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1 # Checking out and Building Chromium for Windows | 1 # Checking out and Building Chromium for Windows |
2 | 2 |
3 There are instructions for other platforms linked from the | 3 There are instructions for other platforms linked from the |
4 [get the code](get_the_code.md) page. | 4 [get the code](get_the_code.md) page. |
5 | 5 |
6 ## Instructions for Google Employees | 6 ## Instructions for Google Employees |
7 | 7 |
8 Are you a Google employee? See | 8 Are you a Google employee? See |
9 [go/building-chrome](https://goto.google.com/building-chrome) instead. | 9 [go/building-chrome](https://goto.google.com/building-chrome) instead. |
10 | 10 |
11 [TOC] | 11 [TOC] |
12 | 12 |
13 ## System requirements | 13 ## System requirements |
14 | 14 |
15 * A 64-bit Intel machine with at least 8GB of RAM. More than 16GB is highly | 15 * A 64-bit Intel machine with at least 8GB of RAM. More than 16GB is highly |
16 recommended. | 16 recommended. |
17 * At least 100GB of free disk space. | 17 * At least 100GB of free disk space. |
18 * Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, see below (no other version is supported). | 18 * Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, see below (no other version is supported). |
19 * Windows 7 or newer. | 19 * Windows 7 or newer. |
20 | 20 |
21 ## Setting up Windows | 21 ## Setting up Windows |
22 | 22 |
23 ### Visual Studio | 23 ### Visual Studio |
24 | 24 |
25 As of March 11, 2016 Chromium requires Visual Studio 2015 to build. | 25 As of December 8, 2016 Chromium requires Visual Studio 2015, with the 14393 |
| 26 Windows SDK to build. |
26 | 27 |
27 Install Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 or later - Community Edition | 28 Install Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 or later - Community Edition |
28 should work if its license is appropriate for you. Use the Custom Install option | 29 should work if its license is appropriate for you. Use the Custom Install option |
29 and select: | 30 and select: |
30 | 31 |
31 - Visual C++, which will select three sub-categories including MFC | 32 - Visual C++, which will select three sub-categories including MFC |
32 - Universal Windows Apps Development Tools > Tools | 33 - Universal Windows Apps Development Tools > Tools (1.4.1) and Windows 10 SDK |
33 - Universal Windows Apps Development Tools > Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10586) | 34 (10.0.14393) |
34 | 35 |
35 You must have the 10586 SDK installed or else you will hit compile errors such | 36 You must have the 14393 SDK installed or else you will hit compile errors such |
36 as redefined macros. | 37 as undefined or redefined macros. |
37 | 38 |
38 Install the Windows SDK 10, and choose Debugging Tools For Windows when you | 39 Install the Windows SDK 10, and choose Debugging Tools For Windows when you |
39 install this in order to get windbg. | 40 install this in order to get windbg. |
40 | 41 |
41 ## Install `depot_tools` | 42 ## Install `depot_tools` |
42 | 43 |
43 Download the [depot_tools bundle](https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-infra/de
pot_tools.zip) | 44 Download the [depot_tools bundle](https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-infra/de
pot_tools.zip) |
44 and extract it somewhere. | 45 and extract it somewhere. |
45 | 46 |
46 *** note | 47 *** note |
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227 $ gclient sync | 228 $ gclient sync |
228 ``` | 229 ``` |
229 | 230 |
230 The first command updates the primary Chromium source repository and rebases | 231 The first command updates the primary Chromium source repository and rebases |
231 any of your local branches on top of tip-of-tree (aka the Git branch `origin/mas
ter`). | 232 any of your local branches on top of tip-of-tree (aka the Git branch `origin/mas
ter`). |
232 If you don't want to use this script, you can also just use `git pull` or | 233 If you don't want to use this script, you can also just use `git pull` or |
233 other common Git commands to update the repo. | 234 other common Git commands to update the repo. |
234 | 235 |
235 The second command syncs the subrepositories to the appropriate versions and | 236 The second command syncs the subrepositories to the appropriate versions and |
236 re-runs the hooks as needed. | 237 re-runs the hooks as needed. |
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