Proxmox - Install Chrome

Post date: Jan 05, 2021 1:14:3 PM

This script installs chrome and allows it to run as root.

setup_chrome.bash

#!/bin/bash

_WGET=$(which wget)

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

 apt update

 apt install wget -y

fi

$_WGET https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb -O /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

 apt install -y /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

 if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -e /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb ]; then

  rm /tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

 fi

fi

# fix root access to chrome

sed -i.backup 's/exec\ \-a\ \"\$0\"\ \"\$HERE\/chrome\"\ \"\$\@\"$/exec\ \-a\ \"\$0\"\ \"\$HERE\/chrome\"\ \"\$\@\"\ \-\-user\-data\-dir\ \-\-test\-type\ \-\-no\-sandbox/g

' /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome