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No .sln or .vcporj files get generated from runhooks when compiling Chromium

So I'm attempting my first Chrome build just for fun and I've gotten all the files I want through gclient config and sync. However, there are no project files that VS can open, just a bunch of .gyp files that are useless to me.

The command 'gclient runhooks --force' is supposed to generate the sln files for me, but when I run it I get nothing. Not even an error.

What's up?

Thanks.

Solution

  • Yes, this info still seems to be missing from the Chromium documentation at the moment. The way to generate your Visual Studio Solution files is:

    export GYP_GENERATORS=msvs-ninja
gclient runhooks --force

    You won't need the --force if it's your first time calling gclient runhooks. The generator should be good for your ninja build and it should generate your .sln files.