general/other Google Chrome for Linux on FreeBSD, is it possible?

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siealex

Is it possible to install the latest Google Chrome for Linux on FreeBSD? I tried to install it using the official RPM package (as described in the Handbook), it does not start up, throwing a bunch of errors (cannot create process etc.). The version provided in the package repo (linux-chrome) runs fine, but it is outdated (133). Is it possible to install Chrome in a different way or to upgrade it on top of the package version?
FreeBSD 14.3, linux_base-rl9 installed and enabled (all packages containing "rl9" are installed as well).
 
Latest may not be always possible but the wine way is worse I think. It doesn't even work properly for me.

Maybe you can edit the Linux chrome port and try to update it to latest but that would require some reading if not read the porters handbook yet.
 
Sort of, but why?

If you need drm (the digital restriction management, not direct rendering) just use www/foreign-cdm and www/linux-widevine-cdm. It also uses the linux binary compatibility, but without the need to touch all that icky linux stuff required to run a full blown browser. It only drags in linux_base-c7, linux-c7-devtools and linux-c7-devtoolset.
I'm using it with www/ungoogled-chromium for the rare occaitions when I want/have to watch netflix on the PC.
 
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