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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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[0bcaa9a6] | 7 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-http "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.xz">
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[8dfc5c3] | 8 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp " ">
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[da0f222] | 9 | <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "4b6ab0f71a6163f962f83c31d8f8cb73">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "244 MB">
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[57a8df2] | 11 | <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "6.3 GB (139 MB installed) without tests">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "18 SBU (with parallelism=4) without tests">
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[f939f05] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[ffe47ca2] | 15 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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[b81991e1] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="firefox">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
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| 31 |
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[c1ae13c] | 32 | <para>
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| 33 | <application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser based on the
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| 34 | <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
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| 35 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 36 |
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[0280ecc] | 37 | &lfs81_checked;
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[76ae9a2] | 38 |
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[b81991e1] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
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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 MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
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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 size: &firefox-size;
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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 | Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
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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 build time: &firefox-time;
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| 69 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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| 72 |
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[14de4227] | 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 75 | <listitem>
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| 76 | <para>
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| 77 | Optional patch to allow system versions of <xref linkend="graphite2"/>
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[ecffcbbc] | 78 | and <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>:
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[ef82450c] | 79 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch"/>
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[14de4227] | 80 | </para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | </itemizedlist>
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| 83 |
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[f06c692] | 84 | <note>
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| 85 | <para>
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| 86 | The tarball <emphasis>firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.xz</emphasis>
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| 87 | will untar to <emphasis>firefox-&firefox-version;</emphasis> directory.
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[37bf7b1] | 88 | It will also reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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[765c2a7] | 89 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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[37bf7b1] | 90 | the sticky bit is set, such
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[dc9a18a] | 91 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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| 92 | messages:
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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| 96 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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| 97 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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| 98 | </literallayout>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>
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| 101 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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| 102 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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| 103 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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| 104 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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[f06c692] | 105 | </para>
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| 106 | </note>
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| 107 |
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[b81991e1] | 108 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[c1ae13c] | 111 | <para role="required">
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[14de4227] | 112 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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[ac105103] | 113 | both <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and
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[be0bd12] | 114 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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[59a6b63] | 115 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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[be0bd12] | 116 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>
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[81b3e7fd] | 117 | (or
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[0603be6f] | 118 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit the mozconfig;
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[be0bd12] | 119 | now deprecated by mozilla),
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[4c6edac] | 120 | <xref linkend="rust"/>,
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[59a6b63] | 121 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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[479e03a] | 122 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>, and
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| 123 | <xref linkend="zip"/>
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[c1ae13c] | 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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[e29a0b1] | 126 | <note>
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| 127 | <para>
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| 128 | The firefox developers wish to enable Stylo (replacement code to handle
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| 129 | Cascading Style Sheets) by default. At the moment that code cannot build
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| 130 | with system versions of nspr and pixman (it fails to find their headers)
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| 131 | so the BLFS editors have chosen to disable it. If you choose to enable
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| 132 | it, you <emphasis>must</emphasis> add <package>clang</package> from
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| 133 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> to the Required dependencies.
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| 134 | </para>
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| 135 | </note>
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| 136 |
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[1555d3d] | 137 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[c1ae13c] | 138 | <para role="recommended">
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[7bf10b1] | 139 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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[0e37869] | 140 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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[479e03a] | 141 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>, and
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[a30a874] | 142 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
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[c1ae13c] | 143 | </para>
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[1555d3d] | 144 |
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[0e37869] | 145 | <note>
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| 146 | <para>
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[b9f61df] | 147 | If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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| 148 | those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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| 149 | be out of date or contain security holes.
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[0e37869] | 150 | </para>
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| 151 | </note>
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| 152 |
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[5be3a74] | 153 | <note>
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| 154 | <para>
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[204c71d5] | 155 | With <application>Firefox-31.0</application> and later versions, you
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| 156 | must have installed <application>Openssl</application> before
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[b9f61df] | 157 | <application>Python 2</application> or the build system will quickly
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[5be3a74] | 158 | fail with output including "ImportError: cannot import name
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[0c3e9be8] | 159 | HTTPSHandler". If you are in any doubt about this (e.g. upgrading from
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| 160 | an older version of Firefox), check if
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| 161 | <filename>/usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/lib-dynload/_ssl.so</filename>
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| 162 | exists. If it does not, reinstall <xref linkend="python2"/> (after
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[44204a0] | 163 | installing <xref linkend="openssl"/>). The latest version of any
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[0c3e9be8] | 164 | <emphasis>currently maintained</emphasis> version of Openssl should be
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[59a6b63] | 165 | satisfactory if already installed.
