TDT Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Hi guys. Recently, v35 of Chrome showed up in my update manager (elementaryOS), so I updated, not knowing what mess this build is. The first thing that I noticed is that when I click on the Chrome icon in the dock, ANOTHER Chrome icon appears on the dock and that's where the windows are. Also, this other icon is not themed, it's the usual Chrome icon. And I can't pin it to the dock (I thought I would remove the original icon and keep this one). Also, the text in the address bar is HUGE for some reason. It seems that everyone has this issue. Anyway, I would like to go back to v34 (I think), or whatever it was before this crappy build, but I can't find older .deb versions anywhere. Anyone with a link? Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxxx.xxxxxx Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 If elementaryOS uses apt-get then you should be able to select the version of the package using the following: apt-cache showpkg chrome to find the available versions then, sudo apt-get install chrome=version to install the correct version you like, sudo echo ?chrome hold? | sudo dpkg ?set-selections this will hold any future updates to the package so you remain on the version you prefer. I may be a little rusty as its been a while since ive properly messed with downgrading packages using apt-get :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDT Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 If elementaryOS uses apt-get then you should be able to select the version of the package using the following: apt-cache showpkg chrome to find the available versions then, sudo apt-get install chrome=version to install the correct version you like, sudo echo ?chrome hold? | sudo dpkg ?set-selections this will hold any future updates to the package so you remain on the version you prefer. I may be a little rusty as its been a while since ive properly messed with downgrading packages using apt-get :) That didn't work... Here's the output, using "apt-cache showpkg google-chrome-stable": Package: google-chrome-stable Versions: 35.0.1916.114-1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages) Description Language: File: /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages MD5: a2d34067fc33f1c87253c33b9fd975f0 Reverse Depends: google-chrome-stable:i386,google-chrome-stable Dependencies: 35.0.1916.114-1 - gconf-service (0 (null)) libasound2 (2 1.0.23) libc6 (2 2.11) libcairo2 (2 1.6.0) libcap2 (2 2.10) libcups2 (2 1.4.0) libdbus-1-3 (2 1.2.14) libexpat1 (2 1.95.8) libfontconfig1 (2 2.8.0) libfreetype6 (2 2.3.9) libgcc1 (2 1:4.1.1) libgconf-2-4 (2 2.31.1) libgcrypt11 (2 1.4.5) libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (2 2.22.0) libglib2.0-0 (2 2.26.0) libgtk2.0-0 (2 2.24.0) libnspr4 (2 1.8.0.10) libnss3 (2 3.14.3) libpango1.0-0 (2 1.22.0) libstdc++6 (2 4.6) libudev0 (18 147) libudev1 (2 198) libx11-6 (2 2:1.4.99.1) libxcomposite1 (2 1:0.3-1) libxcursor1 (4 1.1.2) libxdamage1 (2 1:1.1) libxext6 (0 (null)) libxfixes3 (0 (null)) libxi6 (2 2:1.2.99.4) libxrandr2 (2 2:1.2.99.2) libxrender1 (0 (null)) libxss1 (0 (null)) libxtst6 (0 (null)) ca-certificates (0 (null)) libcurl3 (0 (null)) lsb-base (2 3.2) xdg-utils (2 1.0.2) wget (0 (null)) dpkg (2 1.14.0) google-chrome-stable:i386 (0 (null)) Provides: 35.0.1916.114-1 - www-browser Reverse Provides: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinetheo Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 yuck. Can you build it from source? I guess one of the downsides of Linux is if you use a version that not well known the links and dependencies are not really tested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDT Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 yuck. Can you build it from source? I guess one of the downsides of Linux is if you use a version that not well known the links and dependencies are not really tested. Since eOS is based on Ubuntu, I don't think building it would be a problem. However, I don't want to go that way, there must be a ftp or something somewhere with older Chrome versions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted May 26, 2014 MVC Share Posted May 26, 2014 Its 64-bit... Try this: http://download.cnet.com/Google-Chrome-for-Debian-Ubuntu-64-bit/3000-2356_4-13728361.html If you wanna go further back to version: I personally not recommend going back.. Although its your choice.. I'll be happy to help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDT Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Its 64-bit... Try this: http://download.cnet.com/Google-Chrome-for-Debian-Ubuntu-64-bit/3000-2356_4-13728361.html If you wanna go further back to version: I personally not recommend going back.. Although its your choice.. I'll be happy to help.. Thanks, but the download link takes me to Google's site, where the newer version is. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted May 26, 2014 MVC Share Posted May 26, 2014 Thanks, but the download link takes me to Google's site, where the newer version is. :) Try this then: http://www.mon-album-prive.com/mirror/dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDT Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Try this then: http://www.mon-album-prive.com/mirror/dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/ Thank you! That did it, I'm back on v34 and all the issues are gone. :) Thread can be closed now, if nobody has anything else to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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