Finaly got Chromium running on my Ubuntu 8.04 Machine.

You could download it from http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux/

Below is a script that will download the current Chromium build and get it ready to run.

Theres not much to it, but it automates the process.

6/1/09 Update – I noticed that CRON ran in the user directory, so I fixed that.  Also added an rm to remove any old downloaded zips.  I ran the CRON job manualy and it works.  So we’ll see tomorrow to see if it works.

#CODE START

#!/bin/sh

#Buy Shai Perednik 5/29/09

#Change directory

cd /home/shai/Chromium

#Delete any existing LATEST files

rm LATEST

#Delete any old Chromium Zip Downloads

rm chrome-linux.zip*

#Download the LATEST file that contains the newest chromium build for linux

wget http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux/LATEST

#reads the last line of LATEST file

VAL=`cat LATEST |cut -f1`

#Download the latest Snapshot

wget “http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-linux/$VAL/chrome-linux.zip”

#Kill Any Existing Chrome Proceses

killall gchrome

#Extract the archive

unzip -o chrome-linux

#Make the chrome file executable

chmod +x chrome-linux/chrome

#End Code

Tags: Auto Update, Build, Chromium, Cron, Extract, Linux, Mac, Ubuntu, Unzip