[SOLVED] error installing Google Chrome

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » 2012/02/07 15:46:02

Hello,
I got an error after downloading and trying to extract the latest Google Chrome browser:

The name org.freedesktop.PackageKit was not provided by any .service files

didnt find much help on this so I'm posting here.

running CentOS 6.2 x86_64

thanks for the help.

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2012/02/08 20:51:44

Welcome to the CentOS fora. Please see the recommended reading for new users linked in my signature.

Always best to use a package from a repo if available.
[code]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome $basearch
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
priority=10
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
# yum --disablerepo \* --enablerepo google-chrome list available
Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, priorities, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
google-chrome | 951 B 00:00
google-chrome/primary | 1.4 kB 00:00
google-chrome 3/3
Available Packages
google-chrome-beta.x86_64 17.0.963.46-119351 google-chrome
google-chrome-stable.x86_64 17.0.963.46-119351 google-chrome
google-chrome-unstable.x86_64 18.0.1025.7-120697 google-chrome
[/code]
http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/

[url=http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-google-chrome-with-yum-on-fedora-red-hat-rhel/]Install Google Chrome with YUM on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.2[/url]

Edit: Just added an entry to the [url=http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories]Repositories[/url] page, and created [url=http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/GoogleYumRepos]Google Yum Repository Examples[/url].

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » 2012/02/09 18:28:01

thank you for the help. worked like a charm! :-D

AlanBartlett · Post by **AlanBartlett** » 2012/02/09 20:40:23

Thank you for reporting back.

For posterity (and on your behalf) this thread is now marked [SOLVED].

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