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Hi,
wiht my thinkpad r40e, i have problem with slitaz 4.0 LIVE (but i think that problem was present also in installed case)
The problem is that google-chrome version didn't work.
First i downloaded the script from tazpanel and install it, but i obtained libnss3 error; so i solved it, installing right package but i obtained next libstdc++ error: but this pack is present
I searched in forum: i tried http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/get-google-chrome-1.03.tazpkg
obtaining the same result.
Obviously cups was started in both cases and flash-plugin too.
which is the ultimate and easiest solution for a newbie to use google-chrome and not another browser?
Thank you
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I really don't like google chrome because they keep upping the requirements which breaks fetch scripts like ours. The current version alone takes up about 100Mb after install with another 30Mb of requirements to make it work. I tried using the latest chromium package from debian, but it had a similiar error to yours. So I just used the older one (by two-three years) and after 7 symlinks, an insane permission issue and including 3 requirements, it works. I'll upload the package now, but I'm so not redoing it after this.
Edit: Get it @ http://trixarian.net/downloads/chromium-browser-6.0.472.63.tazpkg and remember to add cupsd to your start up daemons or chromium will break the next time you restart SliTaz. I'm posting this through chromium as proof that it works...
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Slitaz-4.0: get-google-chrome installs Google Chrome 30.0.1581.2 dev
Try to start in terminal:
[c]$ google-chrome[/c]
Fails with this error:
/usr/bin/google-chrome: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (required by /usr/bin/google-chrome)
Download and install gcc-lib-base-4.6.3.tazpkg from cooking repo:
[c]# wget http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/gcc-lib-base-4.6.3.tazpkg[/c]
[c]# tazpkg install gcc-lib-base-4.6.3.tazpkg --forced[/c]
Google-chrome starts, block to prevent downgrade:
[c]# tazpkg block gcc-lib-base[/c]
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Many thanks for this solution !
Trixar_za,
Unfortunately, we like or not, google chrome or iron are the single browsers who run at a decent level over old hardware. Firefox and Opera are considerably slower when it comes to javascript. Midori is not stable at all. Other QT browsers are under heavy development and still not mature enough.
Regards,
Tibi
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Not really. Firefox is pretty light if you avoid adding heavy extensions like adblock - which is ironic considering how many sites are overloaded with ads. Chrome used to not allow element blocking, meaning while you don't see the ads, you're still downloading them. I'm not sure if this has changed, but the latest is a memory hog compared to an extension free firefox. And remember, just because it's response time is quicker doesn't mean it's not eating RAM and Bandwidth (with link prefetching) to do so.
QtWeb on the other hand has an adblocking feature and runs lighter than Firefox, Midori and Chrome and is stand-alone with no need to install Qt to use it. It may be simple, but it rocks.
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I'm talking from user perspective and Chrome is faster on all old hardware I have used.
If it's eating more or less disk space, or more or less RAM, to me this is transparent.
All I need is a browser who works in all conditions and Chrome does this very very well.
Now from developer perspective, starting with 29 Chrome forked webkit into blink.
Blink is the same webkit but all parts which are not used by Chrome will be progressively removed, making Chrome lighter and faster.
Now, if you want a good distro, you need a very good browser. Whatever is, must work fast on old hardware, blinking fast on new hardware, be stable and support new web technologies.
Think on this.
Regards,
Tibi
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First I've heard of Blink, but if they make it stand-alone like Firefox or QtWeb, then I'll probably use it. While Chrome's hacked webkit is pretty good compared to the others, the client as a whole is heavy. I'll probably never fully convert to it and like with firefox, I'd only be faithful to it as long as it matches my needs and something lighter doesn't come along.
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Just to resume.
In order to get google-chrome >= 28 working, following packages need to be installed:
# tazpkg get-install nss
# wget http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/xorg-libX11-1.5.99.902.tazpkg
# tazpkg install xorg-libX11-1.5.99.902.tazpkg
# tazpkg block xorg-libX11
# wget http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/gcc-lib-base-4.6.3.tazpkg
# tazpkg install gcc-lib-base-4.6.3.tazpkg --forced
# tazpkg block gcc-lib-base
# tazpkg get-install get-google-chrome
If you want to get stable release, than:
# nano /usr/bin/get-google-chrome
edit below line from
PACKAGE="google-chrome-unstable"
to
PACKAGE="google-chrome-stable"
There is also beta option, so you may wanna try:
PACKAGE="google-chrome-beta"
To uninstall google-chrome
# tazpkg remove google-chrome-unstable
or
# tazpkg remove google-chrome-stable
or
# tazpkg remove google-chrome-beta
Regards,
Tibi
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i thank you all. with steps described by tvicol, the stable version works.
For me, problem is solved.
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