buildcrx

buildcrx v0.2 Oct 2014

Description

Standalone binary for Windows/Linux to RSA sign and pack a zip-file containing chrome extension data.

(this utility does not require the chrome/chromium binary, it can run standalone on a build-system)

Statically includes libssl from the OpenSSL project.

buildcrx accepts 3 arguments -

The zipfile (a normal zipfile containing the contents of your extension directory)
The Private Key file used for signing in PEM format.
The output path to place the signed .crx packed extension - if the output path is not specified it will create the .crx file in the same directory as the zipfile.

buildcrx (optional <OUTPUT PATH/FILE>)

To cross-compile this utility for windows on linux using mingw, simply execute:

make CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc

To build on a windows machine, either modify the makefile to your needs, or in this directory just run:

gcc -L libs/openssl/winnt_x86-msvc -I include/openssl -g -Wall -o bin/winnt_x86-msvc/buildcrx.exe buildcrx.c -lm -DDEBUG -lcrypto -lgdi32

Then copy bin/winnt_x86-msvc/buildcrx.exe to where you want to use it.

OpenSSL version 1.0.0a

Compiled linux libraries using gcc with configure flags: "no-idea no-mdc2 no-rc5"

Cross-compiled windows libs using mingw with configure flags "no-idea no-mdc2 no-rc5 static mingw:i586-mingw32msvc-gcc"