Chromium-installer NPM

node Maintenance NPM

About

I created this simple tool to secure install/update from Google servers the latest Chromium snapshot version and it works fine both on Linux, Windows and Android (root) with only 2 dependencies (7 including children). It start downloading the latest snapshot file from https://www.googleapis.com/ then will unzip the files inside /opt/chromium/ (Linux) or C:\Program Files\Chromium (Windows) using a module called yauzl. I'm open sourcing it after I have used it for around 2 years now without any problems. The code is extremely easy to read btw.

How to use on PC

Install from NPM globally using: npm install -g chromium-installer
Set keys once either for Linux (nonroot) ./scripts/set-API-keys-Linux.sh or Windows .\scripts\set-API-Keys-Windows.bat
Download & install as admin/root using the following command chromium-installer-updater
Don't forget to make chrome executable on Linux.

Linux (sandbox crash)

There is a bug where sandboxing may not work and make Chromium crash. Some linux distributions does not support unprivileged user namespaces and may need the following kernel tweak.

sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1

*May Compromise System Security

How to use on Android (root)

Download and install Termux.
Make sure you have installed the root and nodej.js packages, if not run (non root) pkg install tsu && pkg install nodejs
Install the package using npm install -g chromium-installer (non root)
Now switch to root using tsu and run chromium-installer-updater
Install the apks using the following command:
```
```
pm install -r /data/local/tmp/chromium-installer/chrome-android/apks/ContentShell.apk
```
```
TIP: Alternatively skip the steps 4 & 5 and run the script located at ./scripts/android.sh using the following command as root: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/node_modules/chromium-installer/scripts/android.sh

WARNING! The following guide was tested on Android 9.