Chrome Beta Standalone Installer
Ariano Waiker
Right after running the script, I didn't check to see if the executables are running fine, because I was assuming there wouldn't be a problem with them. So, after letting the script pile up Chrome versions, just a few days ago I got a big surprise when I tried installing an older version of Chrome. None of the files downloaded by the script worked. Each time I'd try running them, I'd get "unknown installer error".
That got me curios about why isn't it working, so I accessed in Chrome and that got me a perfectly working exe. The strange thing is both exes downloaded through Chrome and curl had the same sha 512 hash.As I was puzzled, I tried wget and a powershell script.
Thanks to @John Seerden, I then used his powershell script, which downloaded a googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi working executable.Seeing this, I replaced googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi URL in his script with , but still got that error.
After some googling, I got across this post, which states something about getting an untagged installer, which I think has been downloaded through a 3rd party program like curl or wget, which ended in prompting "unknown installer error".
Is it there any way I could download perfectly fine running Chrome executables through a script or is it there any way to fix the broken executables?I would prefer to not resort to something like headless Chrome.
I then ran the resulting exe (patched exe, having version 86.0.4240.111 64 bits) in a fresh Windows 7 virtual machine (VM), and this time it installed correctly. For testing purposes, I turned off the network, and, when going to the 3 dotted menu in Chrome > Help > About Chrome, indeed, Chrome was the old version. After that, I turned on network and it had been updating to the latest version, 87.0.4280.66 64 bits, running with no problems.
Even though ChromeStandaloneSetup64_valid_Copy_latest_version.exe (valid exe) came with a Zone Identifier Alternate Data Stream (ADS), unlike the broken exe, the resulting exe coming out the broken exe, lacking ADS, it ran perfectly fine in the VM. Regarding ADS, I downloaded the same valid Chrome exe twice (87.0.4280.66 64 bits) and I noticed the ADS had the same exact value.
Next thing I did was going to -random-data-from-regexp and generating a random appguid and iid (using hexadecimal values, because that's what I noticed it was being used in those fields) using this pattern:
So, since the appguid and iid were coming from a later version of Chrome (appguid and iid taken from 87.0.4280.66 and inserted into 86.0.4240.111), I assume, installation will finish successfully only if the appguid and iid contained in the exe itself, through computation during instalation, will yield a result that matches a value stored somewhere in the exe, or a value that also gets computed during installation. I say this, because when I installed the resulting valid standalone Chrome exe coming from the broken exe, the network was turned off, and there was no prior installation of Chrome on that system. Or maybe those two values are somehow tied to the operating system.
I conclusion, I think I'll end up modifing the URLs in the batch file with those appguid and iid, unless I decide to take a closer look at the URLs of the upcoming releases of Chrome to get an even better idea of how all of this is working.
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If you plan to use composite objects, you need to install compiledcrcmod. On Windows, this is only available for 32-bit Python. For moreinformation on crcmod, install gsutil and see the help topic by using thecommand gsutil help crc32c.
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The installer installs all necessary dependencies, including the needed Python version. While Google Cloud CLI installs and manages Python 3 by default, you can use an existing Python installation if necessary by unchecking the option to Install Bundled Python. See gcloud topic startup to learn how to use an existing Python installation.
After installation is complete, the installer gives you the option to create Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts, start the Google Cloud CLI shell, and configure the gcloud CLI. Make sure that you leave the options to start the shell and configure your installation selected. The installer starts a terminal window and runs the gcloud init command.
In order to access protected data or write to a protected bucket, you needto set up credentials (authenticate). For example, if someone else has created aCloud Storage account and uploaded data that is only accessible to youor other specific individuals, you must set up your credentials to theCloud Storage service to be able to access this data.
When using gsutil as part of the Google Cloud CLI, OAuth2 is used toauthenticate and authorize access to your Cloud Storage resources. Toestablish access, run the command gcloud init and follow theinstructions provided in the command line, which include logging into your useraccount. Note that you likely already performed this setup if you followed theinstallation steps above. If you ran gcloud init previously,when you run the command again you are asked if you want to re-initialize theconfiguration or create a new one. For more information, seeInitialize the Google Cloud CLI.
If you try to authenticate gsutil using the gcloud init command, but are stillnot able to access the expected buckets or objects, your system might have boththe legacy, stand-alone version of gsutil and the Google Cloud CLI-bundledversion of gsutil installed on it. Run the command gsutil version -l and checkthe value for using cloud sdk. If False, your system is using thestand-alone version of gsutil when you run commands. It's recommended that youremove the stand-alone version of gsutil from your system; however, you canalternatively authenticate using gsutil config -a or gsutil config -e.
You may also want to enable mutual TLS (mTLS). When mTLS is enabled on yourdevice, your device attempts to connect tostorage.mtls.googleapis.com. Before the connection is allowed,Cloud Storage verifies the certificate on your device.
The simplest way to to obtain a certificate is through Google Cloud CLI.You can set one manually in the .boto file by setting the followingvalues under "Credentials":
- use_client_certificate: A flag controlling whether or not to use mTLS.
- cert_provider_command: A shell command that prints a certificate to stdout for gsutil to read.
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