It is known that Chromium browser is now shipped as deb "Transitional package - chromium-browser -> chromium snap".
But this maybe not expected for some users and they want to get normal deb-based version. How does this possible?
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If you are concerned about security, the most proper way to get updated Chromium without untested third party patches and without snap in Ubuntu 20.04 is to use official builds from 18.04, which will be supported until 2023.
For proper installation and future updates follow the steps.
Enable bionic-updates repo:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-updates.list
# for deb-based chromium. Supported only 'til 2023
# see also /etc/apt/preferences.d/chromium-deb-bionic-updates
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
EOF
Pin Chromium packages from this repo:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/chromium-deb-bionic-updates
Package: chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra chromium-codecs-ffmpeg
Pin: release a=bionic-updates
Pin-Priority: 900
EOF
And install packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install chromium-browser
Et voilà! Trusted and automatically updated environment without snap bastards.
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1Chose this one. Worked perfectly (so far). Thanks! Just as an FYI, installing from source (chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux/…) at the chromium.googlesource.com site installs 533 packages without asking, including snapd and other snap packages. So I purged all that. I tentatively leap to the conclusion that the "install-build-deps.sh" script that is part of the process detects ubuntu 20.04 and builds the containerized version. also without asking. sigh.– BISINov 12, 2020 at 19:35
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Fetch & authorize the repo GPG key with:
curl -s 'https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x790bc7277767219c42c86f933b4fe6acc0b21f32' | sudo apt-key add -– ulidtkoNov 11, 2022 at 15:27 -
1Missing GPG key can also be remediated by
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32– MikeJan 12 at 18:56 -
Installing Chromium from bionic builds worked very well, but it's 2023 already so supposedly there will be no further updates. Do you have any advice what to do now?– MikeJan 12 at 18:57
It is possible by using a third-party repository (PPA) from LaunchPad, named Chromium Beta branch.
To install, one needs to add this repository to the system by:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saiarcot895/chromium-beta
Then remove the snapped Chromium by:
snap remove chromium
and install the package with:
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
To avoid the installation of the snap package in the future, one should do the following:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-chromium-deb
Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-saiarcot895-chromium-beta
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF
To revert to the snap version, use:
sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-chromium-deb; sudo apt-get autopurge chromium-browser; snap install chromium
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Only for info to "snap free" users like me. As I've completly removed snaps I had before "pin" the PPA and then install Chrominum. This is the sequence to follow for who removed compleatly snaps from their system. Thanks for sharing your good solution.– patOct 25, 2020 at 10:50
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1If you prefer not trusting an additional party, the accepted answer to this askubuntu.com/questions/1179273/… very similar question would be preferable.– BruniJun 8, 2021 at 10:31
You can download latest official .deb build for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal), 21.04 (Hirsute), 21.10 (Impish), 22.04 LTS (Jammy) and 22.10 (Kinetic) here: https://launchpad.net/~phd/+archive/ubuntu/chromium-browser/
This is a PPA repository (maintained by me) with official Ubuntu packages released originally for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic) and automatically updated as soon as a new version is released in the 18.04 repository.
answered Nov 11, 2021 at 20:24
