[ab4fdfc] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[f939f05] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[2eae5bc] | 7 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-http "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;esr/source/firefox-&firefox-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
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[8dfc5c3] | 8 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp " ">
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[6354d17] | 9 | <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "212e126b43e8fb72a7314f2c3256b79f">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "485 MB">
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[86249d22] | 11 |
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[5c2b024] | 12 | <!-- NB with stylo, much of the build uses rust, and therefore cargo files.
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[9da4cc6f] | 13 | But the extra cached cargo files, if any, seem to be minimal -->
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[0ad86636] | 14 | <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "6.1 GB (199 MB installed) without tests">
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[9a469bc] | 15 | <!-- editors: with ff63 and rust-1.29, ./mach build -j4 is probably the
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[fe5f563d] | 16 | most practical way to get a timing on a machine with more cores, if taking
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| 17 | cores offline is not practical. If in doubt, round up -->
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[20b6996] | 18 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "12 SBU using -j8, without tests">
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[f939f05] | 19 | ]>
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| 20 |
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[ffe47ca2] | 21 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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[b81991e1] | 22 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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| 23 |
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| 24 |
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[689207c] | 25 | <!-- indicate this is the ESR variant,
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[b6cb36ff] | 26 | The point is that the stable release differs slightly.
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[b0540bce] | 27 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>-->
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| 28 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;esr</title>
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[b81991e1] | 29 |
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| 30 | <indexterm zone="firefox">
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| 31 | <primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
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| 32 | </indexterm>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 35 | <title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
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| 36 |
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[c1ae13c] | 37 | <para>
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| 38 | <application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser based on the
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| 39 | <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
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| 40 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 41 |
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[6354d17] | 42 | &lfs121_checked;
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[76ae9a2] | 43 |
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[b81991e1] | 44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
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| 54 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
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| 59 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Download size: &firefox-size;
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| 64 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
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| 69 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 72 | <para>
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| 73 | Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
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| 74 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </itemizedlist>
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| 77 |
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[9403c3e] | 78 | <!--<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[bf5fb94] | 79 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[8dacd5e] | 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para>
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| 82 | Required patch:
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[9d98701] | 83 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-consolidated-1.patch"/>
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[8dacd5e] | 84 | </para>
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| 85 | </listitem>
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[bca9385] | 86 | <listitem>
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| 87 | <para>
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| 88 | Required patch for new <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/> API:
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[51e9d68c] | 89 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-ffmpeg_6-1.patch"/>
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[bca9385] | 90 | </para>
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| 91 | </listitem>
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[9403c3e] | 92 | </itemizedlist>-->
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[bf5fb94] | 93 |
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[f06c692] | 94 | <note>
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[2eae5bc] | 95 | <para>
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| 96 | The directory name is firefox-&firefox-version;
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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[f06c692] | 99 | <para>
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[8d0bc761] | 100 | Extracting the tarball
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| 101 | will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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[765c2a7] | 102 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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[37bf7b1] | 103 | the sticky bit is set, such
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[dc9a18a] | 104 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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| 105 | messages:
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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| 109 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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| 110 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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| 111 | </literallayout>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>
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| 114 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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| 115 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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| 116 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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| 117 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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[f06c692] | 118 | </para>
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[8d0bc761] | 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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[406e5ffe] | 121 | As with other large packages which use C++ (or rust), the SBU times
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[d5d7cd6] | 122 | to build this vary more widely than you might expect. The build times
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| 123 | will increase significantly if your machine has to swap.
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[8d0bc761] | 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | Although upstream prefer to use <application>PulseAudio</application>,
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| 128 | for the moment <application>Alsa</application> can still be used. Both
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| 129 | may need runtime configuration to get sound working.
