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| '''Note''': Firefox requires the Google Hangouts Video plugin but Chromium (37+) doesn't require any plugin to use Google Hangouts.
| | == Installation == |
| | === NixOS === |
| | Add {{nixos:package|chromium}} to {{NixOS Manual|name=systemPackages|anchor=#sec-package-management}}. |
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| == Per User == | | == Accelerated video playback == |
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| It is possible to configure certain features in nixpkgs by creating <code>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</code> and setting the options. See below for details on how to set the equivalent options for the system profile when running NixOS.
| | Make sure [[Accelerated Video Playback]] is setup on the system properly. Check {{ic|chrome://gpu}} to see if Chromium has enabled hardware acceleration. |
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| To install Firefox and Chromium for a user profile you need to create <code>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</code> and add the following options:
| | If accelerated video playback is not working, check relevant flags at {{ic|chrome://flags}}, or enable them using the cli: |
| | | {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki> |
| ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix:
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |
| { | | { |
| allowUnfree = true;
| | environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ |
| | | (chromium.override { |
| firefox = { | | commandLineArgs = [ |
| enableGoogleTalkPlugin = true;
| | "--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecodeLinuxGL" |
| };
| | "--ignore-gpu-blocklist" |
| | | "--enable-zero-copy" |
| chromium = {
| | ]; |
| enablePepperFlash = true; # Chromium's non-NSAPI alternative to Adobe Flash
| | }) |
| }; | | ]; |
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| } | | } |
| </syntaxhighlight> | | </nowiki>}} |
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| After these options have been set you need to install the "Wrapper" versions of Firefox:
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="console">
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| $ nix-env -i firefox-with-plugins chromium
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| If you are using a version that does not have a wrapper, you can write one (add to config.nix and install with `nix-env -iA nixpkgs.pkgs.firefox-bin-wrapper` or `nix-env -iA nixos.pkgs.firefox-bin-wrapper`):
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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| packageOverrides = pkgs: with pkgs; rec {
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| # FF bin with plugins
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| firefox-bin-wrapper = wrapFirefox { browser = firefox-bin; };
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| };
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| == For NixOS ==
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| In NixOS you can configure nixpkgs options by adding a nixpkgs.config section to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix. This has no effect on nix-env commands but does apply to packages installed via the environment.systemPackages list. The options are exactly the same as above.
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| In order to install Firefox with support for plugins, you need to use the "Wrapper" version. For example, in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix environment.systemPackages this would be firefoxWrapper.
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| To install Firefox and Chromium with Google Talk and Flash in your system profile you can add the following to your configuration.nix file.
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| /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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| ...
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| nixpkgs.config = {
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| allowUnfree = true;
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| firefox = {
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| enableGoogleTalkPlugin = true;
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| enableAdobeFlash = true;
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| };
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| chromium = {
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| enablePepperFlash = true; # Chromium removed support for Mozilla (NPAPI) plugins so Adobe Flash no longer works
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| };
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| };
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| environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.firefoxWrapper pkgs.chromium ];
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| ...
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| then run <pre>nixos-rebuild switch</pre>
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| == Enable GPU accelerated video decoding (VA-API) ==
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| VA-API is enabled by default now in Chromium. Check chrome://gpu if it is working and if VA is detected. You may need to enable Hardware-accelerated video decode in chrome://flags.
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| Make sure the required VA-API drivers are installed: [[Accelerated Video Playback]]
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| Make sure your driver works by running: <code>nix-shell -p libva-utils --run vainfo</code>
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| == Gnome Shell extensions ==
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| Gnome Shell extensions can be enabled with <code>enableGnomeExtensions = true</code>. It is a mozilla plugin, therefore it does not work currently with Chromium.
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| == Enabling native Wayland support == | | == Enabling native Wayland support == |
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| Since Nixos 22.05 you can turn on native wayland support in all chrome and most electron apps by setting an environment variable: <code>environment.sessionVariables.NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1"</code> ([https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable/release-notes.html#sec-release-22.05-notable-changes see notable changes])
| | You can turn on native Wayland support in all chrome and most electron apps by setting an environment variable: <code>environment.sessionVariables.NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1"</code>. |
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| In earlier versions you can enable wayland support by setting the appropriate command-line flags:
| | == Enabling DRM (Widevine support) == |
| | | By default, {{nixos:package|chromium}} does not support playing DRM protected media. However, there is a build time flag to include the unfree Widevine blob from nixpkgs: |
| <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
| | {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki> |
| nixpkgs.config.chromium.commandLineArgs = "--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland";
| | { |
| </syntaxhighlight>
| | environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ |
| | | (chromium.override { enableWideVine = true; }) |
| == Overriding Chromium ==
| | ]; |
| | | } |
| Note: This section was never properly tested. Please update it accordingly if you notice issues with the examples and feel free to extend it.
| | </nowiki>}} |
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| To create a customized Chromium the following approach can be used:
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| <pre> | |
| chromium.mkDerivation (base: { name = "my-chromium"; gnFlags = { test_flag = 42; }; })
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| </pre>
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| It should also be possible to override a Chromium attribute using <pre>chromium.browser.overrideAttrs ...</pre>.
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| [[Category:Configuration]]
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| [[Category:Applications]] | | [[Category:Applications]] |
| | [[Category:Web Browser]] |
Installation
NixOS
Add chromium to
systemPackages.
Accelerated video playback
Make sure Accelerated Video Playback is setup on the system properly. Check chrome://gpu to see if Chromium has enabled hardware acceleration.
If accelerated video playback is not working, check relevant flags at chrome://flags, or enable them using the cli:
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
{
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
(chromium.override {
commandLineArgs = [
"--enable-features=VaapiVideoDecodeLinuxGL"
"--ignore-gpu-blocklist"
"--enable-zero-copy"
];
})
];
}
Enabling native Wayland support
You can turn on native Wayland support in all chrome and most electron apps by setting an environment variable: environment.sessionVariables.NIXOS_OZONE_WL = "1".
Enabling DRM (Widevine support)
By default, chromium does not support playing DRM protected media. However, there is a build time flag to include the unfree Widevine blob from nixpkgs:
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
{
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
(chromium.override { enableWideVine = true; })
];
}
