How to install Chromium browser on CentOS, RHEL or Fedora
Chromium is not the default web browser and is not even installed by default in CentOS, Red Hat, or Fedora. It's not even available in the distributions' default package repository.
You can still install Chromium web browser using dnf or yum, though you first need to enable the epel repository.
epel repository provides extra packages not available in the default repositories.
epel repository can be enabled by installing epel-release package using dnf or yum.
Steps to install Chromium browser on CentOS, RHEL or Fedora:
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Launch terminal from the Dock or from the Applications overview search.
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Install epel-release package using dnf.
$ sudo dnf install --assumeyes epel-release [sudo] password for user: Last metadata expiration check: 0:06:35 ago on Tue 19 May 2020 03:36:09 AM EDT. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: epel-release noarch 8-8.el8 extras 23 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total download size: 23 k Installed size: 32 k ##### snipped
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Install chromium package using dnf.
$ sudo dnf install --assumeyes chromium Last metadata expiration check: 0:08:06 ago on Tue 19 May 2020 03:36:13 AM EDT. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: chromium x86_64 79.0.3945.130-1.el8 epel 30 M Installing dependencies: libXScrnSaver x86_64 1.2.3-1.el8 AppStream 31 k chromium-common x86_64 79.0.3945.130-1.el8 epel 9.9 M chromium-libs x86_64 79.0.3945.130-1.el8 epel 81 M chromium-libs-media x86_64 79.0.3945.130-1.el8 epel 2.4 M libbsd x86_64 0.9.1-4.el8 epel 106 k minizip x86_64 2.8.9-2.el8 epel 124 k minizip1.2 x86_64 1.2.11-24.el8 epel 32 k nss-mdns x86_64 0.14.1-7.el8 epel 49 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 9 Packages Total download size: 124 M Installed size: 513 M ##### snipped
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Launch chromium-browser from terminal or from the Applications overview search.