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Issue 2536723008: Make some small tweaks to the build instructions. (Closed)

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1 # Building Chromium on Arch Linux	1 # Building Chrome on Arch Linux
	Sidney San Martín 2016/11/30 17:43:40 The docs sometimes call the browser "Chrome" and s The docs sometimes call the browser "Chrome" and sometimes call it "Chromium". The C++ style guide says to refer to the project as Chromium and the product as Chrome: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/styleguide/c++/c++.md I didn't aggressively try to standardize here (only changed a couple of major headers), but maybe it's worth doing? Dirk Pranke 2016/11/30 23:40:20 In this case I actually think of it more as talkin Show quoted text On 2016/11/30 17:43:40, Sidney San Martín wrote: > The docs sometimes call the browser "Chrome" and sometimes call it "Chromium". > The C++ style guide says to refer to the project as Chromium and the product as > Chrome: > > https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/styleguide/c++/c++.md > > I didn't aggressively try to standardize here (only changed a couple of major > headers), but maybe it's worth doing? In this case I actually think of it more as talking about the project, not the single binary. So I think Chromium is more appropriate, and I'd undo your changes here. Sidney San Martín 2016/12/01 00:22:23 SGTM, done. Show quoted text On 2016/11/30 23:40:20, Dirk Pranke wrote: > On 2016/11/30 17:43:40, Sidney San Martín wrote: > > The docs sometimes call the browser "Chrome" and sometimes call it "Chromium". > > The C++ style guide says to refer to the project as Chromium and the product > as > > Chrome: > > > > https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/styleguide/c++/c++.md > > > > I didn't aggressively try to standardize here (only changed a couple of major > > headers), but maybe it's worth doing? > > In this case I actually think of it more as talking about the project, not the > single binary. So I think Chromium is more appropriate, and I'd undo your > changes here. SGTM, done.
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3 Generally speaking, follow the [Linux Build Instructions](linux_build_instructio ns.md).	3 Generally speaking, follow the [Linux Build Instructions](linux_build_instructio ns.md).

4 However, do the following instead to install the build dependencies:	4 However, do the following instead to install the build dependencies:

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6 ## Install the build dependencies:	6 ## Install the build dependencies

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8 Most of these packages are probably already installed since they're often used,	8 Most of these packages are probably already installed since they're often used,

9 and the parameter --needed ensures that packages up to date are not reinstalled.	9 and the `--needed` parameter ensures that up-to-date packages are not

	10 reinstalled.

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11 sudo pacman -S --needed python perl gcc gcc-libs bison flex gperf pkgconfig \	12 ```shell

12 nss alsa-lib gconf glib2 gtk2 nspr ttf-ms-fonts freetype2 cairo dbus \	13 $ sudo pacman -S --needed python perl gcc gcc-libs bison flex gperf pkgconfig \

13 libgnome-keyring	14 nss alsa-lib gconf glib2 gtk2 nspr ttf-ms-fonts freetype2 cairo dbus \

	15 libgnome-keyring

	16 ```

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15 For the optional packages on Arch Linux:	18 For the optional packages on Arch Linux:

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17 * php-cgi is provided with pacman	20 * `php-cgi` is provided with `pacman`

18 * wdiff is not in the main repository but dwdiff is. You can get wdiff in	21 * `wdiff` is not in the main repository but `dwdiff` is. You can get `wdiff`

19 AUR/yaourt	22 in AUR/`yaourt`

20 * sun-java6-fonts do not seem to be in main repository or AUR.	23 * `sun-java6-fonts` do not seem to be in main repository or AUR.

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