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Linux packages
Here are instructions on how to build the brave-browser Linux packages during development.
The official packages are currently built on Ubuntu 14.04, but they have also been built successfully on 16.04 and 18.04.
If using 14.04, you'll need to add a third-party repo and install the openjdk-8-jre package.
If building in a virtual machine, make sure you don't build as root or the npm run init might fail.
Once you've installed the pre-requisites and cloned the repo, the build command to use is:
npm run create_dist Release -- --debug_build=true
In particular, make sure you don't specify --official_build=false or your build might fail.
The --debug_build=true argument is optional but should speed up the build.
Once the build is done, you'll find the .deb and .rpm directly in src/out/Release/.
To build beta or dev packages, use the --channel argument:
npm run create_dist Release -- --channel=beta