while the epel one is: > > > > 61.0.3163.100-1 > > > > which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about > > five releases back. > > Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was notfamiliar> with it.Wasn't the latest Google Chrome unsupported on CentOS 6 because of some dependency problems or some such? -- //Sorin
Sorin, Indeed, CentOS 6 is not longer officially supported by Chrome. It hasn't been for a few years, though there are workarounds[1]. It's high time people migrated to EL7. [1] - http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/chrome-deps-stable-3.11-1.x86_64.rpm -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message -----> From: "Sorin Srbu" <Sorin.Srbu at orgfarm.uu.se> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 28 November, 2017 07:47:35 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium on CentOS 6>> -----Original Message----- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of H >> Sent: den 27 november 2017 19:45 >> To: centos at centos.org >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium on CentOS 6 >> >> >> I have chromium installed on CentOS 7 and it works fine, I now need >> >> to install it on a CentOS 6 workstation. However, it is not >> >> available in EPEL as it is for C 7. From what I understand, this is >> >> because it is already available in a supplementary channel from >> >> RHEL for C 6. >> >> >> >> Is this the recommended method for installing it on C 6? >> >> >> >> https://www.tecmint.com/install-google-chrome-on-redhat-centos-fedo >> >> ra-linux/ >> >> >> > Just curious - why are you using the epel, rather than google, >> > release for centos-7? >> > >> > The current google repo releases, (which install without any issues >> > and work well on centos-7) are: >> > >> > stable.x86_64 62.0.3202.94-1 >> > beta.x86_64 63.0.3239.59-1 >> > >> > while the epel one is: >> > >> > 61.0.3163.100-1 >> > >> > which was the "google stable" release in late september, and is about >> > five releases back. >> >> Ah, good, so this would be using the google-chrome.repo? I was not > familiar >> with it. > > Wasn't the latest Google Chrome unsupported on CentOS 6 because of some > dependency problems or some such? > > > -- > //Sorin > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos