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I really need some help on what I thought was a simple question: How do I Create a Chromium Distribution Package for Windows?

This documentation is exceptional: Checking out and Building Chromium for Windows https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/windows_build_instructions.md

Now that I have a build, how do I distribute it to others?

I guess I could zip up the entire "chromium/src/out/default" but that directory is 51.6 GB !!!

Is there any documentation on what is needed in a Chromium distribution package for Windows or a simple script that automates the process? I was certain this would be an "easy find" on Googe or Stack Overflow, but not so far.

Thx in advance.

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The answer was provided by Rob Rich at https://chromium.woolyss.com/

try building this target:

autoninja -C out\Default mini_installer.exe

That builds an Windows installer executable and a compressed 7z file in the output directory.

The installer is silent, so click it and wait a few seconds to maybe a minute on slower systems for the install to complete.

Alternatively, the 7z archive can be uncompressed and run from whatever directory if desired.

It would be good to add this information to the Chromium documentation (I have notified the Chromium DEV group).

If you Google on the phrase "autoninja -C out\Default mini_installer.exe" you literally get zero results.

There is a similar question on Stack Overflow with a similar response. I am going to keep this question posted in hopes that it will be picked up by the Google machine.

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