Linux Installing chromium on Ubuntu 9.04

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Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. The Chromium codebase is the basis for Google’s Chrome browser.

How to install Chromium on your ubuntu:

1.First you need edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

2.Add the following two lines

Code: 
deb [url]http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu[/url] jaunty main

deb-src [url]http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu[/url] jaunty main

3.save and exit the file

4.Now add the GPG key using the following command

Code: 
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5

5.Update source list

Code: 
sudo apt-get update

6.Install chromium browser using the following command

Code: 
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

This will complete the installation

And for enabling the flash plugin

first of all u need to paste the flashplayer plugin from mozilla's directory to chromium's directory

here is the command

Code: 
su -c ' cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/

this command will work on the assumption that you have installed flash plugin for mozilla

then once your have copied the plugin successfully

type in this command in the terminal

Code: 
sudo vim /etc/chromium-browser/default

and then add

–enable-plugins

in between the

Code: 
CHROMIUM_FLAGS=" "
double quotes

save the file and exit

restart chromium or just refresh the flash content page and it should work perfectly fine
 
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