How to install the latest versions of Chrome and Epiphany (webkit) browsers on Jaunty

[linuxed]

Chrome:

Open the sources.list file in gedit:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Copy the following and paste it at the very bottom of the sources.list file:

## Google Chrome
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Click save and close gedit.
Import the gpg key:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5

Update your sources:

sudo apt-get update

Install chrome:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser



Epiphany (webkit)

Open the sources.list file in gedit:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Copy the following and paste it at the very bottom of the sources.list file:

## Epiphany (webkit)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/epiphany/ubuntu jaunty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Click save and close gedit.
Import the gpg key:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2D9A3C5B

Update your sources:

sudo apt-get update

Install epiphany:

sudo apt-get install epiphany-webkit



To enable java and flash for Chrome and Epiphany

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin flashplugin-installer

[fishyf]

I believe that with the newer developer's versions of chrome, this is largely outdated. I downloaded the deb from http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb and it said that it updated the sources.list and indeed, they were updated after it installed.

It works really well, providing Flash and Java applets. They only problem is the really annoying issue that it starts up with a tab which points out that it is a dev build. There is a workaround which is to start chrome with the chrome://newtab option.

I did this in the menus by (system->preferences->mainmenu, then internet, chrome, properties and changed the command from /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U to /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome chrome://newtab %U

I found this from a link on a bug report which pointed to some guy's site. Sorry for lack of proper attribution.

[falconindy]

I believe that with the newer developer's versions of chrome, this is largely outdated. I downloaded the deb from http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb and it said that it updated the sources.list and indeed, they were updated after it installed.

It works really well, providing Flash and Java applets. They only problem is the really annoying issue that it starts up with a tab which points out that it is a dev build. There is a workaround which is to start chrome with the chrome://newtab option.

I did this in the menus by (system->preferences->mainmenu, then internet, chrome, properties and changed the command from /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U to /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome chrome://newtab %U

I found this from a link on a bug report which pointed to some guy's site. Sorry for lack of proper attribution.
I've been "subscribing" to the daily chromium build repository for several weeks now as described in the OP. The about:linux-splash developer warning disappeared for me about a week ago. Perhaps you have the outdated version?

I'm actually posting this from Chromium 4.0.219.3 (build 27181).

[Vevmesteren]

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 4E5E17B5

times out...

any ideas?

[troelsfrostholm]

I had apt-key time out too. I just tried again a bunch of times, and finally it got through.

When installing Chrome using this tutorial, to enable flash and java plugins, you must:
- make a symbolic link to your java runtime in chromiums plugin dir
cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .
(if your java runtime is located somewhere else, try: locate libnpjp2.so)

- start chromium with the following options
chromium-browser --enable-user-scripts --enable-extensions chrome://newtab
The newtab part is optional. It just opens on chromiums start tab, as is default behaviour for the stable windows version.
I should add that I did this on Ubuntu 8.04, but I suppose it would be the same on different distributions.

[Rapture_Ready]

Forgive me for my ignorance but are either of these browsers better than Firefox or are they just different? Is there any advantage to using either one over the default Firefox?

Thanks.

[linuxed]

@Rapture_Ready
Chrome and Epiphany both use webkit while Firefox uses Gecko. If you're a developer or if you're just interested in having support for the latest css properties and web standards I'd recommend a webkit based browser. Firefox still seems to lack support for a few css properties (e.g., text-overflow and background-size) and has also scored lower in the acid3 test.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/text-overflow
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-background/#the-background-size
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3#Desktop_browsers

@troelsfrostholm
You can also install the sun-java6-plugin package which will automatically create a link to the java plugin for most browsers including Firefox, Epiphany and Chrome. After installing the package you can test the plugin using the link below.

http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1

You can also install the flashplugin-installer package to automatically install the flash plugin for Chrome and Firefox. I haven't tested the plugin in Epiphany yet but I'm guessing that it probably works fine in Epiphany as well. To test the flash plugin use the link below.

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/

[ptcbus]

If one does not want to go through the command line (example those who are very new to ubuntu/linux) can install it using synaptic package manager. See this link (http://ptcbus.blogspot.com/2009/11/installing-chromium-google-chrome-for.html).

[deepclutch]

Epiphany-Webkit is not detecting JRE manually installed. libnpjp2.so(amd64) is available;Is epiphany looking onto /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory for plugins?Still ,flash is working;but no JAVA!needs help urgently.

PS:I got java 7 latest snapshot installed,downloaded from java community.

[linuxed]

Try installing the java6 plugin.

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin

If that doesn't work you may need to update your default java version or manually create a symlink to the java plugin.

update-alternatives --list java
update-alternatives --display java

If the java link is pointing to the wrong version then update it with the following. Make sure to replace the paths below with one of the paths that were displayed from the commands above.

sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0_14/bin/java" 1
sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0_14/bin/java
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0_14/bin/javaws" 1
sudo update-alternatives --set javaws /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0_14/bin/javaws

If the java path is correct then try creating a symlink to the java plugin. I don't currently have Epiphany installed so I can't tell you the exact plugin path but it would look something like the following.

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0_14/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libnpjp2.so

And finally, test your java versions.

java -version
javaws

Java.com also offers a simple java applet test. Just click the 'Do I have java?' link on the homepage.