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| 130 | </para>
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[f06c692] | 131 | </note>
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| 132 |
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[b81991e1] | 133 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[c1ae13c] | 136 | <para role="required">
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[44cd41e] | 137 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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[703f0ce] | 138 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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[6292849] | 139 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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[326f830] | 140 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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[f572dbb] | 141 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with clang, used for bindgen even if using gcc),
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[fe5f563d] | 142 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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[be0bd12] | 143 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>
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[81b3e7fd] | 144 | (or
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[9da4cc6f] | 145 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit the mozconfig;
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[326f830] | 146 | now deprecated by mozilla), in either case please read the
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| 147 | Configuration Information,
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[105d06c] | 148 | <xref linkend="python311"/> (built after installing <xref linkend="sqlite"/>),
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[da314782] | 149 | <!--<xref linkend="six"/>,-->
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[7877690] | 150 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
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| 151 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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[c1ae13c] | 152 | </para>
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| 153 |
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[1555d3d] | 154 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[c1ae13c] | 155 | <para role="recommended">
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[b84fe71] | 156 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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[0e37869] | 157 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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[569d3364] | 158 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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[e399c12] | 159 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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[f7fe3e6] | 160 | <xref linkend="nasm"/>, and
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[569d3364] | 161 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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[c1ae13c] | 162 | </para>
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[1555d3d] | 163 |
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[0e37869] | 164 | <note>
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| 165 | <para>
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[b9f61df] | 166 | If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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| 167 | those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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| 168 | be out of date or contain security holes.
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[0e37869] | 169 | </para>
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| 170 | </note>
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[8d0bc761] | 171 |
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[b81991e1] | 172 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[c1ae13c] | 173 | <para role="optional">
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[6c64623f] | 174 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[c1ae13c] | 175 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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[babf0a0] | 176 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime, to play mov, mp3 or mp4 files),
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[fe30eab] | 177 | <xref linkend="liboauth"/>,
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[0bb7c72] | 178 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="pciutils"/> (runtime),
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[566fcae] | 179 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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[6000a3e] | 180 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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[73b06df] | 181 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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[7877690] | 182 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>,
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[d5d7cd6] | 183 | <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>
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[c1ae13c] | 184 | </para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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[42ddc30] | 187 | Editor Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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[c1ae13c] | 188 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 189 | </sect2>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 192 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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| 193 |
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[b05b7e3] | 194 | <!-- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1859752
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| 195 | https://hg.mozilla.org/try/rev/d5f3b0c4f08a -->
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[22819855] | 196 | <para>
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| 197 | If building with system ICU, adapt the line break mapping for ICU
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| 198 | 74 or later:
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| 199 | </para>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <screen><userinput>(for i in {43..47}; do
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| 202 | sed '/ZWJ/s/}/,CLASS_CHARACTER&/' -i intl/lwbrk/LineBreaker.cpp || exit $?
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| 203 | done)</userinput></screen>
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| 204 |
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[f72a04a] | 205 | <para>
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[b9f61df] | 206 | The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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| 207 | by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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| 208 | configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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| 209 | created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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[888e303] | 210 | (and an abbreviated description of some of them), issue <command>./mach
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[7f1e70b] | 211 | configure -- --help | less</command>. You may also
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[888e303] | 212 | wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired options.
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| 213 | Create the file by issuing the following command:
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[c1ae13c] | 214 | </para>
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[5a13c45] | 215 |
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[0e37869] | 216 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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[dcb0fe6] | 217 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used by default.
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| 218 |
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[703f0ce] | 219 | # If you have installed (or will install) wireless-tools, and you wish
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| 220 | # to use geolocation web services, comment out this line
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[6d1bf0e] | 221 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 222 |
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[ad5a97d] | 223 | # API Keys for geolocation APIs - necko-wifi (above) is required for MLS
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| 224 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Mozilla Location Service
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| 225 | #ac_add_options --with-mozilla-api-keyfile=$PWD/mozilla-key
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| 226 |
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[5f729f8] | 227 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Google's geolocation API
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[ad5a97d] | 228 | # (needed for use with saved maps with Google Maps)
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[9116137c] | 229 | #ac_add_options --with-google-location-service-api-keyfile=$PWD/google-key
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[ad5a97d] | 230 |
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[d5d7cd6] | 231 | # startup-notification is required since firefox-78
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[495ebe07] | 232 |
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[87fa171] | 233 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio and
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[a72c6662] | 234 | # want to use alsa instead
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[87fa171] | 235 | #ac_add_options --enable-audio-backends=alsa
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[89cdb63d] | 236 |
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[0e37869] | 237 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 238 | # recommended dependencies:
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[569d3364] | 239 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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[0e37869] | 240 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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[569d3364] | 241 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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[0e37869] | 242 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 243 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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[569d3364] | 244 | ac_add_options --with-system-webp
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[9a469bc] | 245 |
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[02e19e03] | 246 | # Unlike with thunderbird, although using the gold linker can
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| 247 | # save four megabytes in the installed file it does not make
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| 248 | # the build faster.
