About

linux-browser-installer is a Bourne shell script to install Linux versions of the Chrome, Brave or Vivaldi browsers under FreeBSD into a Linux (Ubuntu Focal) chroot. They allow you to use web services like Netflix, Prime Video, or Spotify which require Widevine. The script is based on the excellent Howto by @patovm04.

If not defined otherwise, Ubuntu Focal ($ubuntu_version) is installed under /compat/ubuntu ($chroot_path). A modified version of FreeBSD's linux rc-script (rc.d/ubuntu) is used to start the linuxulator, and to mount the chroot's filesystems.

This is a forked version to unbreak 14.0-CURRENT.

WARNING: Due to a segfault with gpg on 14, package verification is disabled. This is not very secure and you should keep this in mind if you want to use this repository.

Vivaldi also has to download via HTTP because of the Let's Encrypt certificate encryption fiasco.

System requirements

FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE or higher

Please Note

You can't run different Linux chroots at the same time. If you want to run CentOS-based applications under /compat/linux, you have to set sysctl compat.linux.emul_path=/compat/linux, and start the linux rc-script (service linux onestart). Depending on which chroot you intend to use by default, set either (not both) linux_enable="YES" or ubuntu_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf.

Usage

Install Chrome, Brave or Vivaldi browser

# ./linux-browser-installer install chrome

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer install brave

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer install vivaldi

If the chroot is not existing yet, it will be created first.

Run /usr/local/bin/linux-chrome, /usr/local/bin/linux-brave or /usr/local/bin/linux-vivaldi to start your installed browser.

Deinstall Chrome, Brave or Vivaldi browser

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall chrome

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall brave

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall vivaldi

This command deinstalls the browser, and removes its wrapper scripts from /usr/local/bin and $chroot_path/bin along with its desktop file.

Create chroot

# ./linux-browser-installer chroot create

Upgrade software installed in the chroot

# ./linux-browser-installer chroot upgrade

Delete chroot

# ./linux-browser-installer chroot delete

Before deleting the entire chroot under $chroot_path, this command unmounts all the chroot's filesystems, deletes the rc script, and removes its variable(s) from /etc/rc.conf.

Update symlinks

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Note: Symlinks to files outside the chroot will not work when chroot'ing.

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For icons

# ./linux-browser-installer symlink icons

This command updates the symlinks from $prefix/share/icons to $chroot_path/usr/share/icons. Use this after installing new icons to make them available to applications in the chroot.

For themes

# ./linux-browser-installer symlink themes

This command updates the symlinks from $prefix/share/themes to $chroot_path/usr/share/themes. Use this after installing new themes to make them available to applications in the chroot.

Delete working files from current directory

# ./linux-browser-installer clean