So what I have here is nothing fancy. It's basically cut and paste from the Chromium site, but if you don't want to think, just download and run, and have Chromium on your Ubuntu setup.
So, on with the script:
| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # install some packages | |
| sudo aptitude install -y subversion pkg-config python perl g++ g++-multilib bison flex gperf libnss3-dev libgtk2.0-dev libnspr4-0d libasound2-dev libnspr4-dev msttcorefonts libgconf2-dev libcairo2-dev libdbus-1-dev wdiff | |
| # get and setup the depot tools | |
| svn co http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/tools/depot_tools | |
| export PATH=`pwd`/depot_tools:$PATH | |
| mkdir chromium | |
| pushd chromium | |
| # get the source | |
| gclient config http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src | |
| gclient sync | |
| pushd src/build | |
| # build chromium | |
| hammer --mode=Release | |
| popd | |
| pushd src/sconsbuild/Release |
The comments speak for themselves. Basically, get prerequisites, get tools, get source, build away. This process will take awhile, so once it starts go flirt with your significant other for a bit :)
The first thing you see when you start up Chromium is that, of course, it's horribly incomplete software (not that it explodes, it actually says this on the start page), and a few things don't work. But basic browsing and javascript is there (no Flash or other plugins). The point is, they are making progress, and this excites me.
So to get up and running, just download the script (click the 'view raw' up above), make it executable, and run it!