Google Chrome on Vector Linux and Slackware 12.x

I been running Chrome on Ubuntu at work for a couple of months, and I have to say, I'm impressed. I run VectorLinux 6.0 at home. I wanted to give chrome a spin. Unfortunately, my system isn't big enough to build from source. So I had to go with the .deb installation file provided by Google. Not exactly an easy task to install a foreign package on a Slackware based Distro. During the testing I developed a script to automate the process. With the help of some friends on the VectorLinux Forums, I think I've got it working pretty well.

Originally published here

So here it is:

Code:

#! /bin/bash
# Title: install-chrome
# Author: BroknDodge
# License: BSD
# Version: 0.0.5
#
# Special thanks to the following Vectorians for their help and suggestions:
# Daniel stretchedthin uelsk8ts
# hata_ph rbistolfi MOE-lnx
#
# Very Special thanks to the folks at Chromium.org and Google
# without whom there wouldn't be anything to install
#

#------------------------------------------#
# Setting up the Environment

enablePlugins="$1"
tmp="/tmp"

chromeURL="http://dl.google.com/linux/direct"
chromePackage="google-chrome-unstable_current_i386.deb"

nssURL="http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/mozilla-nss/pkg/12.2"
nssPackage="mozilla-nss-3.12.3-i486-1alien.tgz"

#------------------------------------------#
# Making sure the system is sane

if [ $UID != 0 ]; then
echo "You must run this script as root."
exit 1
fi

if [ -d "$tmp/install-chrome" ]; then # check for and create temp dir
# Will enter here if dir doesn't exist
rm -R $tmp/install-chrome # hope you didn't have anything
mkdir $tmp/install-chrome # stored there
else
mkdir $tmp/install-chrome
fi

#------------------------------------------#

function dotests {

echo Running tests...
#------------------------------------------#
# check for lzma

haveLZMA=`which lzma` # check for and getting lzma
if [ "$haveLZMA" == "" ]; then
slapt-get --install lzma
fi

#------------------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------#
# check for nss = 3.12.3

nssInstalled=`slapt-get --search nss-3.12.3` # I really need to check the version
nssInstalled=${nssInstalled#*=} # as well, but this build seems to
nssInstalled=${nssInstalled%]*} # work best with 3.12.3

if [ "$nssInstalled" != "yes" ]; then
installnss
fi
#------------------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------#
# check for GConf

gconfInstalled=`slapt-get --search GConf-2.22.0` # VL-Light doesn't ship with GConf
gconfInstalled=${gconfInstalled#*=}
gconfInstalled=${gconfInstalled%]*}

if [ "$gconfInstalled" != "no" ]; then
slapt-get --install GConf
fi
return
}
#------------------------------------------#


function simlinks {
cd /usr/lib
if [ ! -f "libnspr4.so.0d" ]; then
ln -s libnspr4.so libnspr4.so.0d
fi

if [ ! -f "libnss3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libnss3.so libnss3.so.1d
fi

if [ ! -f "libnssutil3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libnssutil3.so libnssutil3.so.1d
fi

if [ ! -f "libplc4.so.0d" ]; then
ln -s libplc4.so libplc4.so.0d
fi

if [ ! -f "libplds4.so.0d" ]; then
ln -s libplds4.so libplds4.so.0d
fi

if [ ! -f "libsmime3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libsmime3.so libsmime3.so.1d
fi

if [ ! -f "libssl3.so.1d" ]; then
ln -s libssl3.so libssl3.so.1d
fi

return
}

function installnss {

cd $tmp/install-chrome
wget $nssURL/$nssPackage
if [ ! -f "$nssPackage" ]; then
echo "For some reason wget didnt pull nss from Connies"
echo "slackware site"
exit 1
fi
installpkg $nssPackage

rm $nssPackage
return
}

function installchrome {

cd $tmp/install-chrome
wget $chromeURL/$chromePackage

if [ ! -f "$chromePackage" ]; then # quit running if wget failed
echo "Something went wrong while retrieving" # and kick out a sane error msg
echo "Google Chrome"
exit 1
fi

echo "Unpacking the deb file"
ar -x $tmp/install-chrome/$chromePackage

if [ ! -f "data.tar.lzma" ]; then # quit running if ar failed
echo "Something went wrong while unpacking" # and kick out a sane error msg
echo "the .deb file"
exit 1
fi

echo "Extracting Google Chrome"
lzma -d data.tar.lzma
if [ ! -f "data.tar" ]; then # quit running if lzma failed
echo "Something went wrong while extracting" # and kick out a sane error msg
echo "Google Chrome"
exit 1
fi

cd /
echo "Installing Google Chrome"

tar xf $tmp/install-chrome/data.tar
if [ ! -f "/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" ]; then # let me know if chrome wasn't
echo "Installation failed while" # installed correctly
echo "moving files"
exit 1
fi

if [ "$enablePlugins" = "--enable-plugins" ]; then
IFS='
'
file=( $( < /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome.desktop ) )
file[5]="Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --enable-plugins %U"
echo "${file[*]}" > /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
echo "Desktop Menu created with Plugin support"
echo "Installation complete"
quit
else
cp /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome.desktop /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
echo "Desktop Menu created without Plugin support"
echo "Installation complete"
echo
echo "to enable flash type google-chrome --enable-plugins"
quit
fi

}

function quit {
exit 0
}

function main {
echo
echo "WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING"
echo "This script may severely damage your system"
echo "Dont say I didnt WARN you"
echo
echo "Are you sure you want me to Monkey with your System? [yes/no]"
echo "[for your safety you must type yes to proceed]"
echo

read YN
if [ "$YN" = "yes" ]; then
if [ -d "/opt/google/chrome" ]; then
echo "Looks like Google Chrome is already installed"
echo "Do you want to remove it and reinstall? [yes/no]"
read yn
if [ "$yn" = "yes" ]; then
rm -R /opt/google/chrome
rm /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
dotests
simlinks
installchrome
else
quit
fi
else
dotests
simlinks
installchrome
fi
elif [ "$YN" = "no" ]; then
quit
else
main
fi
quit
}

main
exit