How to Install Google Chrome on Backtrack 5

This is a quick tutorial to install Google Chrome on Backtrack. A lot of people are trying to learn security these days and backtrack being one of the most used distros they download it and find themselve stuck in a dillema to use it. Here are the steps you need to follow in order to install Chrome Browser on your Backtrack 5.

How to Install Google Chrome on Backtrack 5

1. Open the Konsole – Terminal (or whatever funky name you call it with)
2. Execute the following command to download the program (apt-get install chromium-browser)
3. We need to make a few changes in the system to make it work. So switch to Chrome’s directory with following command (cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser)
4. This is the step you need to follow in order to be able to run Chrome as root user:
   - Open Hex editor with the command (hexedit chromium-browser)
   - Now search for geteuid with the command (ctrl+s geteuid)
   - Replace it with getppid and save with the command (getppid ctrl+x)

Now you should be able to run Google Chrome on your Backtrack 5 along with root privileges.