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Workaround for installing Chrome Stable 128 on older Linux systems
Earlier today I noted that Google had apparently broken support for
their newly released Chrome Stable 128 on some older Linux systems
that nonetheless may still be crucial and under extended support.
See:
https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/113002681601122287
Because 128 has a number of crucial security fixes, this created a
potentially very bad situation, especially since Google apparently (as
far as I know) did not warn in advance of this impact.
I now have a workaround to permit upgrade/install of Chrome Stable 128
at least on my own Ubuntu 18.04 LTS test system, and possibly on other
affected Linux versions as well -- but I have ONLY tested on my own
18.04 LTS system which is under extended support from Canonical.
The procedure is not complicated, but I want to emphasize that I
cannot predict its safety or other effects on other versions of Linux
or for that matter on any systems other than my own 18.04 LTS test
system. So if you choose to follow the procedure below, you do so
entirely at your own risk, and I would urge backing up affected
systems in advance.
Procedure:
If you don't already have:
add-apt-repository
installed, you should install it.
then:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-get update
If you do software development on your system, you likely already have
that installed.
then:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install gcc-10
You hopefully will then be able to update to Chrome Stable 128
successfully.
Take care.
Best, -L
- - -
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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