Lately, we’ve been seeing issues with rendering and some other functionalities related to Chromium, but only for customer-hosted instances.
In our official documentation, we explain how to install Chromium as it should be. However, sometimes customers should use legacy versions of chromium while we offer the ultimate solution. Here, I’ll explain how you can download and install any legacy version of Chromium in your Looker instance. Keep in mind that this only replaces the Chromium:
apt-get update && apt-get install -y chromium-browser
instruction in our official documentation. You still need to follow our official documentation for the complete installation.
echo $(google-chrome --version | awk '{print $3}')
wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_<<CHROMIUMVERSION>>_amd64.deb \ && sudo apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \ && sudo rm /tmp/chrome.deb
wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_97.0.4692.99-1_amd64.deb \ && sudo apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \ && sudo rm /tmp/chrome.deb
cd /tmp/
sudo dpkg -i chrome.deb
echo $(google-chrome --version | awk '{print $3}')
Remember you can reach out Looker Support for further troubleshooting. You may find another resources from my colleagues and community users related to this topic:
Is there a documentation for this but with AWS Linux?
The link for older versions is no longer working. Is there an alternative way to download a pre 99 version?
https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_97.0.4692.99-1_amd64.deb