Questions tagged [gclient]

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How to checkout and BUILD specific chromium tag/branch without download the FULL source code of all history?

I don't want build master branch. Instead I would like to build a specific tag which the latest stable release as same as my Desktop Chrome.
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How to build a specific version of Chromium?

I want to build the latest stable version of Chromium (62.0.3202.84 at the time of writing, see OmahaProxy). The build instructions work just fine for the current development version. From this question, the Brave wiki and some other sources, the…
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is there a way to delete the previous incomplete fetch and start it all over again?

I was fetching the chromium, using fetch chromium and unluckily my internet went off . So i pressed ctrl+c to end the fetching process then, assuming i could start it all over again later when internet comes. As the internet came, I wrote fetch…
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How to obtain a particular version of Chromium source code?

I need to get the source code of Chromium 88. However, officially proposed $ fetch chromium in depot_tools automatically downloads source files from the master branch and does not allow to choose a particular version. Is there a possibility to get…
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Could not find gn executable at: C:\...\buildtools\win\gn.exe

I'm running into the following error: Could not find gn executable at: C:\...\JavaScriptApplications\electron\buildtools\win\gn.exe after running the following gclient command as part of the instructions to build electron from source: gn gen…
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How to reduce time running gclient sync for WebRTC

I am building WebRTC library using travis CI. This is running well but takes lots of time and more and more often the build ends with the message : The job exceeded the maximum time limit for jobs, and has been terminated. You can consult a…
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gclient error when running on a POWER LE machine

I'm trying to run gclient on a Red Hat 8.3 Power LE machine. When I type gclient I get the following error: [E2022-12-07T10:16:47.767550-07:00 1015280 0 annotate.go:273] goroutine 1: #0 infra/tools/vpython/pep425.go:293 -…
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gclient issue when building Chromium on Windows

I'm following steps on https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/windows_build_instructions.md to build Chromium on Windows, when it comes to run gclient, it gives following usage information, it seems something is wrong, any…
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Chromium build (gclient)

I'm trying to build chromium on my external drive, because I don't have enough space on my computer. I do everything in accordance with the instructions:…
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How to fix this Build error for Chromium browser in Windows?

I've built the Chromium browser on my Windows from its official source code by following this documentation. I made some changes and executed my first build and ran into some errors. The error are as follows: THE ERROR ON EVERY BUILD: [298/50478]…
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Why does running gclient produce update errors?

I cloned depot_tools according to http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chrome-infra-docs/flat/depot_tools/docs/html/depot_tools_tutorial.html#_setting_up. Then when I run "gclient" I get this error: depot_tools update failed. Conflict in…
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Build Chromium version number 60

i need to build an old version of Chromium for Android, version number 60. I'm following below steps: git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/depot_tools" mkdir ~/chromium &&…
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ZSH: command not found

I want to execute command gclient. I have already included its location in PATH. But I cannot directly execute it by command. Can someone tell me why? ~ ❯ echo…
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