30-04-2021

Ungoogled Chromium Portable



Ungoogled-chromium is a Chromium fork built with privacy as a top priority, with Google's privacy invading aspects stripped out of the browser. It's free and open source, leveraging some patch sets from the Iridium browser. It has taken off rather quickly on. For whatever reason, the developers host Ungoogled Chromium on the OpenSUSE Build Service but do not make a SUSE release available. To get the portable version of Ungoogled Chromium, open up a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or Ctrl + Shift + T.

Installs or updates ungoogled chromium x64 linux portable to /opt
ungoogled_chromium.sh
#!/bin/bash
lucvers=0
rucvers=0
forruriin$(curl -s 'https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/releases'| grep -Po '/[^']+_linux.tar.xz');do
if [[ $(echo $ruri| grep -Po '_[d.-]{5,}'| sed 's#[_.-]##g')-ge$(echo $rucvers| sed 's#[.-]##g') ]];then
rucvers=$(echo '$ruri'| grep -Po '_[d-.]{5,}'| sed 's#_##')
fi
done
if [[ $rucvers 0 ]];then
echo'Unable to find latest version of Ungoogled Chromium.'
exit
fi
rucverss=$(echo '$rucvers'| sed 's#[.-]##g')
if [[ $lucvers$rucverss ]];then
echo'No update available (current version: $lucvers ; remote version $rucverss)'
exit
fi
wget --output-document=/tmp/uchromium.tar.xz 'https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/releases/download/${rucvers}/ungoogled-chromium_${rucvers}_linux.tar.xz'
cd /tmp
if [[ !-f uchromium.tar.xz ]];then
echo'Problem downloading Ungoogled Chromium.'
exit
fi
tar -xf uchromium.tar.xz
rm uchromium.tar.xz
sudo rm -rf /opt/ungoogled-chromium
sudo mv /tmp/ungoogled-chromium* /opt/ungoogled-chromium
sudo mv /opt/ungoogled-chromium/chrome_sandbox /opt/ungoogled-chromium/chrome-sandbox
sudo chmod 4755 /opt/ungoogled-chromium/chrome-sandbox
sudo chgrp root /opt/ungoogled-chromium/chrome-sandbox
sed -i 's#^lucvers=[0-9]*#lucvers=${rucverss}#''$0'
if [[ !-e /usr/bin/chromium ]];then
echo'For first time install : run /opt/ungoogled-chromium/chrome-wrapper to generate the icon / desktop entry.'
fi
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Love the Chromium web browser, but can’t stand that it connects to Google services? Do you wish you could use it without dealing with Google’s invasive technology? It turns out you can, with Ungoogled Chromium! It’s a version of the Chromium browser completely stripped of all Google-related technology! Here’s how to set it up on your Linux PC.

Ubuntu installation instructions

Ungoogled Chromium Portable

To install Ungoogled Chromium on Ubuntu Linux, you must use a third-party software repository. The app is not available in the Ubuntu main software repositories. To add the third-party software repository, open up a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or Ctrl + Shift + T on the keyboard. Then, use the echo command below to add the repo to your system.

After adding the Ungoogled Chromium software repository to your Linux PC, it is time to add the repo’s GPG key. To do that, enter the following commands.

Once both the key and the repo are added to Ubuntu, run the update command. This command will refresh Ubuntu’s software sources, allowing the Ungoogled Chromium software repository to function.

With Ubuntu’s software up to date, install Ungoogled Chromium on your Ubuntu PC with the apt install command below.

Debian installation instructions

Ungoogled Chromium Portable

Those looking to install Ungoogled Chromium on Debian Linux will need to enable a third-party software repository, as the Debian project does not officially support Ungoogled Chromium and does not make the app available in their software sources. To add the third-party repo to your system, open up a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or Ctrl + Shift + T on the keyboard. Then, execute the following echo command.

Ungoogled Chromium Portable Hard Drive

After adding the software repository to your system, it is time to download the GPG key to your Debian PC. Debian needs this key to access the Ungoogled Chromium repository, so this step is critical!

Once the Ungoogled Chromium software repository is added to your Linux PC, you must run the update command to enable the repository on your system.

After your Debian PC’s software is up to date, it is time to install Ungoogled Chromium. Using the apt install command, get the app working on your system.

Arch Linux installation instructions

Chromium Portable Download

Ungoogled Chromium is available to all Arch Linux users via the Arch Linux User Repository. To start the installation, open up a terminal window and install the “Git” and “Base-devel” packages. They’re required to interact with the AUR.

After installing the “Git” and “Base-devel” packages on your computer, use the git clone command to download the Trizen AUR helper. This app will make installing Ungoogled Chromium very easy, as it takes care of all required dependencies and sets them up for you, rather than having to do it by hand.

Portable

Move into the “trizen” folder with CD and install the app on your Arch Linux system with makepkg.

Once Trizen is set up on your Arch Linux PC, you’ll be able to install the Ungoogled Chromium browser with the trizen -S command below.

Alternatively, if you do not like to use the AUR, you can install a pre-compiled package with the commands below. However, keep in mind that these pre-compiled packages are not as up to date as the AUR ones.

Fedora installation instructions

Ungoogled Chromium is available to all Fedora Linux users via the RPM Fusion software repositories. To start the installation, follow this guide on how to set up RPM Fusion. Then, when RPM Fusion is working on your Linux PC, enter the dnf install command below to get Ungoogled Chromium.

OpenSUSE Linux installation instructions

It is possible to get Ungoogled Chromium working on OpenSUSE. However, the app is not packaged for the operating system, so you will need to install the portable release. For whatever reason, the developers host Ungoogled Chromium on the OpenSUSE Build Service but do not make a SUSE release available.

To get the portable version of Ungoogled Chromium, open up a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or Ctrl + Shift + T. Then, use the wget command to grab the latest release.

After downloading the latest TarXZ release of Ungoogled Chromium from the web, you must extract it. Using the following tar command, decompress Ungoogled Chromium.

Ungoogled Chromium Portable

Google Chromium Download Windows

Once the Ungoogled Chromium archive is extracted, use the CD command to move the terminal window into the ungoogled-chromium_80.0.3987.149-2.1_linux directory.

Ungoogled-chromium-portable.exe

inside of the ungoogled-chromium_80.0.3987.149-2.1_linux folder, use the ./chrome command to launch the browser.