Compiling Chromium on Linux Mint 7 - Gloria

I was working on compiling Chromium on Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) and found that the nifty script provided by Google only supports "Ubuntu" by checking the Linux version via "cat /etc/issue". A quick hack and it supports Mint (x64 and most likely x86 as well).

Download modified version here: install-build-deps

Otherwise, just download the original version directly from Google, open it in your favorite text editor, search "Ubuntu" and add an appropriate entry for "Linux Mint". It should be self explanatory.

The rest of the instructions you can follow verbatim from the Google Chromium Dev Site.

Your next step will be to get the code either via tarball or SVN.

All the info you need is here: Chromium Developer Documentation - Get the Code

I'm currently grabbing the source via SVN and will post up any additional helpful details.

Btw, if this post was helpful to you, please leave a comment. I would love to know someone is actually reading my blog. :)

UPDATE: 1:55AM 8/11/09 -
The build was successful. The latest dev build is unstable, as expected. However, there is a *lot* of promise here for a great browser. Load times are unbelievable. No flash or other plugin support yet, but I think this is a preview of something great.

In any case, the build instructions (using the modified script I provided above) work fine on Linux Mint 7 (x64). The instructions provided on the Google link are also precise. Have fun!

Screenshot of GMail running under Chromium on Linux for good measure..