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+# Building Chromium on Arch Linux |
+ |
+Generally speaking, follow the [Linux Build Instructions](linux_build_instructions.md). |
+However, do the following instead to install the build dependencies: |
+ |
+## Install the build dependencies: |
+ |
+Most of these packages are probably already installed since they're often used, |
+and the parameter --needed ensures that packages up to date are not reinstalled. |
+ |
+ sudo pacman -S --needed python perl gcc gcc-libs bison flex gperf pkgconfig \ |
+ nss alsa-lib gconf glib2 gtk2 nspr ttf-ms-fonts freetype2 cairo dbus \ |
+ libgnome-keyring |
+ |
+For the optional packages on Arch Linux: |
+ |
+* php-cgi is provided with pacman |
+* wdiff is not in the main repository but dwdiff is. You can get wdiff in |
+ AUR/yaourt |
+* sun-java6-fonts do not seem to be in main repository or AUR. |