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I'm new to Linux Ubuntu. I was using ChromePlus in Windows 7, it also has a Linux version. So I downloaded it. It's a chromeplus*.tar.gz file. I use the command tar xvzf chromeplus*.tar.gz to unzip the file and got a bunch of files. I really have no idea about how to run the chrome browser. Is it installed already or I need more steps? There's no ./configure and read-me file.

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  • can u post a link to there site? I think the name changed to coolnovo and it offers deb package to install. coolnovo.com/download.html?hl=en is it the same software
    – Web-E
    Jul 19, 2012 at 16:40
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    Chromeplus (Coolnovo) hasn't been updated since April 2010 though, so Chromium might be better and more secure.
    – user76204
    Jul 19, 2012 at 16:45
  • You'd be better off installing Chromium, unless you have a specific reason for using ChromePlus..
    – SirCharlo
    Jul 19, 2012 at 16:58
  • Yes, it's Coolnovo. I'd like to use the IE mode as a lot of special reasons. Here's a list of the files in the zip file:
    – Mark
    Jul 22, 2012 at 15:40
  • chrome locales chrome.pak product_logo_48.png release_notes chromeplus_update_bin resources chrome-wrapper xdg-settings libffmpegsumo.so
    – Mark
    Jul 22, 2012 at 15:41

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From what I see, what you have downloaded is a compressed precompiled binary. You can start it by going to the folder where you have extracted it and double-clicking on chrome or typing ./chrome if you are in terminal. However, on my system it complains about a missing library file:

./chrome: error while loading shared libraries: libplc4.so.0d: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have managed to fix this error by copying three of these files from /usr/lib/firefox (without the .0d) extension and to /usr/lib with the added .0d extension. This is the list of files that I had to copy:

libnspr4.so
libplc4.so
libplds4.so

IMHO, I agree with SirCarlo's comment, you'd probably be better off with Chromium, the font rendering in this program feels weird on my system.

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