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1How to download Skia
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3
4Install depot_tools and Git
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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).
10
11<!--?prettify lang=sh?-->
12
13    git clone 'https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git'
14    export PATH="${PWD}/depot_tools:${PATH}"
15
16depot_tools will also install Git on your system, if it wasn't installed
17already.
18
19Clone the Skia repository
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21
22<!--?prettify lang=sh?-->
23
24    git clone https://skia.googlesource.com/skia.git
25    cd skia
26    python tools/git-sync-deps
27
28Getting started with Skia
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30
31You probably now want to [build](./build) Skia.
32
33Changing and contributing to Skia
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35
36At this point, you have everything you need to build and use Skia!  If
37you want to make changes, and possibly contribute them back to the Skia
38project, read [How To Submit a Patch](../dev/contrib/submit).
39