Google Chrome for CUDA (well - kinda)

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Google Chrome for CUDA (well - kinda)

Postby ppietro » 13 Apr 2011, 01:50

Hi everyone,

Google Chrome is kinda x86 specific, so we can't run it in regular PowerPC YDL. But you should be able to run it in YDL for CUDA.

However - Google only compiles against bleeding edge Linux distributions, not stable enterprise distributions. So - it won't run as is on 'CUDA, since we're Red Hat Enterprise Linux based. (RHEL is about 3 years behind Fedora).

I did find a way to run it, though, via the open source Chromium build.

There's a page here that has binaries:
http://www.linux-powered.com/~ryoji.kam ... tOS5.xhtml

Basically, this build uses a parallel build tree so that your core YDL libraries aren't touched.

You'll want to use YUM to install this - it's painful otherwise. You'll need the x86_64 RPM to install the repos. Unfortunately, the link is broken on the website - but it's there.

Here's the link:
ftp://ftp.linux-powered.com/CentOS/5.x/ ... x86_64.rpm

Install this RPM, then use:
yum install chromium

to put the rest in place. You should see the Chromium logo in your Applications --> Internet menu in Gnome if everything goes right.

Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Cheers,
Paul
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