User-level install of Google Chrome

Hi!
I'd like to install Google Chrome on my workstation at the university. I don't have root access there and I'm restricted to home directory (obviously). Google Chrome, hovewer, depends on being installed in /opt/google-chrome - I can see there are hardcoded paths in the binary.
Has anybody stumpled upon this problem and solved it?
On a different note, what would give me the best shot at creating fake filesystem hierarchy to trick the program into believing that some files are where they actually aren't?
Cheers,
MH

Wow! Thank you for sharing that. I totally agree. Shame on you Adobe!

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Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.3.2 (9.3.2)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-670063000000000~2
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App External ID: 9487287
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User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2012-08-01 00:17:41.478 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report:          383869 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           29
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 14 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   14
Anonymous UUID:                      FD6B6DB9-BBD9-4CBB-AC1F-2CE4A93AE9E8
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--> Submap                 00000000ac600000-00000000ac601000          r-x/rwx process-only submap
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Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   ???                                     0xac600000 objc_assign_ivar + 0
1   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x93cb2d47 object_setIvar + 353
2   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x93cb2bda object_setInstanceVariable + 80
3   com.apple.AppKit                        0x950b7461 -[NSNibOutletConnector establishConnection] + 486
4   com.apple.AppKit                        0x9508915f -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1002
5   com.apple.AppKit                        0x95067762 loadNib + 373
6   com.apple.AppKit                        0x95066d84 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 819
7   com.apple.AppKit                        0x9506695f -[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:topLevelObjects:] + 256
8   com.apple.AppKit                        0x950666ec +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 418
9   com.apple.AppKit                        0x95062688 NSApplicationMain + 447
10 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010f40 0x1000 + 65344
11 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00010409 0x1000 + 62473
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x962c09ae kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x96e9acc5 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 993
2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x96e9a7fd _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53
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Path:            /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
Identifier:      com.google.Chrome
Version:         20.0.1132.57 (1132.57)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [151]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2012-08-01 00:26:16.848 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report:          384384 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           30
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 30 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   13
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Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   ???                                     0xac600000 objc_assign_ivar + 0
1   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x93cb2d47 object_setIvar + 353
2   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x93cb2bda object_setInstanceVariable + 80
3   com.apple.AppKit                        0x950b7461 -[NSNibOutletConnector establishConnection] + 486
4   com.apple.AppKit                        0x9508915f -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1002
5   com.apple.AppKit                        0x952a07d0 -[NSNib _instantiateNibWithExternalNameTable:] + 634
6   com.apple.AppKit                        0x952a04a2 -[NSNib instantiateNibWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 166
7   com.google.Chrome.framework             0x003f1118 ChromeMain + 3217304
8   com.google.Chrome.framework             0x0244f16b ChromeMain + 37156843
9   com.google.Chrome.framework             0x0244fdc2 ChromeMain + 37160002
10 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x0244ea1d ChromeMain + 37154973
11 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x009af67b ChromeMain + 9239803
12 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x009ae840 ChromeMain + 9236160
13 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x000df9a9 ChromeMain + 41
14 com.google.Chrome                       0x000d7f58 main + 24
15 com.google.Chrome                       0x000d7f16 0xd7000 + 3862
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0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x962c00ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x984ee04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x984ede19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x984d5cca start_wqthread + 30

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