PPA Chromium – Why the Chromium Daily Package Isn’t Built Anymore

Yes, the line with the "ubuntulucid" is a typo, the original has those two seperated.

@sagarchalise: Thats exactly how I installed Chromium and that does work. However, I would like to have it build by apt-build instead of installing the binary version with apt-get. So it doen't work for me. Adding the repository again didn't work for me either.

EDIT

Solved! Seems like apt-build needs all deb-src repositories it should use inside /etc/apt/sources.list . By adding the PPA via apt-add-repository a separate file for each new repository gets created (inside /etc/apt/sources.list.d). So putting the two line directly into /etc/sources.list and running

sudo apt-build update && sudo apt-build --reinstall install chromium-browser

fixed the issue for me. Thanks for your ideas nonetheless!

EDIT²

This bugreport on launchpad seems related.

Allan's answer should work, but here is another way:

1. Copy /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop to your Desktop:

   cp /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop ~/Desktop

2. Select a custom icon.

   Right click -> Properties -> Permissions -> Check Allow executing file as program.
   Now go back to the Basic tab and click on the icon in the upper left to select a new icon.

3. Move this launcher to ~/.local/share/applications/:

   cp ~/Desktop/chromium-browser.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

4. You should now see this launcher with the icon you selected in the Application menu, so add it to your Dock.

5. That's it! This launcher won't be overwritten every time you upgrade Chromium. You may need to restart your dock for it to notice.