On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 08:33 -0700, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Christopher Svanefalk > <christopher.svanefalk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have built Chromium from source, and currently the only way to start the > > browser is to execute the shared library file 'chrome' from shell. > > > > I would like to be able to launch it from the normal menu like my other > > applications, but I do not really know how to do this. Simply creating a > > symlink in bin breaks dependencies (browser crashes due to inability to load > > related libraries), and I am not really good enough at shell-work to figure > > out what else could be done. It is further not possible to launch the file > > from a normal file browser (system reports that it has no application for > > handling shared libraries). > > > > Any solution to this? > > The Chromium source distribution should contain a shell script to > start Chromium. Google's official builds include this in > /opt/google/chrome and hardlink it to /usr/bin/google-chrome to start > the browser. This is done as part of the build process even for > non-official builds, so it's very strange you don't have it. > > You can find the wrapper script in the Chromium source distribution here: > http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/tools/build/linux/chrome-wrapper?view=markup > > Simply copy it to the main Chrome directory and then hardlink it to /usr/bin. I *think* the OP is asking how to run Chromium from a desktop menu, but it's hard to be sure. And he doesn't mention which desktop. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
