How To Install chromium on Fedora 34

chromium is A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser that Google doesn’t want you to use

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium on Fedora 34.

What is `chromium`

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).

We can use yum or dnf to install chromium on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install chromium.

Install chromium on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install chromium using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install chromium

Install chromium on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install chromium using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install chromium

How To Uninstall chromium on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the chromium package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove chromium

chromium Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/chromium
/etc/chromium/master_preferences
/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/chromium/policies
/etc/chromium/policies/managed
/etc/chromium/policies/recommended
/usr/bin/chromium-browser
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/aa0b5575bd0db99d7b61ff5d116b7cd687d4dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/ca6d732ab1575ff5f51f542fa98b4b92598857
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/daa55faafb7cbdfda9045d12597e6732659f47
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/d3269074f967ed8f9e892e966ec2b533c87d60
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/c0bf3d0ae30d552f43d5fba0674c5c8a44cd41
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/24c8cd5d4340a3ad3b4fb9b2be2aec2f874041
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/d7b40776fea8009d4e16eea70a12c54d579584
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/MEIPreload
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/MEIPreload/manifest.json
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/MEIPreload/preloaded_data.pb
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/PepperFlash
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chrome-sandbox
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chrome_100_percent.pak
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chrome_200_percent.pak
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.sh
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/icudtl.dat
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libEGL.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libEGL.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libGLESv2.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libGLESv2.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/resources.pak
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/snapshot_blob.bin
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libEGL.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libEGL.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/v8_context_snapshot.bin
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/xdg-mime
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/xdg-settings
/usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
/usr/share/doc/chromium
/usr/share/doc/chromium/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/chromium/chrome.json
/usr/share/doc/chromium/chrome_policy_list.html
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/chromium-browser.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/licenses/chromium
/usr/share/licenses/chromium/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/chromium-browser.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/chromium-browser.appdata.xml
/etc/chromium
/etc/chromium/master_preferences
/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/chromium/policies
/etc/chromium/policies/managed
/etc/chromium/policies/recommended
/usr/bin/chromium-browser
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/7d4277e37b972e09f7b29dfe50d3402c75ed7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/d0348bfd9ade434bb829c9357bd1ff3e5c7ee9
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/15004c0941f787607b947c4469cb5f0d49e067
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/0da40597b4810d210eabff3961cdb089bf606a
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/360c23214a782d7fe0c1867287b91411d94579
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/d1e4c57233830f5fe208ee78023af85b9a65bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/549220d7ce86f13f575a85fad3f113cb91ad48
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/MEIPreload
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/MEIPreload/manifest.json
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/MEIPreload/preloaded_data.pb
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/PepperFlash
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chrome-sandbox
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chrome_100_percent.pak
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chrome_200_percent.pak
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chromium-browser
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.sh
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/icudtl.dat
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libEGL.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libEGL.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libGLESv2.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/libGLESv2.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/resources.pak
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/snapshot_blob.bin
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libEGL.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libEGL.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so.TOC
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/v8_context_snapshot.bin
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/xdg-mime
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/xdg-settings
/usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
/usr/share/doc/chromium
/usr/share/doc/chromium/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/chromium/chrome.json
/usr/share/doc/chromium/chrome_policy_list.html
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/chromium-browser.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/chromium-browser.png
/usr/share/licenses/chromium
/usr/share/licenses/chromium/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/chromium-browser.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/chromium-browser.appdata.xml

References

chromium website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.