Re: [gentoo-user] Quick and dirty install of google chrome binary package

[Pandu Poluan]

On Feb 7, 2012 9:46 AM, "walt" <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> I tried and liked google chrome for a few months until I got tired
> of the multi-hour compile every week or so.  The chrome-binary ebuild
> was removed a while ago, I'm guessing because of library version
> conflicts, but I dunno for sure.
>
> Anyway, I wanted to try a recent version of chrome without spending
> all day compiling it on this dusty old x86 machine, so I improvised
> this easy workaround:
>
> First, you need x11-libs/libXScrnSaver and app-arch/rpm2targz already
> installed.
>
> Next, download the appropriate rpm package from www.google/chrome.
>
> #cd /tmp   (or whatever staging area you prefer, but do it as root)
>
> #rpmunpack /path/to/your/downloaded/google-chrome-whatever.rpm
>
> #mv  google-whatever/opt/google  /opt   (the actual chrome binaries)
>
> (Note:  you don't need the etc or usr/bin parts of the archive, so
>  delete the whole /tmp/google-whatever directory now.)
>
> Make the symlink
> /usr/bin/google-chrome -> /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
>
> When you run google-chrome you will likely see an error for missing
> libpng12.so.0, which gentoo has replaced with more recent versions
> like libpng14 or libpng15.
>
> If you see that error, here is a very quick and easy fix:
>
> #ebuild  /usr/portage/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.2.46.ebuild  compile
>
> That step will build (but not install) libpng12, so you won't disturb
> any of your existing packages.  The newly built library you need is
> now waiting for you here:
>
> /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/libpng-1.2.46/work/libpng-1.2.46/.libs/
>
> Now copy libpng12.so.0.46.0 to /opt/google/chrome and rename it (or
> symlink it) to libpng12.so.0, because that is what chrome looks for.
>
> Complain here if you have problems :)
>
>

The steps seems to be simple enough to be made into a custom ebuild, don't
you think so? ;-)

Rgds,