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feat(chrome): support installing on rpm-based Linux
alpham8 Jun 23, 2026
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feat(msedge): support installing on rpm-based Linux
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99 changes: 96 additions & 3 deletions packages/playwright-core/bin/reinstall_chrome_beta_linux.sh
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Expand Up @@ -7,19 +7,112 @@ if [[ $(arch) == "aarch64" ]]; then
exit 1
fi

# Default to the Debian/Ubuntu (apt) installation path. When the host platform is
# overridden we keep this default to preserve the previous behaviour.
PKG_MANAGER="apt"

if [ -z "$PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE" ]; then
if [[ ! -f "/etc/os-release" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: cannot install on unknown linux distribution (/etc/os-release is missing)"
exit 1
fi

ID=$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $ID')
if [[ "${ID}" != "ubuntu" && "${ID}" != "debian" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: cannot install on $ID distribution - only Ubuntu and Debian are supported"
exit 1
ID_LIKE=$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $ID_LIKE')
case "${ID}" in
ubuntu|debian)
PKG_MANAGER="apt"
;;
opensuse*|sles|sled)
PKG_MANAGER="zypper"
;;
fedora|rhel|centos|rocky|almalinux|amzn)
PKG_MANAGER="redhat"
;;
*)
if [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *debian* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="apt"
elif [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *suse* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="zypper"
elif [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *rhel* || "${ID_LIKE}" == *fedora* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="redhat"
else
echo "ERROR: 'npx playwright install chrome' only supports distributions with an official"
echo "Google Chrome package: Ubuntu/Debian (.deb) and openSUSE/Fedora/RHEL (.rpm)."
echo "Google does not ship a native package for '$ID'."
case "${ID} ${ID_LIKE}" in
*arch*|*cachyos*)
echo "On Arch-based systems install Chrome from the AUR ('yay -S google-chrome') or use"
echo "Chromium ('pacman -S chromium'). Playwright's bundled Chromium also works."
;;
*alpine*)
echo "Alpine uses musl libc; Google Chrome and Playwright's bundled browsers require glibc"
echo "and do not run here. Use the system Chromium instead ('apk add chromium')."
;;
*gentoo*)
echo "On Gentoo install Chrome via Portage ('emerge www-client/google-chrome') or use"
echo "Playwright's bundled Chromium."
;;
*nixos*)
echo "On NixOS add 'google-chrome' to your configuration declaratively, or use Playwright's"
echo "bundled Chromium. Imperative installation into /opt is not supported."
;;
*)
echo "Use Playwright's bundled Chromium, which works on most glibc-based Linux distributions."
;;
esac
exit 1
fi
;;
esac

# The Red Hat family ships dnf on current releases and yum on older ones (e.g. RHEL 7).
if [[ "${PKG_MANAGER}" == "redhat" ]]; then
if command -v dnf >/dev/null; then
PKG_MANAGER="dnf"
else
PKG_MANAGER="yum"
fi
fi
fi

if [[ "${PKG_MANAGER}" != "apt" ]]; then
# RPM-based distributions (openSUSE via zypper, Fedora/RHEL via dnf or yum) all
# consume the same x86_64 package from dl.google.com.
case "${PKG_MANAGER}" in
zypper)
PKG_REMOVE=(zypper --non-interactive remove)
PKG_INSTALL=(zypper --non-interactive install)
;;
*)
PKG_REMOVE=("${PKG_MANAGER}" remove -y)
PKG_INSTALL=("${PKG_MANAGER}" install -y)
;;
esac

# 1. make sure to remove old beta if any.
if rpm -q google-chrome-beta >/dev/null 2>&1; then
"${PKG_REMOVE[@]}" google-chrome-beta
fi

# 2. Install curl to download chrome
if ! command -v curl >/dev/null; then
"${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" curl
fi

# 3. Trust Google's signing key so the package manager accepts the package.
rpm --import https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

# 4. download chrome beta from dl.google.com and install it.
cd /tmp
curl -L -O https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-beta_current_x86_64.rpm
"${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" ./google-chrome-beta_current_x86_64.rpm
rm -rf ./google-chrome-beta_current_x86_64.rpm
cd -
google-chrome-beta --version
exit 0
fi

