[SOLVED] How can I install Google Chrome for Windows on Lutris?

evo2 · 07-03-2022, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Wai

That is the only solution.

That may be the solution that you were able to implement, but I guarantee that it is not "the only solution".

Evo2.

Matthew Wai · 07-03-2022, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by evo2

That may be the solution that you were able to implement, but I guarantee that it is not "the only solution".

Evo2.

What is another solution? User-Agent Switcher? It is not a solution at my end. I would appreciate it if you could provide a simple solution that really works.

boughtonp · 07-03-2022, 09:04 AM

HTTP is an OS-agnostic client-server protocol; a server has no knowledge of what client software is running unless it is told.

However, the User-Agent header is only one mechanism for telling the server: another is through JavaScript's window.navigator property.

Press F12, goto "Console", enter "navigator", and examine the object returned.

Maybe see if Firefox's "fingerprinting protection" has any effect on spoofing those values?

evo2 · 07-03-2022, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Wai

What is another solution? User-Agent Switcher? It is not a solution at my end. I would appreciate it if you could provide a simple solution that really works.

I already told you to dig into dev console with F12, but you decided that you couldn't be bothered following through with it.

Matthew Wai · 07-04-2022, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by evo2

I already told you to dig into dev console with F12, but you decided that you couldn't be bothered following through with it.

I know nothing about "dev console". I don't know what it is. You told me to do what I don't know.

evo2 · 07-04-2022, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Wai

I know nothing about "dev console". I don't know what it is. You told me to do what I don't know.

Really?

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Originally Posted by Matthew Wai

There is nothing to be looking into. Just look at the following screenshot, which has explained why the Linux browser is not supported:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...3&d=1656477570

The only solution is to use a browser for Windows or Mac OS.

Rewriting history now?

Evo2.

Matthew Wai · 07-04-2022, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by evo2

Really?

Rewriting history now?

Evo2.

Such questions do not help matters.

gachub2 · 07-04-2022, 03:03 AM

Open a terminal window and add the Lutris PPA with this command: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lutris-team/lutris.
Next, make sure you update apt first but then install Lutris as normal: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install lutris.

Matthew Wai · 07-04-2022, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by boughtonp

Press F12, goto "Console", enter "navigator", and examine the object returned.

See the screenshot attached below. I don't know what it means.

Matthew Wai · 07-04-2022, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by boughtonp

Maybe see if Firefox's "fingerprinting protection" has any effect on spoofing those values?

I just installed Firefox and got the message shown in the screenshot attached below.
I don't know what "fingerprinting protection" is.

boughtonp · 07-04-2022, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Wai

See the screenshot attached below. I don't know what it means.

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Originally Posted by Matthew Wai

I just installed Firefox and got the message shown in the screenshot attached below.
I don't know what "fingerprinting protection" is.

Then use a search engine to find information so you can learn what these things mean.

(Also, consider giving up on that pathetic site and use something better, and/or you could try complaining to them about their unnecessary limitations.)

Matthew Wai · 07-04-2022, 08:36 AM

It seems that I will have to spend plenty of time searching for information and learning convoluted things if I want a slim chance to find a different solution that is simpler than the one I have already used.

Matthew Wai · 08-02-2022, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by evo2

That may be the solution that you were able to implement, but I guarantee that it is not "the only solution".

You were right. It is not the only solution.

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Originally Posted by evo2

I already told you to dig into dev console with F12, but you decided that you couldn't be bothered following through with it.

You were wrong. The console does not provide useful information. The following article does.

https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guid...-agent/firefox

A very simple solution is to add the following name and value onto the "about:config" page on Firefox.

Preference Name: general.useragent.override
String value: 5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) Chrome/60.0.2486.0

Now the Chinese website thinks that I am using Chrome 60 on Windows 10, and I can watch the videos on Linux.

evo2 · 08-02-2022, 08:05 AM

So you changed the user agent string and it solved your problem. Pretty sure that's what I suggested from the very beginning.

Matthew Wai · 08-02-2022, 08:16 AM

I just found that all credit goes to the Firefox add-on "User-Agent Switcher" rather than the page "about:config", which actually has no effect on the Chinese website.