About

linux-browser-installer is a Bourne shell script to install Linux versions of the Brave, Chrome, Edge, Opera or Vivaldi browsers under FreeBSD into a Linux (Ubuntu Focal) chroot. They allow you to use web services like Netflix, Prime Video, or Spotify which require Widevine. The script is based on the excellent Howto by @patovm04.

If not defined otherwise, Ubuntu Focal ($ubuntu_version) is installed under /compat/ubuntu ($chroot_path). A modified version of FreeBSD's linux rc-script (rc.d/ubuntu) is used to start the linuxulator, and to mount the chroot's filesystems.

System requirements

FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE or higher

Please Note

You can't run different Linux chroots at the same time. If you want to run CentOS-based applications under /compat/linux, you have to set sysctl compat.linux.emul_path=/compat/linux, and start the linux rc-script (service linux onestart). Depending on which chroot you intend to use by default, set either (not both) linux_enable="YES" or ubuntu_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf.

Usage

Clone the repository and change to the linux-browser-installer directory.

$ git clone https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer.git
$ cd linux-browser-installer

Proceed as user root with the following steps.

Install Brave, Chrome, Edge, Opera or Vivaldi browser

# ./linux-browser-installer install chrome

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer install brave

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer install vivaldi

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer install edge

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer install opera

If the chroot is not existing yet, it will be created first.

Run /usr/local/bin/linux-chrome, /usr/local/bin/linux-brave, /usr/local/bin/linux-vivaldi, /usr/local/bin/linux-opera, or /usr/local/bin/linux-edge to start your installed browser.

Deinstall Brave, Chrome, Edge, Opera or Vivaldi browser

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall chrome

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall brave

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall vivaldi

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall edge

and/or

# ./linux-browser-installer deinstall opera

This command deinstalls the browser, and removes its wrapper scripts from /usr/local/bin and $chroot_path/bin along with its desktop file.

Create chroot

# ./linux-browser-installer chroot create

Upgrade software installed in the chroot

# ./linux-browser-installer chroot upgrade

Delete chroot

# ./linux-browser-installer chroot delete

Before deleting the entire chroot under $chroot_path, this command unmounts all the chroot's filesystems, deletes the rc script, and removes its variable(s) from /etc/rc.conf.

Update symlinks

Note: Symlinks to files outside the chroot will not work when chroot'ing.

For icons

# ./linux-browser-installer symlink icons

This command updates the symlinks from $prefix/share/icons to $chroot_path/usr/share/icons. Use this after installing new icons to make them available to applications in the chroot.

For themes

# ./linux-browser-installer symlink themes

This command updates the symlinks from $prefix/share/themes to $chroot_path/usr/share/themes. Use this after installing new themes to make them available to applications in the chroot.