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gostal
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Google Chrome

Post by gostal » 2021/03/15 11:25:28

Since many video meeting apps say that Google Chrome is the browser that has the best support I decided to install it. Followed the guide here:
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-instal ... -centos-7/
as I couldn't find it in the repos. It installs opera-beta as a dependency. Why have a beta-package as a dependency although Chrome presents itself as stable? And is it really necessary when I do have opera-stable installed?

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Re: Google Chrome

Post by chemal » 2021/03/15 19:09:22

Your conclusion is wrong: google-chrome-stable doesn't depend on opera-beta. Of course not, why would it?

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Re: Google Chrome

Post by gostal » 2021/03/20 12:10:21

chemal wrote:
2021/03/15 19:09:22
Your conclusion is wrong: google-chrome-stable doesn't depend on opera-beta. Of course not, why would it?
Precisely my question but here is the output from yum.
Command: sudo yum localinstall google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
Yum output snip:

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Dependencies Resolved

======================================================================================================================================================
 Package                               Arch                 Version                          Repository                                          Size
======================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 google-chrome-stable                  x86_64               89.0.4389.82-1                   /google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64               232 M
Installing for dependencies:
 liberation-fonts                      noarch               1:1.07.2-16.el7                  base                                                13 k
 liberation-narrow-fonts               noarch               1:1.07.2-16.el7                  base                                               202 k
 opera-beta                            x86_64               75.0.3969.35-0                   opera                                               69 M

Transaction Summary
======================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package (+3 Dependent packages)
Cheers,
gostal
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Re: Google Chrome

Post by TrevorH » 2021/03/20 13:07:18

Try that command again and this time add the option --disablerepo=opera and see what it pulls in from where instead. It looks like the opera-beta package is claiming to supply something that is needed and it's being picked up instead of the thing that should be used.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
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Re: Google Chrome

Post by gostal » 2021/03/22 11:41:05

Interesting! Now vulkan-stuff got pulled in:

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Dependencies Resolved

======================================================================================================================================================
 Package                               Arch                 Version                          Repository                                          Size
======================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 google-chrome-stable                  x86_64               89.0.4389.82-1                   /google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64               232 M
Installing for dependencies:
 liberation-fonts                      noarch               1:1.07.2-16.el7                  base                                                13 k
 liberation-narrow-fonts               noarch               1:1.07.2-16.el7                  base                                               202 k
 vulkan                                x86_64               1.1.97.0-1.el7                   base                                               3.6 M
 vulkan-filesystem                     noarch               1.1.97.0-1.el7                   base                                               6.3 k

Transaction Summary
======================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package (+4 Dependent packages)

Total size: 236 M
Total download size: 3.8 M
Installed size: 255 M
Cheers,
gostal
Desktop Dell T5810 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz, 72 GB RAM, Radeon Pro WX 7100
CentOS 7.9.2009

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Re: Google Chrome

Post by TrevorH » 2021/03/22 19:21:30

So that tells us that the opera-beta package is bad and attempts to supply things that ought to be supplied by 'vulkan'. I'd report that to them since it's a beta. Also, you can solve this by adding priority= to the repo files to make base/updates preferred.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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