# 1. make sure to remove old beta if any.
if dpkg --get-selections | grep -q "^google-chrome-beta[[:space:]]*install$" >/dev/null; then
apt-get remove -y google-chrome-beta
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99 changes: 96 additions & 3 deletions packages/playwright-core/bin/reinstall_chrome_stable_linux.sh
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Expand Up @@ -7,19 +7,112 @@ if [[ $(arch) == "aarch64" ]]; then
exit 1
fi

# Default to the Debian/Ubuntu (apt) installation path. When the host platform is
# overridden we keep this default to preserve the previous behaviour.
PKG_MANAGER="apt"

if [ -z "$PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE" ]; then
if [[ ! -f "/etc/os-release" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: cannot install on unknown linux distribution (/etc/os-release is missing)"
exit 1
fi

ID=$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $ID')
if [[ "${ID}" != "ubuntu" && "${ID}" != "debian" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: cannot install on $ID distribution - only Ubuntu and Debian are supported"
exit 1
ID_LIKE=$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $ID_LIKE')
case "${ID}" in
ubuntu|debian)
PKG_MANAGER="apt"
;;
opensuse*|sles|sled)
PKG_MANAGER="zypper"
;;
fedora|rhel|centos|rocky|almalinux|amzn)
PKG_MANAGER="redhat"
;;
*)
if [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *debian* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="apt"
elif [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *suse* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="zypper"
elif [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *rhel* || "${ID_LIKE}" == *fedora* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="redhat"
else
echo "ERROR: 'npx playwright install chrome' only supports distributions with an official"
echo "Google Chrome package: Ubuntu/Debian (.deb) and openSUSE/Fedora/RHEL (.rpm)."
echo "Google does not ship a native package for '$ID'."
case "${ID} ${ID_LIKE}" in
*arch*|*cachyos*)
echo "On Arch-based systems install Chrome from the AUR ('yay -S google-chrome') or use"
echo "Chromium ('pacman -S chromium'). Playwright's bundled Chromium also works."
;;
*alpine*)
echo "Alpine uses musl libc; Google Chrome and Playwright's bundled browsers require glibc"
echo "and do not run here. Use the system Chromium instead ('apk add chromium')."
;;
*gentoo*)
echo "On Gentoo install Chrome via Portage ('emerge www-client/google-chrome') or use"
echo "Playwright's bundled Chromium."
;;
*nixos*)
echo "On NixOS add 'google-chrome' to your configuration declaratively, or use Playwright's"
echo "bundled Chromium. Imperative installation into /opt is not supported."
;;
*)
echo "Use Playwright's bundled Chromium, which works on most glibc-based Linux distributions."
;;
esac
exit 1
fi
;;
esac

# The Red Hat family ships dnf on current releases and yum on older ones (e.g. RHEL 7).
if [[ "${PKG_MANAGER}" == "redhat" ]]; then
if command -v dnf >/dev/null; then
PKG_MANAGER="dnf"
else
PKG_MANAGER="yum"
fi
fi
fi

if [[ "${PKG_MANAGER}" != "apt" ]]; then
# RPM-based distributions (openSUSE via zypper, Fedora/RHEL via dnf or yum) all
# consume the same x86_64 package from dl.google.com.
case "${PKG_MANAGER}" in
zypper)
PKG_REMOVE=(zypper --non-interactive remove)
PKG_INSTALL=(zypper --non-interactive install)
;;
*)
PKG_REMOVE=("${PKG_MANAGER}" remove -y)
PKG_INSTALL=("${PKG_MANAGER}" install -y)
;;
esac

# 1. make sure to remove old stable if any.
if rpm -q google-chrome-stable >/dev/null 2>&1; then
"${PKG_REMOVE[@]}" google-chrome-stable
fi

# 2. Install curl to download chrome
if ! command -v curl >/dev/null; then
"${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" curl
fi

# 3. Trust Google's signing key so the package manager accepts the package.
rpm --import https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

