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