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How to install Google Chrome on Fedora 16

Fedora 16 just came out and here’s how to get Google Chrome on it.

Start by creating a repository file for Google called google.repo and place it in /etc/yum.repos.d/ .

sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo


Add the lines below into the repository file. google.repo

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome - 64-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

Update yum,
sudo yum update

Search for Google Chrome,
sudo yum search google-chrome

Install Google Chrome Stable
sudo yum install google-chrome-stable

If you prefer the beta like me then run,
sudo yum install google-chrome-beta

How to install RpmForge in Fedora 15

If you need rpmforge on your Fedora 15, here’s how.

wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm
rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm

How to install JDownloader in Fedora 15

JDownloader is my favourite 1-Click-Hosters download manager. Installing it on Fedora is easy. Here’s how,

1. Fire up a terminal
2.wget http://212.117.163.148/jd.sh
3.chmod +x jd.sh
4../jd.sh
5. Wait till the install completes and you can enjoy JDownloader.
6. To start JDownloader moving forward simply run “./jd.sh”

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Google Chrome extensions crashing in Fedora 15

Many have been complaining of their chrome extensions crashing in Fedora 15. In my case it was LastPass and Xmarks.

The issue is caused by SELinux and the quick fix is to disable SELinux. Here’s how you get it done;

1. Fire up a terminal

2. cd to /etc/selinux/

3. vi the “config” file.

4. Change “SELINUX=enforcing” to “SELINUX=disabled”

5. Reboot, launch Chrome and your extensions should be working fine.