Installing Google Chrome 32 bit on netbsd-64

[Ottavio Caruso]

I wonder if it is at least theoretically possible to run Google Chrome
on Netbsd in Linux emulation. I am not even delving into building
Chromium from sources as I had multiple headaches doing so on Linux.

If i downloaded the 32 bit .rpm package and converted it with rpm2pkg,
in which directory would it be unpacked? Would it be a better idea to
unpack it into /emul/linux32/opt ?

Or would it be better to unpack it using rpm?

And should I use the 32 or 64 bit binary?

Any input appreciated.

[David Laight]

Post by Ottavio Caruso
I wonder if it is at least theoretically possible to run Google Chrome
on Netbsd in Linux emulation. I am not even delving into building
Chromium from sources as I had multiple headaches doing so on Linux.
If i downloaded the 32 bit .rpm package and converted it with rpm2pkg,
in which directory would it be unpacked? Would it be a better idea to
unpack it into /emul/linux32/opt ?
Or would it be better to unpack it using rpm?
And should I use the 32 or 64 bit binary?

You'll probably end up having to implement some more linux system calls.
Usually they aren't too bad - just a matter on munging the arguments.

David

[Ottavio Caruso]

Post by David Laight
You'll probably end up having to implement some more linux system calls.
Usually they aren't too bad - just a matter on munging the arguments.

Any idea where to start from? I unpacked the 64bit version (wrong
move?) of the debian package into /emul/linx32/opt. Tried to launch
google-chrome and it just crashed X, then I gave up.

Should I try again with the 32 bit binary?

[Justin Cormack]

Post by Ottavio Caruso

Post by David Laight
You'll probably end up having to implement some more linux system calls.
Usually they aren't too bad - just a matter on munging the arguments.

Any idea where to start from? I unpacked the 64bit version (wrong
move?) of the debian package into /emul/linx32/opt. Tried to launch
google-chrome and it just crashed X, then I gave up.
Should I try again with the 32 bit binary?

It is worth trying both, as both the emulations are differently buggy.

I have lots of failing tests for the Linux bindings (via rump and Lua) but
no one including me has had time to fix them yet...

Justin