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[5be3a74] | 166 | </para>
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| 167 | </note>
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| 168 |
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[b81991e1] | 169 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[c1ae13c] | 170 | <para role="optional">
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[6c64623f] | 171 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[c1ae13c] | 172 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 173 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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[d525da9c] | 174 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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[babf0a0] | 175 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime, to play mov, mp3 or mp4 files),
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[9d2268bb] | 176 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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[26fa7d2] | 177 | <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
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[0e37869] | 178 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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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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[b09ed46a] | 182 | <ulink url="https://hunspell.github.io/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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[7090d94] | 183 | <phrase revision="sysv"><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/liboauth/files/">liboauth</ulink></phrase>
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| 184 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="liboauth"/></phrase>,
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[14de4227] | 185 | <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>,
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| 186 | and (with the patch)
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| 187 | <xref linkend="graphite2"/> and
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| 188 | <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>
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[c1ae13c] | 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 192 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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| 193 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 194 | </sect2>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 197 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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| 198 |
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[f72a04a] | 199 | <para>
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[b9f61df] | 200 | The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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| 201 | by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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| 202 | configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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| 203 | created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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| 204 | (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue <command>./configure
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[c1ae13c] | 205 | --help</command>. You may also wish to review the entire file and
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[b9f61df] | 206 | uncomment any other desired options. Create the file by issuing the
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| 207 | following command:
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[c1ae13c] | 208 | </para>
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[5a13c45] | 209 |
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[0e37869] | 210 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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[dcb0fe6] | 211 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used by default.
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| 212 | # If desired, you can reduce the number of cores used, e.g. to 1, by
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| 213 | # uncommenting the next line and setting a valid number of CPU cores.
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| 214 | #mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j1"
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| 215 |
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[7090d94] | 216 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, comment out this line:
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[74eaf91] | 217 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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[aed37975] | 218 |
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[32cca2cd] | 219 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, and you have installed (or will install)
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| 220 | # wireless-tools, and you wish to use geolocation web services, comment out
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| 221 | # this line
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[6d1bf0e] | 222 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 223 |
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[ad5a97d] | 224 | # API Keys for geolocation APIs - necko-wifi (above) is required for MLS
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| 225 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Mozilla Location Service
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| 226 | #ac_add_options --with-mozilla-api-keyfile=$PWD/mozilla-key
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| 227 |
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| 228 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Google's geolocaton API
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| 229 | # (needed for use with saved maps with Google Maps)
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| 230 | #ac_add_options --with-google-api-keyfile=$PWD/google-key
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| 231 |
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[48ae92a] | 232 | # Uncomment these lines if you have installed optional dependencies:
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[0e37869] | 233 | #ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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| 234 | #ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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[495ebe07] | 235 |
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[81b3e7fd] | 236 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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| 237 | #ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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| 238 | # and uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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| 239 | #ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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[89cdb63d] | 240 |
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| 241 | # If you have installed GConf, comment out this line
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| 242 | ac_add_options --disable-gconf
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| 243 |
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[e29a0b1] | 244 | # Stylo is the new CSS code, including the rust 'style'
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| 245 | # package. It is enabled by default, but cannot find the
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| 246 | # headers for system nspr, pixman. If you enable stylo you
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[5f9e42c9] | 247 | # must comment out system-nspr system-pixman and
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| 248 | # system-cairo, and you must also have installed clang.
