• INTRODUCTION
• A History of Web Browsing
• About Chromium
• Chromium Versus Chrome
• About This Manual
• INSTALLING CHROMIUM
• Installing Chromium on Windows
• Installing Chromium on Mac OS X
• Installing Chromium on Ubuntu
• Installing Chromium in Other Linux Distributions
• UPDATING CHROMIUM
• Updating Chromium
• REMOVING CHROMIUM
• Removing Chromium from Windows
• Removing Chromium from Mac OS X
• Removing Chromium from Ubuntu
• Removing Chromium from Other Linux Distributions
• USING THE CHROMIUM INTERFACE
• Using the Chromium Interface
• Navigating the Web
• Retracing Your Steps
• Stopping and Reloading
• BOOKMARKING SITES
• Bookmarking a Page
• Where to Find Bookmarks
• Managing Your Bookmarks
• Synchronizing Your Bookmarks
• CONFIGURING YOUR BROWSER
• Accessing Chromium's Options/Preferences
• Making Chromium Your Default Browser
• Setting Startup and Start Page Options
• Choosing and Using a Search Engine
• Handling Personal Information
• USING TABBED BROWSING
• Opening a New Tab
• Opening a Link in a New Tab
• Moving Tabs
• Closing Tabs
• Killing Tabs
• DOWNLOADING FILES
• Downloading Files
• Downloading Files Without Displaying Them
• COPY, SAVE, AND PRINT
• Copying Text
• Copying a Link or an Image Link
• Saving a Page
• Saving an Image From a Page
• Printing a Page
• WORKING WITH PAGES
• Viewing the Source of a Page
• Viewing Information About a Page
• Inspecting the Elements on a Page
• EXTENSIONS
• Finding and Installing Extensions
• Managing Extensions
• Disabling and Removing Extensions
• Some Recommended Extensions
• OTHER FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS
• Creating Application Shortcuts
• Using Chromium's Developer Tools
• Covering Your Tracks
• Using the Incognito Window
• Chromium's Online Help
• Other Sources of Help
• APPENDICES
• Troubleshooting
• Glossary
• Links
• License

Installing Chromium in Other Linux Distributions

Ubuntu is not the only Linux distribution out there. You might be able to install Chromium on any Linux distribution using that distribution's package manager. For example, use YaST in OpenSUSE or yum in Fedora.

But, if your distribution's package manager doesn't include Chromium, you can visit the index page where developers post the latest hourly builds, or code updates of Chromium for download.

To install Chromium, do the following:

1. Go to http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/Linux/.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the index and click on Latest.
3. Note the number that appears in your browser window. This is the number of the latest Chromium build. You should install this version.
4. Press the Back button on your browser to return to the Chromium build index, and click on the latest build number.
5. Click the file chrome-linux.zip to download the software.
6. Open a terminal window and enter superuser mode. You are prompted for your root password.

   $ su
   
     
   

7. Copy the file you downloaded to the /usr/local directory.

   $ cp -a directory/filename /usr/local
   
     

   • directory is the name of the directory in which you downloaded the file, for example downloads.
   • filename is the name of the file, for example chrome-linux.zip.
8. Extract the archive to the installation directory. This creates the /usr/local/chrome-linux directory and copies the Thunderbird program into it.

   $ cd /usr/local
   $ tar -xjvf filename.tar.bz2
   
     

9. Delete the archive. When you are prompted, enter y on your keyboard.

   $ rm filename
   
     

10. Create a symbolic link to the Chromium executable.

    $ ln -s ../../usr/local/chrome-linux/chrome /usr/bin/chrome
    
      

11. Finally, create a shortcut on your desktop that points to /usr/bin/chrome and double-click that shortcut to start Chromium .