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[9a469bc] | 249 |
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[a737350] | 250 | # The libdav1d library (av1 decoder) requires nasm. Uncomment this
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| 251 | # if nasm has not been installed. Do not uncomment this if you have
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[c528a3e] | 252 | # ffmpeg installed.
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[e399c12] | 253 | #ac_add_options --disable-av1
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[0a561d8] | 254 |
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[a737350] | 255 | # You cannot distribute the binary if you do this.
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[9a469bc] | 256 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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[0e37869] | 257 |
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[14de4227] | 258 | # Stripping is now enabled by default.
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| 259 | # Uncomment these lines if you need to run a debugger:
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| 260 | #ac_add_options --disable-strip
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| 261 | #ac_add_options --disable-install-strip
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| 262 |
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[e399c12] | 263 | # Disabling debug symbols makes the build much smaller and a little
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[ec54fa5b] | 264 | # faster. Comment this if you need to run a debugger. Note: This is
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| 265 | # required for compilation on i686.
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[e399c12] | 266 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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[9bfa6854] | 267 | <!-- With Firefox ESR 128 we'd replace the following part with
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| 268 | "- -enable-elf-hack=relr", or remove it if relr becomes the default. -->
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[c9677a35] | 269 | # The elf-hack is reported to cause failed installs (after successful builds)
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| 270 | # on some machines. It is supposed to improve startup time and it shrinks
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[a737350] | 271 | # libxul.so by a few MB. With recent Binutils releases the linker already
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| 272 | # supports a much safer and generic way for this.
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[c9677a35] | 273 | ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack
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[a737350] | 274 | export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
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[c9677a35] | 275 |
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[d5d7cd6] | 276 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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| 277 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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| 278 | ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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[5f5dcc2] | 279 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 280 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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[a737350] | 281 |
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| 282 | # Enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
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[57a8df2] | 283 | # increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
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[0e37869] | 284 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 285 |
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[a737350] | 286 | # This enables SIMD optimization in the shipped encoding_rs crate.
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| 287 | ac_add_options --enable-rust-simd
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[0e37869] | 288 |
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[41f2e90] | 289 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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[0e37869] | 290 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 291 |
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[a0ace670] | 292 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 293 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 294 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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[aed37975] | 295 |
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[efe8cf09] | 296 | # Sandboxing works well on x86_64 but might cause issues on other
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| 297 | # platforms. If not on x86_64, e.g. i686, it is recommended to
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| 298 | # uncomment the following switch.
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| 299 | #ac_add_options --disable-sandbox
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| 300 |
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[e51466a] | 301 | # Using sandboxed wasm libraries has been moved to all builds instead
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| 302 | # of only mozilla automation builds. It requires extra llvm packages
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| 303 | # and was reported to seriously slow the build. Disable it.
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| 304 | ac_add_options --without-wasm-sandboxed-libraries
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| 305 |
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[1b0a207] | 306 | # The following option unsets Telemetry Reporting. With the Addons Fiasco,
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| 307 | # Mozilla was found to be collecting user's data, including saved passwords and
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| 308 | # web form data, without users consent. Mozilla was also found shipping updates
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| 309 | # to systems without the user's knowledge or permission.
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| 310 | # As a result of this, use the following command to permanently disable
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| 311 | # telemetry reporting in Firefox.
