Google Chrome on OpenBSD

Question

How can I install Google Chrome on OpenBSD?

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 17 '19 at 13:40

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Chrome has been in OpenBSD's ports tree since at least OpenBSD 4.8.

$ doas pkg_add chromium

Should do the trick, assuming your /etc/installurl file is correct or your PKG_PATH environment variable is properly set.

For more information on ports/packages, see here: OpenBSD Packages and Ports System

edited Oct 17 '19 at 13:40

Kusalananda

answered Mar 20 '11 at 13:18

gabe.

Any known issues with Chrome? do you happen to know if it works with AwesomeWM? – Justin Apr 07 '11 at 19:25
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@Justin: No major issues while I've been using it. I don't know if it works with AwesomeWM... I use cwm, and it works fine there. – gabe. Apr 07 '11 at 22:20
@gabe.: Does plucking tabs out of a window and back again work four you in cwm? They don't want to snap back in for me. – Matej Apr 26 '16 at 14:26
@Matej -- nope, doesn't work for me either! – gabe. Oct 11 '16 at 19:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '18 at 02:16

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I am just revising the answer for OpenBSD 6.3 which uses 'doas' instead of 'sudo':

permit nopass as root

doas pkg_add -v chromium

answered Sep 18 '18 at 02:16

Rajiv Gangadharan

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Your `doas.conf` has a syntax error (it lacks the identity to permit switching to root as). A sufficient `doas.ronf` may have the line `permit persist setenv { -ENV PS1=$DOAS_PS1 SSH_AUTH_SOCK } :wheel` (allows all `wheel` group users to switch to root). Not requiring passwords at all is a bit lazy, IMHO. – Kusalananda Sep 18 '18 at 06:25

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