%general-entities; ]> Chromium Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web. &lfs82_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &chromium-md5sum; Download size: &chromium-size; Estimated disk space required: &chromium-buildsize; Estimated build time: &chromium-time; Additional Downloads Required patch: Optional Chrome binaries to extract the WideVine plug-in (Netflix) support: Download (HTTP): Download MD5 sum: 1caee436e3dc8fda6560a421e60717e4 Download size: 49.1 MB Download (HTTP): Download MD5 sum: 895e877b9bfe5da05a061369c2078626 Download size: 45.3 MB Chromium Dependencies Required , , , , , , , , , , , , , and Recommended (runtime), , , , , , , , , , and Optional (currently broken), , (currently broken), , , (currently broken), (currently broken), (currently broken), (runtime), speech-dispatcher (for the screen reader), and snappy User Notes: Enable the use of the WideVine plugin, needed for Netflix support (see the WideVine section below). Define an available product name ("Pinkie Pie" in this case) with the following command: line='#define WIDEVINE_CDM_VERSION_STRING "Pinkie Pie"' sed "/WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE/a$line" \ -i third_party/widevine/cdm/stub/widevine_cdm_version.h Optionally silence several (2000+) invalid warnings: sed '/static_assert/s:^://:' \ -i third_party/WebKit/Source/platform/wtf/text/TextCodec.h Fix a build issue with recent versions of GCC: patch -Np1 -i ../chromium-&chromium-version;-constexpr-1.patch Remove third-party build files that interfere with system versions: Chromium uses many external projects, the selections below are not set in stone, however they have been tested thoroughly. With Chromium &chromium-version;, system versions of libvpx, libxml2, and zlib are known to break the build at this time. for LIB in flac freetype harfbuzz-ng libjpeg \ libjpeg_turbo libwebp libxslt yasm; do find -type f -path "*third_party/$LIB/*" \ \! -path "*third_party/$LIB/chromium/*" \ \! -path "*third_party/$LIB/google/*" \ \! -path "*base/third_party/icu/*" \ \! -path './third_party/yasm/run_yasm.py' \ \! -regex '.*\.\(gn\|gni\|isolate\|py\)' \ \! -path './third_party/freetype/src/src/psnames/pstables.h' \ -delete done && python build/linux/unbundle/replace_gn_files.py \ --system-libraries flac libjpeg libxml libevent \ libwebp libxslt opus yasm && python third_party/libaddressinput/chromium/tools/update-strings.py Chromium uses an internal tool, gn, to generate the Ninja build files. Complete configuration of the build using the following commands: The Google API Key and OAuth tokens below are specific to LFS. If using these instructions for another distro, or if you intend to distribute binary copies of the software using these instructions, please obtain your own keys following the instructions located at . GN_CONFIG=('google_api_key="AIzaSyDxKL42zsPjbke5O8_rPVpVrLrJ8aeE9rQ"' 'google_default_client_id="595013732528-llk8trb03f0ldpqq6nprjp1s79596646.apps.googleusercontent.com"' 'google_default_client_secret="5ntt6GbbkjnTVXx-MSxbmx5e"' 'clang_use_chrome_plugins=false' 'enable_hangout_services_extension=true' 'enable_nacl=false' 'enable_nacl_nonsfi=false' 'enable_swiftshader=false' 'enable_widevine=true' 'fatal_linker_warnings=false' 'ffmpeg_branding="Chrome"' 'fieldtrial_testing_like_official_build=true' 'is_debug=false' 'is_clang=false' 'link_pulseaudio=true' 'linux_use_bundled_binutils=false' 'proprietary_codecs=true' 'remove_webcore_debug_symbols=true' 'symbol_level=0' 'treat_warnings_as_errors=false' 'use_allocator="none"' 'use_cups=true' 'use_gconf=false' 'use_gnome_keyring=false' 'use_gold=false' 'use_gtk3=true' 'use_kerberos=true' 'use_pulseaudio=true' 'use_sysroot=false' 'use_system_freetype=true' 'use_system_harfbuzz=true') Build gn and use it to prepare the Ninja build files: python tools/gn/bootstrap/bootstrap.py --gn-gen-args "${GN_CONFIG[*]}" && out/Release/gn gen out/Release --args="${GN_CONFIG[*]}" Ninja, by default, sets the number of jobs to the number of available threads. If your machine is memory constrained, with regard to number of threads, you should reduce the number of jobs by passing the -j# switch to the ninja command below. Plan for roughly 1.25GB per thread while linking WebKit to avoid out of memory errors. Build Chromium using the following commands: mkdir -p third_party/node/linux/node-linux-x64/bin && ln -s /usr/bin/node third_party/node/linux/node-linux-x64/bin/ && ninja -C out/Release chrome chrome_sandbox chromedriver widevinecdmadapter This package was already tested as part of the build. Now, as the root user, install the package: install -vDm755 out/Release/chrome \ /usr/lib/chromium/chromium && install -vDm4755 out/Release/chrome_sandbox \ /usr/lib/chromium/chrome-sandbox && install -vDm755 out/Release/chromedriver \ /usr/lib/chromium/chromedriver && ln -svf /usr/lib/chromium/chromium /usr/bin && ln -svf /usr/lib/chromium/chromedriver /usr/bin && install -vDm644 out/Release/gen/content/content_resources.pak \ /usr/lib/chromium/ && install -vDm644 out/Release/icudtl.dat \ /usr/lib/chromium/icudtl.dat && install -vDm644 out/Release/{*.pak,*.bin} \ /usr/lib/chromium/ && sed -i \ -e "s/@@MENUNAME@@/Chromium/g" \ -e "s/@@PACKAGE@@/chromium/g" \ -e "s/@@USR_BIN_SYMLINK_NAME@@/chromium/g" \ chrome/installer/linux/common/desktop.template \ chrome/app/resources/manpage.1.in && install -vDm644 chrome/installer/linux/common/desktop.template \ /usr/share/applications/chromium.desktop && install -vDm644 chrome/app/resources/manpage.1.in \ /usr/share/man/man1/chromium.1 && cp -av out/Release/locales /usr/lib/chromium/ && chown -Rv root:root /usr/lib/chromium/locales && for size in 16 32; do install -vDm644 \ "chrome/app/theme/default_100_percent/chromium/product_logo_$size.png" \ "/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps/chromium.png" done && for size in 22 24 48 64 128 256; do install -vDm644 "chrome/app/theme/chromium/product_logo_$size.png" \ "/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps/chromium.png" done If upgrading from a previous build of chromium using gtk+-2.x, you may need to remove the ~/.config/chromium directory. Extracting the WideVine plugin from Chrome Extract the downloaded deb file with the following commands: mkdir temp && cd temp && case $(uname -m) in x86_64) ar -x ../../google-chrome-stable_&chromium-version;-1_amd64.deb ;; i?86) ar -x ../../google-chrome-stable_48.0.2564.116-1_i386.deb ;; esac As the root user, enable the WideVine plugin with the following commands: tar -xf data.tar.xz && install -vm755 ../out/Release/libwidevinecdmadapter.so /usr/lib/chromium/ && install -vm755 opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so /usr/lib/chromium/ GN_CONFIG=(...): this array contains all of the defines used in the build. python tools/gn/bootstrap/bootstrap.py --gn-gen-args "${GN_CONFIG[*]}": this command replaces defines in the gn files with the values contained in ${GN_CONFIG[@]}. out/Release/gn gen out/Release --args="${GN_CONFIG[*]}": this command runs a Google provided configuration script gn on the source tree to produce a Ninja configuration suitable for the build machine. mkdir...ln -s /usr/bin/node third_party/node/linux/node-linux-x64/bin/: these commands replaced the local Node.js (no longer available) with the system installed Node.js. ar -x ../../google-chrome-stable*.deb: the ar utility is used to extract Debian archives. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories /usr/lib/chromium/chromium, /usr/lib/chromium/chromedriver, and /usr/lib/chromium/chrome-sandbox none /usr/lib/chromium Short Descriptions /usr/lib/chromium/chromium is the main chromium executable. chromium /usr/lib/chromium/chromedriver is a WebDriver for Chromium. chromedriver /usr/lib/chromium/chrome-sandbox creates a sandboxed environment for running untrusted code (plugins). chrome-sandbox