Install google-chrome-[un]stable on Ubuntu 12 LTS

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#!/bin/bash
# Install latest versions of Google Chrome (stable and unstable) on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
# Google does not support latest versions of Chrome on Ubuntu 12, but it works after re-writing the .deb file requirements
# (specifically 'lsb-base' and 'libfontconfig1')
# From by http://askubuntu.com/questions/758571/google-chrome-stable-depends-on-libstdc6-4-8-0-however-version-of-libs

cwd=`pwd`

# make temp directory
temp_dir=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp/}google-chrome-install.XXXXXXXXX")
mkdir -p $temp_dir
cd $temp_dir

# stable
rm -rf build && mkdir build
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb -x google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb build/
dpkg-deb --control google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb build/DEBIAN
perl -pe  's|lsb-base \(\>\= 4\.1\)|lsb-base \(\>\= 4\.0\)|g' "build/DEBIAN/control" > "build/DEBIAN/control.1"
perl -pe  's|libfontconfig1 \(\>\= 2\.9\.0\)|libfontconfig1 \(\>\= 2\.8\.0\)|g' "build/DEBIAN/control.1" > "build/DEBIAN/control"
dpkg -b build google-chrome-stable_current_amd64-modified.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64-modified.deb
ls -l /opt/google/chrome/

# unstable
rm -rf build && mkdir build
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb -x google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb build/
dpkg-deb --control google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64.deb build/DEBIAN
perl -pe  's|lsb-base \(\>\= 4\.1\)|lsb-base \(\>\= 4\.0\)|g' "build/DEBIAN/control" > "build/DEBIAN/control.1"
perl -pe  's|libfontconfig1 \(\>\= 2\.9\.0\)|libfontconfig1 \(\>\= 2\.8\.0\)|g' "build/DEBIAN/control.1" > "build/DEBIAN/control"
dpkg -b build google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64-modified.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-unstable_current_amd64-modified.deb
ls -l /opt/google/chrome-unstable/

# cleanup
cd $cwd
rm -rf $temp_dir