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| 312 | unset MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING
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| 313 |
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[4def8b6] | 314 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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[0e37869] | 315 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[b9b7146] | 316 |
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[c1ae13c] | 317 | <para>
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| 318 | Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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| 319 | commands:
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| 320 | </para>
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[9737271] | 321 | <!-- Not needed with clang. Upstream bug at
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[e51466a] | 322 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729459
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| 323 |
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[d468e96] | 324 | <para>
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| 325 | If building on a 32 bit machine, the following sed works around
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[0a0e996] | 326 | an issue with an incompatible <quote>double</quote> type in one
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[d468e96] | 327 | header file:
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| 328 | </para>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <screen><userinput>case "$(uname -m)" in
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| 331 | i?86) sed -e '/typedef[ ]*double/s/double/long double/' \
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| 332 | -i modules/fdlibm/src/math_private.h ;;
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| 333 | esac</userinput></screen>
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[9737271] | 334 | -->
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[ad5a97d] | 335 | <para>
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| 336 | If the geolocation APIs are needed:
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| 337 | </para>
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| 338 |
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[e5c8de01] | 339 | <note>
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| 340 | <para>
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| 341 | <!-- Taken from Arch Linux - an immensely helpful link - Thanks -->
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| 342 | The Google and Mozilla API Keys below are specific to LFS. If using
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| 343 | these instructions for another distro, or if you intend to distribute
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| 344 | binary copies of the software using these instructions, please obtain
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| 345 | your own keys following the instructions located at
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[75b1a338] | 346 | <ulink url="https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys"/> and
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[e5c8de01] | 347 | <ulink url="https://location.services.mozilla.com/api"/> respectively.
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| 348 | <!-- BLFS Devs, register an account at Google with your
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| 349 | @linuxfromscratch.org email address, and I'll make you an administrator
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| 350 | for the 'Google APIs for LFS' project (where the API and OAuth keys
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| 351 | were created for use in the book).-->
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| 352 | </para>
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| 353 | </note>
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| 354 |
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[ad5a97d] | 355 | <screen><userinput>echo "AIzaSyDxKL42zsPjbke5O8_rPVpVrLrJ8aeE9rQ" > google-key
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[5f18b7a8] | 356 | echo "613364a7-9418-4c86-bcee-57e32fd70c23" > mozilla-key</userinput></screen>
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[ad5a97d] | 357 |
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[5b0a978e] | 358 | <note>
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| 359 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 360 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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| 361 | </note>
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[686afa98] | 362 |
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[9403c3e] | 363 | <!--<para>
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[9d98701] | 364 | Fix building Firefox with Clang 16 or C++ headers from GCC 13.
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[fa47dacd] | 365 | And, work around a build failure with Rustc-1.70.0:
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[686afa98] | 366 | </para>
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| 367 |
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[9d98701] | 368 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-consolidated-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[bca9385] | 369 |
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| 370 | <para>
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| 371 | Apply the following patch so that firefox is able to play H.264 videos:
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| 372 | </para>
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| 373 |
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[9403c3e] | 374 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-ffmpeg_6-1.patch</userinput></screen>-->
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[686afa98] | 375 |
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[29b0395] | 376 | <para>
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[8d70628] | 377 | Now invoke the Python <command>mach</command> script to compile the package.
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[29b0395] | 378 | </para>
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[e8d45427] | 379 |
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[97e8769] | 380 | <screen><userinput>export MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none &&
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[fce78fd] | 381 | export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild &&
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[5bd4e666] | 382 | export PYTHON311=/opt/python3.11/bin/python3.11 &&
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[6dd695f7] | 383 | $PYTHON311 ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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[3bdfc9fd] | 384 |
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[0e37869] | 385 | <para>
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[57a8df2] | 386 | The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
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| 387 | they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
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[ecffcbbc] | 388 | you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing
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| 389 | <command>./mach gtest</command>. This will require a network connection,
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| 390 | and to be run from within an Xorg session - there is a popup dialog
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| 391 | when it fails to connect to ALSA (that does not create a failed test).
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| 392 | One or two tests will fail. To see the details of the failure(s) you
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| 393 | will need to log the output from that command so that you can review it.
