Install Google Chrome in Backtrack 5

Many people are questioning how to install google chrome in backtrack.

This time I will tell you how to install google chrome in backtrack 5. Follow the steps below :

1.   apt-get install chromium-browser

You can also use synaptic and select the chromium-browser.

2.   cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser

3.      Replace geteuid to be getppid using hexedit with the following command :

hexedit chromium-browser

Then press tab to switch to the mode string. Then press ctrl+s and type geteuid. Replace geteuid to be getppid then press ctrl+x to exit!

4.      Enjoy your google chrome!!!



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"The Chromium projects include Chromium and Chromium OS, the open-source projects behind the Google Chrome browser and Google Chrome OS, respectively."

If you want to install google chrome, for example because of easier install of extensions, you have to do this:

Download the latest .deb from google chrome website.
-Open terminal
-Type: dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
(or whatever ur filename is)
-When you have installed it, you have to do this to be able to run it:
-In terminal: cd /usr/bin
gedit google-chrome
(or if u are using kde, then "kate google-chrome")

At the end of exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@"
Add --user-data-dir
So it looks like this
exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@" --user-data-dir

start the app from menu or type google-chrome to terminal