Getting and Building a Chromium-Based OS

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Getting and Building a Chromium-Based OS

Posted by Nigel Mabandla On November 28, 2009 1 Comment

Our goal here is to give you an idea of how to get started.

Note: For all instructions, make sure you download the client into a local directory. Placing the source and compiling on a network partition will drive you nuts.

Get the source

At this stage, you will need to get the Chromium OS source code. Follow the instructions in Getting the Chromium OS Source Code.

Build Chromium OS

Follow the Build Instructions.

This document describes how to build the Chromium OS image. This also includes steps for building the Chromium-based browser for use with Chromium OS.

Make changes

Note: If you would like to make changes to Chromium OS, you must have used Git to download the source.

Now that you have gotten and built the Chromium OS image, let’s talk about making changes to the Chromium OS code base.

More information

We use Git to manage the Chromium OS repository. To learn about Git, read Git Help.

Here are some tips on installing and using a debugger to help you with debugging programs in Chromium OS.

The Developer FAQ can help you with common development problems.

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Nigel is the founder of Chrome OS Site and the Chrome OS Network. He is currently studying at Aston University in the UK for a degree in Business Computing IT. Nigel's dream device is a Chrome OS Tablet.

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