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[0e37869] | 394 | </para>
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[01ce75f8] | 395 |
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[495ebe07] | 396 | <para>
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[b9f61df] | 397 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[c1ae13c] | 398 | </para>
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[5a13c45] | 399 |
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[97e8769] | 400 | <screen role="root"><userinput>export MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none &&
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[5bd4e666] | 401 | export PYTHON311=/opt/python3.11/bin/python3.11 &&
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[01c1ac6] | 402 | $PYTHON311 ./mach install</userinput></screen>
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[fe5f563d] | 403 |
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[a5708ba] | 404 | <para>
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[8d70628] | 405 | Empty the environment variables which were set above:
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[a5708ba] | 406 | </para>
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| 407 |
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[97e8769] | 408 | <screen><userinput>unset MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE
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[5bd4e666] | 409 | unset MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH
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| 410 | unset PYTHON311</userinput></screen>
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[01ce75f8] | 411 |
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[b81991e1] | 412 | </sect2>
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| 413 |
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[361df3e] | 414 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 415 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[7d09fcb9] | 416 |
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[fe5f563d] | 417 | <para>
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| 418 | <command>export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild</command>: The build
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[5bd4e666] | 419 | tells you that it intends to create <filename
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[fe5f563d] | 420 | class="directory">~/.mozbuild</filename>, and offer you an option to
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| 421 | press <ENTER> to accept this, or Ctrl-C to cancel and restart the
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| 422 | build after specifying the directory. In practice, the message may not
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| 423 | appear until after <ENTER> is keyed, i.e. the build stalls.
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| 424 | </para>
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| 425 |
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| 426 | <para>
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| 427 | That directory is used for a (probably random) telemetry identifier.
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[5bd4e666] | 428 | Creating this directory within the build directory and deleting it after the
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| 429 | installation prevents it being used.
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[883e376] | 430 | </para>
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| 431 |
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| 432 | <para>
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[16218efb] | 433 | <command>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none</command>: Use the
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[e51466a] | 434 | system python to create a virtual environment for <command>mach</command>
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[5bd4e666] | 435 | without downloading any python wheels and without using the system python modules.
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[9403c3e] | 436 | This prevents version mismatches between system modules and bundled ones.
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[883e376] | 437 | </para>
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| 438 |
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[67f44136] | 439 | <!--
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[883e376] | 440 | <para>
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| 441 | <command>./mach configure</command>: This validates the supplied
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| 442 | dependencies and the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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[fe5f563d] | 443 | </para>
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[67f44136] | 444 | -->
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[fe5f563d] | 445 |
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[c1ae13c] | 446 | <para>
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[326f830] | 447 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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| 448 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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[648f873] | 449 | C++ flags being used. But do not add '--verbose' to the install command
|
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| 450 | since it is not accepted there.
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[c1ae13c] | 451 | </para>
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| 452 |
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[9a469bc] | 453 | <para>
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[fe5f563d] | 454 | <option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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[d5d7cd6] | 455 | all the online CPU cores. If using all the cores causes the build to swap
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| 456 | because you have insufficient memory, using fewer cores can be faster.
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[9a469bc] | 457 | </para>
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| 458 |
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[c1ae13c] | 459 | <para>
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[f572dbb] | 460 | <option><envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar></option>: BLFS used to
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[e51466a] | 461 | prefer to use gcc and g++ instead of upstream's defaults of the
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| 462 | <application>clang</application> programs. With the release of
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| 463 | gcc-12 the build takes longer with gcc and g++, primarily because
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| 464 | of extra warnings, and is bigger. Set these environment variables
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| 465 | <emphasis>before you run the configure script</emphasis>
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[f572dbb] | 466 | if you wish to continue to use gcc, g++. Building
|
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| 467 | with GCC on i?86 is currently broken.
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[c1ae13c] | 468 | </para>
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[fa1bc3e] | 469 |
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[b81991e1] | 470 | </sect2>
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| 471 |
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[88cec02] | 472 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 473 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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| 474 |
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[c1ae13c] | 475 | <para>
|
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| 476 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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[8dacd5e] | 477 | <application>KDE</application> you may want to create a
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[c1ae13c] | 478 | <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
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[1fe05eb] | 479 | <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus.
