windows_build.md

Build Windows CYFS Browser

Install prerequisites

Follow the instructions for your platform:

• Windows 10
• rust 1.57+
• node 14+
• Windows SDK 10.0.20348.0
• Visual Studio 2019
• NSIS

Clone and initialize the repo

Once you have the prerequisites installed, you can get the code and initialize the build environment.

• Downlaod depot_tools and set env variables

git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
set DEPOT_TOOLS_PATH={you_depot_tools_path}
set path=%path%;%DEPOT_TOOLS_PATH%

• Disadble update chromium source background

set DEPOT_TOOLS_UPDATE=0
set DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN=0

• Get CYFS Browser and Chromium source

git clone https://github.com/buckyos/cyfs-browser.git ${root}

cd ${root}

fetch chromium

gclient sync --force --nohooks --with_branch_heads

cd ${root}/src

git fetch --tags

git checkout -b cyfs_branch 103.0.5047.0

gclient sync --with_branch_heads --with_tags

Build CYFS Browser

• Compile CYFS Browser source code

cd ${root}/script

python(python3) build.py --project-name=${project_name} --version=${version} --channel=${channel}

### like this: python(python3) build.py --project-name=Browser --version=1 --channel=beta

• Compile CYFS Related dependencies

cd ${root}/script/lib

python(python3) build.py  --version=${version} --channel=${channel} 

### like this: python(python3) build.py --version=1 --channel=beta

• Find the CYFS Browser installation package

${root}/out/win/X86/CYFS_Browser_${1.0.channel_number.version}-channel.exe

note: if channel is nightly then channel_number is 0, and channel_number is 1 when channle is beta