[chromium-dev] Can't run setup-gn.py, .gclient_entries missing

[Darcy Liu]

When i tried to run ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py, got an error like this:

/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/.gclient_entries missing, .gclient file in
parent directory /Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium might not be the file you
want to use.

/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/.gclient_entries missing, .gclient file in
parent directory /Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium might not be the file you
want to use.

gn.py: Could not find gn executable at:
/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/src/buildtools/mac/gn

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 351, in <module>

sys.exit(Main(sys.argv[1:]))

File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 346, in Main

GenerateXcodeProject(gn_path, args.root, out_dir, settings)

File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 269, in GenerateXcodeProject

generator.Generate(gn_path, root_dir, temp_path)

File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 130, in Generate

self.GetGnCommand(gn_path, root_path, out_path, True))

File
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
line 540, in check_call

raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)

subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command
'['/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/depot_tools/gn',
'--root=/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/src', '-q', '--ide=xcode',
'--root-target=gn_all',
'--filters=//base:base_unittests;//components:components_unittests;//crypto:crypto_unittests;//google_apis:google_apis_unittests;//ios/*;//ios_internal/*;//net:net_unittests;//services:services_unittests;//skia:skia_unittests;//sql:sql_unittests;//ui/base:ui_base_unittests;//ui/gfx:gfx_unittests;//url:url_unittests',
'gen', '//out/_temp2vEoQI']' returned non-zero exit status 2


don't know how to fix this

[M shauket]

I think you missed to setup dept_tool variable. $ export PATH=
"$PATH:/path/to/depot_tools"

Post by Darcy Liu
/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/.gclient_entries missing, .gclient file in
parent directory /Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium might not be the file you
want to use.
/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/.gclient_entries missing, .gclient file in
parent directory /Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium might not be the file you
want to use.
/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/src/buildtools/mac/gn
File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 351, in <module>
sys.exit(Main(sys.argv[1:]))
File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 346, in Main
GenerateXcodeProject(gn_path, args.root, out_dir, settings)
File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 269, in GenerateXcodeProject
generator.Generate(gn_path, root_dir, temp_path)
File "ios/build/tools/setup-gn.py", line 130, in Generate
self.GetGnCommand(gn_path, root_path, out_path, True))
File
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py",
line 540, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command
'['/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/depot_tools/gn',
'--root=/Users/wulei/Desktop/chromium/src', '-q', '--ide=xcode',
'--root-target=gn_all',
'--filters=//base:base_unittests;//components:components_unittests;//crypto:crypto_unittests;//google_apis:google_apis_unittests;//ios/*;//ios_internal/*;//net:net_unittests;//services:services_unittests;//skia:skia_unittests;//sql:sql_unittests;//ui/base:ui_base_unittests;//ui/gfx:gfx_unittests;//url:url_unittests',
'gen', '//out/_temp2vEoQI']' returned non-zero exit status 2
don't know how to fix this