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@@ -31,39 +31,11 @@ The following script symlinks Google Chrome's Widevine library to Chromium's dir
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Paste this into your terminal:
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/proprietary/chromium-widevine.git && \
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git clone https://github.com/jarrellmark/chromium-widevine.git && \
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cd chromium-widevine && \
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./use-from-google-chrome.sh
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```
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## (alternative) Install Widevine alone without Google Chrome
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Paste this into your shell:
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/proprietary/chromium-widevine.git && \
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cd chromium-widevine && \
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./use-standalone-widevine.sh && \
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killall -q -SIGTERM chromium-browser || \
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killall -q -SIGTERM chromium && \
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exec $(command -v chromium-browser || command -v chromium) ./test-widevine.html &
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```
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The first method using Google Chrome just copied one directory from its installation. Observe the Widevine directory in the Google Chrome distribution:
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```text
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/opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm
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├── LICENSE
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├── manifest.json
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└── _platform_specific
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└── linux_x64
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└── libwidevinecdm.so
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```
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We don't actually need the whole Google Chrome installation. We can recreate that tree in the Chromium directory (i.e., `/usr/lib/chromium`) with a standalone distribution of the Widevine shared library. Copying just `libwidevinecdm.so` into `/usr/lib/chromium` doesn't work.
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N.B. Disadvantage of this method: You might have to manually re-run this script whenever Chromium updates to get the latest Widevine. The first method piggybacks Google Chrome's distribution which is assumed to be up-to-date and updated by the same package manager that updates Chromium. Use that method unless you really don't want Google Chrome on your system.
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## Test Widevine
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Paste into terminal (*warning: restarts Chromium*):

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