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Update with better instructions for building libchromiumcontent

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### Building `libchromiumcontent` locally ### Building `libchromiumcontent` locally
To avoid using the prebuilt binaries of `libchromiumcontent`, you can pass the To avoid using the prebuilt binaries of `libchromiumcontent`, you can build `libchromiumcontent` locally. To do so, follow these steps:
`--build_libchromiumcontent` switch to `bootstrap.py` script: 1. Install [depot_tools](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_build_instructions.md#Install)
2. Install [additional build dependencies](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_build_instructions.md#Install-additional-build-dependencies)
3. Fetch the git submodules:
```bash
$ git submodule update --init --recursive
```
4. Copy the .gclient config file
```bash ```bash
$ ./script/bootstrap.py -v --build_libchromiumcontent $ cp vendor/libchromiumcontent/.gclient .
``` ```
5. Pass the `--build_libchromiumcontent` switch to `bootstrap.py` script:
```bash
$ ./script/bootstrap.py -v --build_libchromiumcontent
```
Note that by default the `shared_library` configuration is not built, so you can Note that by default the `shared_library` configuration is not built, so you can
only build `Release` version of Electron if you use this mode: only build `Release` version of Electron if you use this mode: