The AutoUpdating is nice but would be really interesting to know what has changed.

Chromium AutoUpdate via CRON originally appeared on Shai Perednik.com on June 2, 2009.

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

Auto Update to Latest Chromium Build originally appeared on Shai Perednik.com on May 29, 2009.