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[8dacd5e] | 480 | As the &root; user:
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[c1ae13c] | 481 | </para>
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[31de6e7] | 482 |
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[eb5f847a] | 483 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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[28909b72] | 484 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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[74f73ede] | 485 |
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[8dacd5e] | 486 | MIMETYPE="text/xml;text/mml;text/html;" &&
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| 487 | MIMETYPE+="application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;" &&
|
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| 488 | MIMETYPE+="x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https" &&
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[28909b72] | 489 |
|
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| 490 | cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << EOF &&
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[fcd66369] | 491 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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[31de6e7] | 492 | Encoding=UTF-8
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[0e37869] | 493 | Name=Firefox Web Browser
|
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| 494 | Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
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| 495 | GenericName=Web Browser
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| 496 | Exec=firefox %u
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| 497 | Terminal=false
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[31de6e7] | 498 | Type=Application
|
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| 499 | Icon=firefox
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[0e37869] | 500 | Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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[28909b72] | 501 | MimeType=$MIMETYPE
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[fcd66369] | 502 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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[31de6e7] | 503 | EOF
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[74f73ede] | 504 |
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[28909b72] | 505 | unset MIMETYPE &&
|
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| 506 |
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[888e303] | 507 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png \
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[0e37869] | 508 | /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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| 509 |
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[326f830] | 510 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
|
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| 511 |
|
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| 512 | <para>
|
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| 513 | The application settings for firefox are accessible by keying
|
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| 514 | <command>about:config</command> in the address bar.
|
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| 515 | </para>
|
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| 516 |
|
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| 517 | <para>
|
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[d5d7cd6] | 518 | Occasionally, getting working sound in
|
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| 519 | <application>firefox</application> can be a problem. Although upstream
|
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| 520 | prefers pulseaudio,
|
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[326f830] | 521 | on balance using <application>Alsa</application> may be easier.
|
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| 522 | </para>
|
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| 523 |
|
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| 524 | <para>
|
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| 525 | If you enabled <application>Alsa</application> for sound, you may need
|
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| 526 | to alter one variable to get working sound. If you run
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[648f873] | 527 | <command>firefox</command> from a terminal and try to play something
|
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| 528 | with sound you might encounter error messages like:
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[326f830] | 529 | </para>
|
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| 530 |
|
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| 531 | <para>
|
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| 532 | <literal>Sandbox: seccomp sandbox violation: pid 3941, tid 4030,
|
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| 533 | syscall 16, args 48 2147767296 139909894784796 0 0 0.</literal>
|
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| 534 | </para>
|
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| 535 |
|
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| 536 | <para>
|
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| 537 | That was on x86_64, on i686 the syscall number is 54. To allow this
|
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| 538 | syscall, in <command>about:config</command> change
|
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| 539 | <command>security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist</command> to 16
|
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| 540 | (or 54 if using i686).
|
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| 541 | </para>
|
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| 542 |
|
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| 543 | <para>
|
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| 544 | If you use <command>pulseaudio</command> in a Desktop Environment, it
|
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| 545 | might already be started by that DE. But if it is not, although
|
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[7ebe22e] | 546 | firefox-57 managed to start it, firefox-58 did not. If you run
|
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[648f873] | 547 | <command>firefox</command> from a terminal and this problem is present,
|
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[7ebe22e] | 548 | trying to play sound will
|
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[326f830] | 549 | encounter error messages warning <literal>Can't get cubeb
|
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| 550 | context!</literal>
|
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| 551 | </para>
|
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| 552 |
|
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| 553 | <para>
|
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| 554 | The fix for this is to close firefox, start pulseaudio to check it
|
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| 555 | does start (if not, read the information on Configuring in <xref
|
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| 556 | linkend="pulseaudio"/>) and restart firefox to check it is working.
|
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| 557 | If it now works, add the following to your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:
|
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| 558 | <phrase revision="sysv">
|
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| 559 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=syslog&</literal></phrase>
|
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| 560 | <phrase revision="systemd">
|
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| 561 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=journald&</literal></phrase>
|
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| 562 | (unfortunately, on some systems this does not work).
