1 How to download Skia 2 ==================== 3 4 Install `depot_tools` and Git 5 --------------------------- 6 7 Follow the instructions on [Installing Chromium's 8 depot_tools](http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools) 9 to download `depot_tools` (which includes gclient, git-cl, and Ninja). 10 Below is a summary of the necessary steps. 11 12 <!--?prettify lang=sh?--> 13 14 git clone 'https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git' 15 export PATH="${PWD}/depot_tools:${PATH}" 16 17 `depot_tools` will also install Git on your system, if it wasn't installed 18 already. 19 20 Clone the Skia repository 21 ------------------------- 22 23 Skia can either be cloned using `git` or the `fetch` tool that is 24 installed with `depot_tools`. 25 26 <!--?prettify lang=sh?--> 27 28 git clone https://skia.googlesource.com/skia.git 29 # or 30 # fetch skia 31 cd skia 32 python tools/git-sync-deps 33 34 Getting started with Skia 35 ------------------------- 36 37 You will probably now want to [build](./build) Skia. 38 39 Changing and contributing to Skia 40 --------------------------------- 41 42 At this point, you have everything you need to build and use Skia! If 43 you want to make changes, and possibly contribute them back to the Skia 44 project, read [How To Submit a Patch](../dev/contrib/submit). 45