# 4. download chrome stable from dl.google.com and install it.
cd /tmp
curl -L -O https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
"${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" ./google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
rm -rf ./google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
cd -
google-chrome --version
exit 0
fi

# 1. make sure to remove old stable if any.
if dpkg --get-selections | grep -q "^google-chrome[[:space:]]*install$" >/dev/null; then
apt-get remove -y google-chrome
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90 changes: 87 additions & 3 deletions packages/playwright-core/bin/reinstall_msedge_beta_linux.sh
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Expand Up @@ -8,17 +8,101 @@ if [[ $(arch) == "aarch64" ]]; then
exit 1
fi

# Default to the Debian/Ubuntu (apt) installation path. When the host platform is
# overridden we keep this default to preserve the previous behaviour.
PKG_MANAGER="apt"

if [ -z "$PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE" ]; then
if [[ ! -f "/etc/os-release" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: cannot install on unknown linux distribution (/etc/os-release is missing)"
exit 1
fi

ID=$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $ID')
if [[ "${ID}" != "ubuntu" && "${ID}" != "debian" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: cannot install on $ID distribution - only Ubuntu and Debian are supported"
exit 1
ID_LIKE=$(bash -c 'source /etc/os-release && echo $ID_LIKE')
case "${ID}" in
ubuntu|debian)
PKG_MANAGER="apt"
;;
opensuse*|sles|sled)
PKG_MANAGER="zypper"
;;
fedora|rhel|centos|rocky|almalinux|amzn)
PKG_MANAGER="redhat"
;;
*)
if [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *debian* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="apt"
elif [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *suse* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="zypper"
elif [[ "${ID_LIKE}" == *rhel* || "${ID_LIKE}" == *fedora* ]]; then
PKG_MANAGER="redhat"
else
echo "ERROR: 'npx playwright install msedge-beta' only supports distributions with an official"
echo "Microsoft Edge package: Ubuntu/Debian (.deb) and openSUSE/Fedora/RHEL (.rpm)."
echo "Microsoft does not ship a native package for '$ID'."
case "${ID} ${ID_LIKE}" in
*arch*|*cachyos*)
echo "On Arch-based systems install Microsoft Edge from the AUR ('yay -S microsoft-edge-beta-bin')."
;;
*)
echo "Use Playwright's bundled Chromium, which works on most glibc-based Linux distributions."
;;
esac
exit 1
fi
;;
esac

# The Red Hat family ships dnf on current releases and yum on older ones (e.g. RHEL 7).
if [[ "${PKG_MANAGER}" == "redhat" ]]; then
if command -v dnf >/dev/null; then
PKG_MANAGER="dnf"
else
PKG_MANAGER="yum"
fi
fi
fi

if [[ "${PKG_MANAGER}" != "apt" ]]; then
# RPM-based distributions (openSUSE via zypper, Fedora/RHEL via dnf or yum) install
# Microsoft Edge from the same rpm repository at packages.microsoft.com.
case "${PKG_MANAGER}" in
zypper)
PKG_REMOVE=(zypper --non-interactive remove)
PKG_INSTALL=(zypper --non-interactive --gpg-auto-import-keys install)
REPO_DIR="/etc/zypp/repos.d"
;;
*)
PKG_REMOVE=("${PKG_MANAGER}" remove -y)
PKG_INSTALL=("${PKG_MANAGER}" install -y)
REPO_DIR="/etc/yum.repos.d"
;;
esac

# 1. Trust Microsoft's signing key and register the Edge repository.
rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
cat > "${REPO_DIR}/microsoft-edge.repo" <<'REPO'
[microsoft-edge]
name=Microsoft Edge
baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/edge
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
REPO

# 2. make sure to remove old beta if any.
if rpm -q microsoft-edge-beta >/dev/null 2>&1; then
"${PKG_REMOVE[@]}" microsoft-edge-beta
fi

# 3. refresh metadata (zypper) and install.
if [[ "${PKG_MANAGER}" == "zypper" ]]; then
zypper --non-interactive --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
fi
"${PKG_INSTALL[@]}" microsoft-edge-beta
microsoft-edge-beta --version
exit 0
fi

# 1. make sure to remove old beta if any.
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