|
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| 563 | </para>
|
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| 564 |
|
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| 565 | <para>
|
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| 566 | You may wish to use multiple profiles within firefox. To do that, invoke
|
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| 567 | firefox as <command>firefox --ProfileManager</command>. You can also
|
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| 568 | check which profile is currently in use from
|
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| 569 | <command>about:profiles</command>.
|
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| 570 | </para>
|
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| 571 |
|
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[d5d7cd6] | 572 | <para>
|
---|
| 573 | Although WebRender (using the GPU for compositing) is not used by
|
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| 574 | default, it now appears to work well on supported hardware (ATI, Nvidia
|
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[648f873] | 575 | and Intel GPUs with Mesa-18 or later). For an explanation, please see
|
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[d5d7cd6] | 576 | <ulink
|
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| 577 | url="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-fps-how-webrender-gets-rid-of-jank/">hacks.mozilla.org</ulink>.
|
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| 578 | The only downside seems to be that on a machine with limited RAM it might
|
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| 579 | use more RAM.
|
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| 580 | </para>
|
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| 581 |
|
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| 582 | <para>
|
---|
| 583 | To check if WebRender is being used, look in about:support. In the Graphics
|
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[648f873] | 584 | section, Compositing will either show 'Basic' (i.e. not in use) or
|
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[d5d7cd6] | 585 | 'WebRender'. To enable it, go to about:config and change gfx.webrender.all
|
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| 586 | to True. You will need to restart firefox.
|
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| 587 | </para>
|
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| 588 |
|
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| 589 | <para>
|
---|
| 590 | It may be useful to mention the processes from firefox which can appear in
|
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| 591 | <command>top</command> - as well as firefox itself, there may be multiple
|
---|
| 592 | Web Content processes, and now an RDD Process (Remote Data Decoder) which
|
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| 593 | appears when playing web videos encoded with av1 (libdav1d). If WebRender
|
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| 594 | has been enabled, a GPU Process will also appear when firefox has to
|
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| 595 | repaint (e.g. scrolling, opening a new tab, or playing a video).
|
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| 596 | </para>
|
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| 597 |
|
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[326f830] | 598 | </sect3>
|
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[88cec02] | 599 | </sect2>
|
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| 600 |
|
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[b81991e1] | 601 | <sect2 role="content">
|
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| 602 | <title>Contents</title>
|
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| 603 |
|
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| 604 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
| 605 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
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| 606 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
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[c5f005b] | 607 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
|
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[b81991e1] | 608 |
|
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| 609 | <seglistitem>
|
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[0e37869] | 610 | <seg>
|
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| 611 | firefox
|
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| 612 | </seg>
|
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[c1ae13c] | 613 | <seg>
|
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| 614 | Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
|
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[8d0bc761] | 615 | helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox
|
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[c1ae13c] | 616 | </seg>
|
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[7498751] | 617 | <seg>
|
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[87fa171] | 618 | /usr/lib/firefox
|
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[7498751] | 619 | </seg>
|
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[b81991e1] | 620 | </seglistitem>
|
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| 621 | </segmentedlist>
|
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| 622 |
|
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| 623 | <variablelist>
|
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| 624 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
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| 625 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
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| 626 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
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| 627 |
|
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| 628 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
|
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| 629 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
|
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| 630 | <listitem>
|
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[c1ae13c] | 631 | <para>
|
---|
[4e207bb] | 632 | is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
|
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| 633 | the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine
|
---|
[c1ae13c] | 634 | </para>
|
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[b81991e1] | 635 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
|
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| 636 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
|
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| 637 | </indexterm>
|
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| 638 | </listitem>
|
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| 639 | </varlistentry>
|
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[0e37869] | 640 |
|
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[b81991e1] | 641 | </variablelist>
|
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[0e37869] | 642 |
|
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[b81991e1] | 643 | </sect2>
|
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[0e37869] | 644 |
|
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[4d37129] | 645 | </sect1>
|
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