[EdLUG] Chrome

Wed Mar 11 18:10:35 UTC 2015

Hi,

Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread.  I have successfully
installed Chrome on my machine.  I also have Chromium, and Firefox.  I
primarily use Firefox, second is Chromium, and third is Chrome.  I use
three browsers because I have 3 gmail accounts, and I use google drive in
two of those accounts and google calendar in one.  So I needed to be able
to keep three browsers open simultaneously.

I just wanted to thank you for your help.  I figured it out.  I had somehow
downloaded the 32-bit version of Ubuntu 14.04.  Lesson learned:  if you are
going to install 64 bit, be sure to google for "14.04 64 bit download",
rather than go to the Ubuntu download page and just click.  Even though I
am sure that I selected the 64 bit version, I didn't confirm that I had a
64 bit version before installing.

So I googled "14.04 64 bit download" and downloaded the correct version.  I
then installed it to the flash drive, and confirmed that I had the correct
version.  I used Nautilus to drill down to the correct folder, but you
could use the terminal to do the same thing using ls:

$ ls /media/device-name/dists/distro-name/main

here is my new uname -m

cje at laptop:~$ uname -m
x86_64

success!

Thanks again to all who replied.  My name is Christian Einfeldt, and I am
in San Francisco, California, but I subscribe to this list because I
visited Edinburgh to get footage for a movie about FOSS called the Digital
Tipping Point.  If you want to see a funny story about how FOSS was used in
Scotland, please go here and click on the video on the main page.  The
funny part starts at 1:19.  It has to do with what you in Scotland call
"pigeon fanciers".

http://digitaltippingpoint.com/

I don't know how I came up as anonymous in my posting.  I am actually a
relatively simple end user, who knows only about 20 script commands, and so
I tend to make simple basic mistakes with computer, such as downloading the
wrong distro or subscribing incorrectly to a list.  Which is why I use
Ubuntu, because it has a big community of simple end users like myself.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:04 AM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hello Anon,
>
> Can you supplement us with additional info? Everyone's assuming your
> system specs from the ISO but it would be more useful to have what the
> system is actually claiming to be
>
> Open a Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and type
>
>     uname -r
>     getconf LONG_BIT
>     cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> Copy the resulting text on screen (select the text and right-click:
> copy)(ctrl + c will not work) and mail it. There should be no confidential
> info in this.
>
> Finally, in the same terminal window, type the previously recommended
> command to install Chromium (open source) instead of Chrome (not really
> open source), or open the Software Centre app and search for Chromium and
> install it that way.
>
> Hth
>
> --Tai
>
> // Sent from a mobile device; rogue typos may be lurking
> On 11 Mar 2015 09:52, "Edinburgh Linux Users Group" <
> edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 11.03.2015 09:05, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
>>
>>> On 10.03.2015 22:51, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
>>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Just a quick, little, self-correction here.
>>
>>
>>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome-on-
>>>> ubuntu-14-04
>>>> [1]
>>>>
>>>
>>> $ sudo apt-get install chromium
>>>
>>
>> The package is chromium-browser, so:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
>>
>> It'll likely be missing a few minor Google doodads, but be 99%
>> functionally the same.
>>
>> Working with something that's in the repositories is always going to make
>> keeping current easier.
>>
>>
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