Chromium-Lite build system
An attempt to cut down Chromium, and make it more comprehensive, by doing the following :
- extracting Linux-only sources (removing MacOS, Win32, Android... source files);
- linking with system libraries (system libnss instead of local Google BoringSSL e.g.);
- configuring with CMake instead of Gyp ;
- compiling with GCC instead of Clang/LLVM ;
- disabling unneeded optimizations ;
- making debugging easier.
How to clone the source
To grab the whole Chromium source I am using (it is around 12 GB, thus schedule accordingly) :
$ git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
$ export PATH="$PWD/depot_tools:$PATH"
$ gclient config https://github.com/Tarnyko/chromium-lite.git
--name=chromium-lite --deps-file DEPS
$ gclient sync --nohooks
How to build
Relatively to the cloning root tree, here is the root folder of each package : 01a-base) base 01b-skia) third_party/skia 01c-v8) v8 02a-url) url 02b-crypto) crypto 02c-ipc) ipc 02d-sdch) sdch 02e-gpu_command_buffer) gpu/command_buffer 03a-net) net 03d-ui) ui/gfx 04a-ozone) ozone 04d-ui_events) ui/events 05a-media) media 05b-ui_base) ui/base 06b-ui_gl) ui/gl 07b-gpu) gpu 08a-cc) cc 09a-blink) third_party/WebKit/Source
For each "recipe", please copy it this folder the "CMakeList.txt" file, and any .cmake and .patch file present. Then, move to it, and apply the patches with : $ patch -p0 < Finally, build the package : $ mkdir Build ; cd Build $ cmake .. (for Skia : $ cmake .. -DBACKEND=GLX -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../Toolchain-x86_64.cmake for others : $ cmake .. -DBACKEND=X11 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../Toolchain-x86_64.cmake