linux-browser update
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Hi,
I am sorry if this is a silly question. What is the best way to update the installed browser? I am worried that simply deinstalling and reinstalling the browser would remove the bookmarks and customized toolbar settings.
Thank you!
Hi @hakova,
run ./linux-browser-installer chroot upgrade. The script does not modify any files in the user's directory, so your settings and bookmarks are safe. If unsure, you can back them up, e.g.:
% cp -a ~/.config/google-chrome dot.config.google-chrome
% cp -a ~/.config/BraveSoftware dot.config.BraveSoftware
...
Thank you so very much @mrclksr, both for making this wonderful tool available and your quick reply! It works wonderful for me and is rock stable! Very much appreciated!
I am sorry I had to reopen this issue because upgrading the chroot totally broke everything. Chrome did not launch after the upgrade. I tried launching it from the terminal and got the following error:
ELF interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 not found, error 2
Then I followed the recommendations on issue #27 and attempted to delete and create chroot as recommended there both with focal and kinetic settings in the script.
chroot create results in the following error now:
Error: debootstrap failed
With a desperate attempt, I tried rm -rf /compat as root, which curiously also failed. I am totally lost now. I shouldn't have upgraded it, now I don't have a working system anymore and I am not sure how to fix it.
Edit:
Not sure how this happened but deboostrap lost its executable attribute somehow. Once I chmod it to executable for root, I was able to chroot create and install chrome again. I am sorry for the repetitive posting.
Not sure how this happened but deboostrap lost its executable attribute somehow.
This is a problem of the debootstrap port. It's fixed in 1.0.128_1.