1How to download Skia 2==================== 3 4Install `depot_tools` and Git 5--------------------------- 6 7Follow the instructions on [Installing Chromium's 8depot_tools](http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools) 9to download `depot_tools` (which includes gclient, git-cl, and Ninja). 10Below 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 18already. 19 20Clone the Skia repository 21------------------------- 22 23Skia can either be cloned using `git` or the `fetch` tool that is 24installed 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 34Getting started with Skia 35------------------------- 36 37You will probably now want to [build](./build) Skia. 38 39Changing and contributing to Skia 40--------------------------------- 41 42At this point, you have everything you need to build and use Skia! If 43you want to make changes, and possibly contribute them back to the Skia 44project, read [How To Submit a Patch](../dev/contrib/submit). 45