Chromium

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Installation

One option might be to install using flatpak from flathub. Special instructions are also required in this case.

1. Installation of flatpak from Debian.

Install package(s) flatpak following these instructions

1 Platform specific notice.

2 Update the package lists and upgrade the systemOnion network Logo.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

3 Install the flatpak package(s).

Using apt command line --no-install-recommends optionOnion network Logo is in most cases optional.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt install --no-install-recommends flatpak

4 Platform specific notice.

  • Kicksecure: No special notice.
  • Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template ModificationOnion network Logo.

5 Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) flatpak is complete.

2. Add flathub repository. [1]

  • Non-Qubes: Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
  • Qubes TemplateVM: Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8082 flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

3. Install Chromium from flathub repository. [2] [3]

  • Non-Qubes: Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! flatpak install flathub org.chromium.Chromium
  • Qubes TemplateVM: Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8082 flatpak install flathub org.chromium.Chromium

Usage

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! flatpak run org.chromium.Chromium

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Update

Qubes Specific

flatpak installed applications do not show up in Qubes start menuarchive.org iconarchive.today icon

Related

Footnotes

  1. https://flatpak.org/setup/Debian/archive.org iconarchive.today icon
  2. https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.chromium.Chromiumarchive.org iconarchive.today icon
  3. TODO: research. Perhaps useful for Qubes? Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! flatpak --user install org.chromium.Chromium
  4. Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! flatpak run org.chromium.Chromium --password-store=basic
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