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author Antonio Leal <antonioleal@yahoo.com>2023-12-04 18:50:56 +0700
committer Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2023-12-04 19:26:03 +0700
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system/google-chrome-the-latest: Updated for version 3.1.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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-Installing *and* Maintaining an updated chrome browser on Slackware
-is now made easier with this small program, "google-chrome-the-latest".
+Maintaining an updated Chrome Browser on Slackware is now made
+easier with this small program, "google-chrome-the-latest".
It is a simple python script that checks what is the latest
-version available and updates it on your Slackware box directly
-from Google.
+version available and updates it on your Slackware box.
-It does this by parsing the web-page at
+It identifies a new version by parsing the web-page at
https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/the-latest-version/chrome
-and comparing with the chrome version currently installed.
-
-Chrome is downloaded directly from Google and converted to txz
-using the standard rpm2txz command.
+and comparing with the chrome version number currently installed.
+Chrome is then downloaded directly from Google site, converted to
+txz using the standard rpm2txz command, and upgraded.
You can run this script manually or automatically with the
-provided cron.hourly script.
-This cron script will attempt to identify which user to notify,
-otherwise you can force the variable to USERNAME=’your username’
+provided cron.hourly script. The cron script will attempt to
+identify which user to notify, otherwise you can edit it and set
+the variable USERNAME='your username'
In order to avoid excessive hits on whatismybrowser.com actual
checks are limited to "once a day", but you can bypass this with the
-arguments "install" or "upgrade". These allow the user to force a
-download from Google and perforam an install or an upgrade,
-if one is required.
+arguments "install", "upgrade" or "update". These all mean then
+same and imply a download from Google and perform an install or
+an upgrade, if one is required of course.
Normally it is asked if you want to install the new version, but
providing the argument "silent" will just update with no
human intervention.
+The argument "gui" will download the Chrome RPM allowing you to
+manually upgrade the browser.
+
+Note: This program runs in the background. To collect your input,
+dialogs appear and disappear. Don't be alarmed and wait for the
+program to end.
+
+Workflows:
+
+1. Every day the program checks if a new browser is available
+ and notifies you through a pop-up window. This is default behavior.
-Examples:
-If you don't have yet Chrome installed you can do so by
-simply by running:
-/opt/google-chrome-the-latest/google-chrome-the-latest.py install
+2. You can start the program manually using the icon available
+ in the desktop menu to trigger the download, check and
+ install/upgrade the browse if required.
-At any time you can force a download from Google site and upgrade
-without any pop-up window with:
-/opt/google-chrome-the-latest/google-chrome-the-latest.py silent upgrade
+3. From the command line, if you don't have yet Chrome installed
+ you can do so by simply by running:
+ /opt/google-chrome-the-latest/google-chrome-the-latest.py install
-This package installs to /opt/google-chrome-the-latest
+4. From the command line, you can force a Chrome download and
+ upgrade if required, without any pop-up window, with:
+ /opt/google-chrome-the-latest/google-chrome-the-latest.py silent upgrade