Package Details: thorium-browser-bin 123.0.6312.133-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/thorium-browser-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: thorium-browser-bin
Description: Chromium fork focused on high performance and security
Upstream URL: https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium
Licenses: BSD
Conflicts: thorium-browser
Provides: thorium-browser
Submitter: StarterX4
Maintainer: xiota
Last Packager: xiota
Votes: 35
Popularity: 6.75
First Submitted: 2022-08-03 14:39 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-04-24 15:41 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

xiota commented on 2024-02-09 01:30 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-10 05:08 (UTC) by xiota)

This package now uses the SSE3 version because benchmarks on my computers show no performance benefit from using the AVX/AVX2 versions.

xiota commented on 2024-01-18 04:21 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-21 09:22 (UTC) by xiota)

I made alternate PKGBUILDs: SSE3, AVX, AVX2. (makepkg -p PKGBUILD.avx2)

However, there is no point making dedicated packages for each because there is no performance benefit from using different versions.

The "normal" version ("AVX") does reference avx2 in the config, but the exact compiler flags are unspecified. All 64-bit versions contain AVX and AVX2 instructions. So too do the Chromium binaries from the official Arch repos. Chromium-based browsers probably detect processor capabilities at runtime, so attempting to target specific instruction sets would not be expected to significantly improve performance.

Here are my results from browserbench.org speedometer 2.1, using fresh profiles:

  • SSE3: 83.8±1.0
  • AVX: 83.8±1.0 (not a mistake, SSE3 and AVX had identical results)
  • AVX2: 83.6±1.9

xiota commented on 2023-10-10 04:01 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-10 05:06 (UTC) by xiota)

  • This is an autoupdating package that attempts to download and package the latest version available.

    • Rebuilding should be sufficient to package new releases.
    • Check that there is actually a new release at Alex313031/thorium.
    • To make the declared version, set environment variable _autoupdate=false

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    • Flag for common issues with standard solutions.
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malta commented on 2023-10-25 14:06 (UTC)

thanks @xiota the sse3 thorium-browser-special-bin fix the issue for me

xiota commented on 2023-10-24 19:42 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-29 05:13 (UTC) by xiota)

Users with older computers requiring the SSE3 version may use aur/thorium-browser-sse3-bin. The alternate package aur/thorium-browser-special-bin is being retired.

The _sse3 and _sse4 environment variables are no longer used by this package. There is no need to rebuild until the next release.

stephen commented on 2023-10-23 08:46 (UTC)

@xiota The new update works perfectly. Thanks a lot

stephen commented on 2023-10-22 22:47 (UTC)

When updating this package, i get these errors

/home/thai/.cache/paru/clone/thorium-browser-bin/PKGBUILD: line 68: _pkgver_new: parameter null or not set
error: failed to download sources for 'thorium-browser-bin-117.0.5938.157-3': 
error: packages failed to build: thorium-browser-bin-117.0.5938.157-3

malta commented on 2023-10-22 05:47 (UTC)

@xiota running in a terminal I get these errors:

[malta@malta-ub ~]$ thorium-browser [519399:519399:1022/023234.390412:ERROR:policy_logger.cc(154)] :components/enterprise/browser/controller/chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(163) Cloud management controller initialization aborted as CBCM is not enabled. MESA-INTEL: warning: Ivy Bridge Vulkan support is incomplete [1022/023234.852858:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found [1022/023234.853997:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found

0day commented on 2023-10-21 14:48 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-21 14:49 (UTC) by 0day)

same here as @malta defined, installed with no errors, but the browser ain't opening. sorry for my english as it's not my first language

Edit: AppImage also doesn't work/open/run

xiota commented on 2023-10-20 00:10 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-20 00:15 (UTC) by xiota)

@malta Seems to run without problems on my computer, but I do not use GNOME. Are there any useful error messages when run in a terminal? Did you try re/moving any cache / profiles / etc? Does the AppImage work? Do older versions work?

Have you checked whether someone else has already reported the issue at thorium/issues?

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