To be able to build QtWebEngine you need Qt 5.2 or newer.

git clone git://gitorious.org/qt-labs/qtwebengine.git

This will fetch a snapshot of chromium sources we rely on.

./init-repository.py

It's a also possible to use qmake -r to forcefully re-gyp (without relying on make to determine if it's necessary).

qmake

Everything should be set up properly now.

make

This step is required for installing l10n files and other resources (such as the resources for the remote inspector).

make install

If you want to have a complete chromium checkout with the complete history instead of the snapshot, then you can run the init-repository script with the -u option.

This will then create a complete ninja and chromium checkout in the subdirectory src/3rdparty_upstream. qmake will automatically pickup the location and make use of the sources in the subsequent steps II.1) and II.2).

./init-repository.py -u

If you want to use external chromium sources instead of the submodule provided in the QtWebEngine repository, you can export the CHROMIUM_SRC_DIR variable point it to your source directory.

By default, the configuration used for building Qt is followed. It is possible to override this by passing CONFIG+=release or debug at qmake time. e.g:

qmake -r CONFIG+=debug