Open a Cygwin Shell (if not already open from checking out sources)
Double-click the Cygwin icon on your Desktop to launch a new shell.
Run the build-webkit
script
to build WebKit.
Use the --debug
option for a debug build, which includes
debugging symbols and assertions:
build-webkit --debug
By default, build-webkit
places build products in WebKitBuild
. You can specify a different build
location on Mac in your Xcode preferences. On other platforms, the WEBKIT_OUTPUTDIR
environment variable can be used to
set a different build products location. If you have set up a custom build location, then build-webkit
will
place the build products there.
A common source of build errors on Windows is Visual C++ Express forgetting the Platform SDK paths. If you have trouble building WebKit, double check that the paths you set during step 2 of the Platform SDK Installation are still there and add them again if necessary.
Building on Windows requires a few more steps, you should look at: http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BuildingOnWindows
Don't forget that if you have any questions or problems building WebKit, feel free to get in touch!
Once your build has finished, you can run it inside Safari.
To build from within Xcode, you can use the WebKit workspace. Ensure that the Products and Intermediates locations for the workspace match those used by build-webkit
by choosing File > Workspace Settings and clicking the Advanced button, selecting Custom, Relative to Workspace, and entering WebKitBuild both for Products and for Intermediates. Note that if you have specified a custom build location in Xcode preferences, then you don’t need to do this.
To set a default build configuration for build-webkit
and
other scripts, use the
set-webkit-configuration
script:
set-webkit-configuration --debug
set-webkit-configuration --release