├── use-from-google-chrome.sh ├── fetch-latest-widevine.sh ├── find-chromium.sh ├── use-standalone-widevine.sh ├── test-widevine.html ├── README.md └── LICENSE /use-from-google-chrome.sh: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | #!/bin/bash 2 | 3 | # Find Google Chrome 4 | if ! [ -x "$(command -v google-chrome)" ]; then 5 | echo "google-chrome not found on PATH" >&2 6 | exit 1 7 | fi 8 | WIDEVINE_DIR="$(dirname $(realpath $(which google-chrome)))/WidevineCdm" 9 | if ! [ -d "$WIDEVINE_DIR" ]; then 10 | echo "Can't find Widevine in your Google Chrome install" 11 | exit 1 12 | fi 13 | CHROMIUM_DIR="$(/bin/sh ./find-chromium.sh)" 14 | if [ -z "$CHROMIUM_DIR" ]; then 15 | exit 1 16 | fi 17 | sudo ln -s $WIDEVINE_DIR $CHROMIUM_DIR/ 18 | 19 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /fetch-latest-widevine.sh: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | #!/bin/bash 2 | 3 | # Set ARCH variable 4 | ARCH="" 5 | case `uname -m` in 6 | i?86) 7 | ARCH="ia32" 8 | ;; 9 | x86_64) 10 | ARCH="x64" 11 | ;; 12 | esac 13 | [[ -z ${ARCH} ]] && echo "Architecture not supported" 1>&2 && exit 1 14 | 15 | # Detect wget/curl 16 | DLTOOL="" 17 | which wget && DLTOOL="wget -O -" 18 | which curl && DLTOOL="curl -L" 19 | [[ -z ${DLTOOL} ]] && echo "No download tool found on this system" 1>&2 && exit 1 20 | 21 | # Begin download 22 | VERSION=$(${DLTOOL} https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/versions.txt | tail -n1) 23 | # Fix download argument for wget 24 | DARG=${@} 25 | [[ ${DLTOOL} == "wget -O -" ]] && DARG=`echo ${DARG} | sed 's/\-o /\-O /'` && DLTOOL="wget" 26 | ${DLTOOL} ${DARG} "https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/${VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.zip" 27 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /find-chromium.sh: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | #!/bin/bash 2 | 3 | # Find Chromium and its library directory 4 | 5 | if ! [ -x "$(command -v chromium)" ] && ! [ -x "$(command -v chromium-browser)" ]; then 6 | >&2 echo <&2 echo < 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Installing Widevine on Chromium on GNU/Linux 2 | 3 | Or: How to get Spotify/Netflix working on Chromium in Linux 4 | 5 | Most distributions' package managers come with Chromium but without Widevine, a proprietary binary blob required for DRM protected content (e.g., Netflix or Spotify). Normally your only option to access DRM-protected content would be to use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, but here are some alternate ways you can keep using stock Chromium. 6 | 7 | Instructions are for Debian GNU/Linux amd64; should work for other Debian-based distros like Ubuntu. 8 | 9 | ## (easiest) Install Google Chrome and use its Widevine distribution 10 | 11 | ### Install Google Chrome **stable** (beta or unstable won't work) 12 | 13 | Skip this if you already have it. 14 | 15 | ```bash 16 | $ wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - 17 | $ echo 'deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 18 | $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y google-chrome-stable 19 | ``` 20 | 21 | ### Run script 22 | 23 | The following script symlinks Google Chrome's Widevine library to Chromium's directory. 24 | 25 | Paste this into your terminal: 26 | 27 | ```bash 28 | git clone https://github.com/proprietary/chromium-widevine.git && \ 29 | cd chromium-widevine && \ 30 | ./use-from-google-chrome.sh 31 | ``` 32 | 33 | ## Test Widevine 34 | 35 | Paste into terminal (*warning: restarts Chromium*): 36 | 37 | ```bash 38 | killall -q -SIGTERM chromium-browser || \ 39 | killall -q -SIGTERM chromium && \ 40 | exec $(command -v chromium-browser || command -v chromium) ./test-widevine.html & 41 | ``` 42 | 43 | …Or manually: 44 | 45 | 1. Restart Chromium. If it was already open, then go to [chrome://restart](chrome://restart). 46 | 2. Make sure Protected Content is enabled in settings: [chrome://settings/content/protectedContent](chrome://settings/content/protectedContent). 47 | 3. Open `test-widevine.html` from this cloned repo in Chromium. 48 | 49 | …Alternatively, visit Netflix, Spotify, or $DEGENERATE_DRM_CONTENT_PROVIDER to see if it works directly. 50 | 51 | # Limitations 52 | 53 | - [Some streaming sites](https://web.archive.org/web/20191026132853/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Disney-Plus-Not-On-Linux) refuse to run at all on Linux because the kernel does not provide access to chipset-level fencing of DRM decryption as provided by Microsoft and Apple systems. 54 | - These scripts assume a standard instlalation from Debian/Ubuntu packages. If you installed Google Chrome or Chromium manually, you might have to edit the scripts. 55 | - Because we are installing files directly to `/usr` (as opposed to the more appropriate `/usr/local`), and we have to for Chromium to find Widevine, on system upgrades your package manager might clobber these files, and you will have to redo these steps. 56 | - These instructions only work for amd64 (64-bit x86_64) on GNU/Linux. For alternate architectures like ARM or i386 (32-bit x86), please fork this and submit a pull request. 57 | 58 | 59 | ## (alternative) Install Widevine alone without Google Chrome 60 | 61 | Paste this into your shell: 62 | 63 | ```bash 64 | git clone https://github.com/proprietary/chromium-widevine.git && \ 65 | cd chromium-widevine && \ 66 | ./use-standalone-widevine.sh && \ 67 | killall -q -SIGTERM chromium-browser || \ 68 | killall -q -SIGTERM chromium && \ 69 | exec $(command -v chromium-browser || command -v chromium) ./test-widevine.html & 70 | ``` 71 | 72 | The first method using Google Chrome just copied one directory from its installation. Observe the Widevine directory in the Google Chrome distribution: 73 | 74 | ```text 75 | /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm 76 | ├── LICENSE 77 | ├── manifest.json 78 | └── _platform_specific 79 | └── linux_x64 80 | └── libwidevinecdm.so 81 | ``` 82 | 83 | We don't actually need the whole Google Chrome installation. 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