Open address : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/google-chrome/
in the right side you will find Package Actions
Download tarball.
Extract the tarball.
Open this location on terminal (konsole).
Type : makepkg
[ This command executes the file PKGBUILD, if you are interested in what it does then simply open the
file and look at the commands. They are simple to understand and you may run those commands directly
on the terminal doing the same process by yourself.]
as root : pacman -U google-chrome-stable....pkg.tar.xz
[ makepkg command will build a .pkg.tar.xz file which may be used to install the software using the command written above.]
or
makepkg -i
This should get your chrome installed.
thanks! quick and easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteDear Viki,
ReplyDeletecan you help me, i new to using arch...
[irvan@dhcppc1 google-chrome]$ makepkg
/home/irvan/Downloads/google-chrome/PKGBUILD: line 26: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
/home/irvan/Downloads/google-chrome/PKGBUILD: line 26: `'https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/privacy/eula_text.html')'
==> ERROR: Failed to source /home/irvan/Downloads/google-chrome/PKGBUILD
thanks