topic title: Chromium version outdated?
Posts: 10
fortrix
Joined: 19 Jan 2012
#1
Hi, I have a problem with Chromium on AntiX M11.
I didn't notice the Chromium version on the previous OS I have installed on my laptop. Surely it was version 16. Nevertheless, I had to transfer my profile directory to the new AntiX installation (lots of useful bookmarks, passwords, add-ons and cookies). And then I made dist-upgrade and installed the newest Chromium version available in repositories. And it turned out to be 15. Now it gives me warning message every launch time, because the profile is from the newer version.
The question is simple: when Chromium will be up to date in default AntiX repos? Or what repo would you suggest to add?

Thanks in advance.
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/chromium-browser"
linktext was:"http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/chromium-browser"
====================================


It is in the Debian Sid repos. you need to enable


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###### Debian Unstable/Sid##########
###### Use at your own risk! ########
# deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org unstable main non-free
In your /etc/apt/sources.list and run apt -get update after and then reinstall chromium. Don't for get to comment out those repos again if not wanting to run sid on your rig. Do apt-get update again after disabling sid repos after chromium reinstall.

Edit: what I run is in the chat box.
Posts: 10
fortrix
Joined: 19 Jan 2012
#3
Thanks a lot. Everything is now perfect with Chromium.

P.S. I wonder why the most recent Chromium versions are considered something unstable...
Posts: 609
dark-D
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
#4
there is a level of seniority in debian to find bugs in packages. it goes from experimental to unstable, then to testing and finally when a new version of debian is out to stable. it takes a few weeks for a package to get from unstable to testing. also chromium was broken in unstable for some months with a grave bug and was fixed just recent.
Posts: 10
fortrix
Joined: 19 Jan 2012
#5
Chromium 16 is even older than a month. Thanks for the info, didn't know about the bug.
Posts: 1
umatasi
Joined: 09 Jun 2012
#6
rokytnji wrote:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/chromium-browser"
linktext was:"http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/chromium-browser"
====================================


It is in the Debian Sid repos. you need to enable


Code: Select all

###### Debian Unstable/Sid##########
###### Use at your own risk! ########
# deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org unstable main non-free
In your /etc/apt/sources.list and run apt -get update after and then reinstall chromium. Don't for get to comment out those repos again if not wanting to run sid on your rig. Do apt-get update again after disabling sid repos after chromium reinstall.

Edit: what I run is in the chat box.

You helped me so much. I'm confused about it for a long time. Thanks for sharing this.