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How to install the latest stable version of Chromium?

I run chromium and used this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/stable I just realized that it seems to be abandoned and I'm running a quite outdated version of this browser. There have not been any updates since the first of May this year. Do you know of any PPA thats actively maintained?

Thanks, trmpa

(Yes, I know, I could use google chrome but i would like to go with chromium if possible. Building from source is also not a good option. It's not my own machine and I need updates to work reliably without much intervention from the user)

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I had the exact same problem, and had come to the conclusion that Chromium had been abandoned (switched to FireFox; worst idea ever!). In any case, when the Unity Webapps Preview was released I installed it right away, and it updated both FireFox and Chromium. After FireFox moving so slowly it hurt, I moved back to Chromium and decided I could live with it being outdated... Lo and behold! It had been updated!

To install the Webapps Preview:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview



Wait for everything to install, and Chromium should be fully updated: Chromium 20.0.1132.47

If you don't want to use the Webapps, then you can just go to Chromium's extension page and select to disable the add-on: Disable Webapps extension


If you want to uninstall Webapps:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:webapps/preview


N.B. Using ppa-purge removes all the packages that were installed or upgraded by the ppa you added: this means that Chromium and FireFox (as well as other applications) will be downgraded. If you use Chromium's sync function, this will cause an error when you start the program telling you that your profile is from a newer version of Chromium, and that you should upgrade or change profiles.

Hope this helps!

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that works for me. thanks! – trmpa Jul 30 '12 at 5:20
@Bill O'Dwyer, so what version number of Chromium do you have now? How often do updates of Chromium occur (or are offered)? – vasa1 Jul 30 '12 at 6:38
@vasa1 - as you can see in the screenshot, I'm running version 20.0.1132.47. I'm not entirely sure how often it'll get updated. I think I had an update two or three days ago, but again, I'm not entirely sure... Watch this space and I'll try to nail it down. – Bill O'Dwyer Jul 30 '12 at 7:22
@BillO'Dwyer How to get this update on natty? – Khurshid Alam Jul 31 '12 at 13:59
@KhurshidAlam Please see my second answer for instructions. – Bill O'Dwyer Aug 1 '12 at 16:45
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Ok, in order to update Chromium without using the webapps function, or if you're using an earlier version of Ubuntu (11.10 or older) I found this answer. I have used the Original Poster's comment as the basis for my method, and didn't try the "unstable" option given in the first answer.

The instructions given by the Original Poster in his own answer aren't terribly clear, so here's a more detailed version:

Open a terminal and type

touch chromium-update
gedit chromium-update

Paste the contents of this link into the file and save. Back to the terminal.

sudo chmod +x chromium-update
sudo cp chromium-update /usr/bin

You can now run

chromium-update

to update chromium. Alternatively, you can add the same command to the startup applications list. As a nice bonus, you get a lovely little OSD telling you whether or not there's a new version or not!

EDIT: It seems that the script given in the other article doesn't work. I've tweaked the script and made it do what it's supposed to.

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Thanks.The script didn't work untill i changed #!/usr/bin/chromium-update to #!/bin/bash.Anyway, this is rather crude way of doing things...chromium version in software center dosn't change...also there is no easy way to update chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-exta...etc. I will look into its source code (from chromium-ppa) to find out how to pack it properly under a ppa. – Khurshid Alam Aug 8 '12 at 12:31
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There are inofficial PPAs for the Chromium stable and dev channels.

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Newest packages on Launchpad from Alex Shkop can be found using this link

For all the Stable and Development branches of the packages.

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