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[e29a0b1] | 249 | ac_add_options --disable-stylo
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| 250 |
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[0e37869] | 251 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 252 | # recommended dependencies:
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| 253 | ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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| 254 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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| 255 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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| 256 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 257 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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[7bf10b1] | 258 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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[0e37869] | 259 |
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[14de4227] | 260 | # If you are going to apply the patch for system graphite
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| 261 | # and system harfbuzz, uncomment these lines:
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| 262 | #ac_add_options --with-system-graphite2
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| 263 | #ac_add_options --with-system-harfbuzz
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| 264 |
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| 265 | # Stripping is now enabled by default.
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| 266 | # Uncomment these lines if you need to run a debugger:
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| 267 | #ac_add_options --disable-strip
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| 268 | #ac_add_options --disable-install-strip
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| 269 |
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[7251b1d] | 270 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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[495ebe07] | 271 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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[0e37869] | 272 | ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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[495ebe07] | 273 |
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[5f5dcc2] | 274 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 275 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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[57a8df2] | 276 | # enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
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| 277 | # increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
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[0e37869] | 278 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 279 |
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[f067fa94] | 280 | # Optimization for size is broken with gcc7
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[98484411] | 281 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2"
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[0e37869] | 282 |
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| 283 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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| 284 | ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
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| 285 | ac_add_options --enable-url-classifier
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| 286 |
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[e29a0b1] | 287 | # From firefox-40, using system cairo caused firefox to crash
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| 288 | # frequently when it was doing background rendering in a tab.
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| 289 | # This appears to again work in firefox-56
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| 290 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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[41f2e90] | 291 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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[0e37869] | 292 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 293 |
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[5f5dcc2] | 294 | ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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[0e37869] | 295 |
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| 296 | ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
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[a0ace670] | 297 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 298 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 299 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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[aed37975] | 300 |
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[4def8b6] | 301 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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[0e37869] | 302 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[b9b7146] | 303 |
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[c1ae13c] | 304 | <para>
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| 305 | Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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| 306 | commands:
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| 307 | </para>
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[9572e88] | 308 |
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[14de4227] | 309 | <para>
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| 310 | If you have installed system versions of graphite2 and harfbuzz and wish
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| 311 | firefox to use those instead of its shipped versions, apply the patch and
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| 312 | uncomment the appropriate entries in the <filename>mozconfig</filename>
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[346e269] | 313 | file.
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[14de4227] | 314 | </para>
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| 315 |
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[0a4a5cd] | 316 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[14de4227] | 317 |
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[ad5a97d] | 318 | <para>
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| 319 | If the geolocation APIs are needed:
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| 320 | </para>
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| 321 |
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[e5c8de01] | 322 | <note>
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| 323 | <para>
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| 324 | <!-- Taken from Arch Linux - an immensely helpful link - Thanks -->
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| 325 | The Google and Mozilla API Keys below are specific to LFS. If using
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| 326 | these instructions for another distro, or if you intend to distribute
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| 327 | binary copies of the software using these instructions, please obtain
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| 328 | your own keys following the instructions located at
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| 329 | <ulink url="http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys"/> and
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| 330 | <ulink url="https://location.services.mozilla.com/api"/> respectively.
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| 331 | <!-- BLFS Devs, register an account at Google with your
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| 332 | @linuxfromscratch.org email address, and I'll make you an administrator
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| 333 | for the 'Google APIs for LFS' project (where the API and OAuth keys
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| 334 | were created for use in the book).-->
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| 335 | </para>
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| 336 | </note>
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| 337 |
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[ad5a97d] | 338 | <screen><userinput>echo "AIzaSyDxKL42zsPjbke5O8_rPVpVrLrJ8aeE9rQ" > google-key
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| 339 | echo "d2284a20-0505-4927-a809-7ffaf4d91e55" > mozilla-key</userinput></screen>
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| 340 |
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[8b3a8979] | 341 | <note><para>
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[9572e88] | 342 | If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, make
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| 343 | sure you have <envar>$SHELL</envar> environment variable set or prepend
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[566fcae] | 344 | <envar>SHELL=/bin/sh</envar>.
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[8b3a8979] | 345 | </para></note>
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[9516a4f] | 346 |
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[e5c6346] | 347 | <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
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[bccbdaea] | 348 |
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[0e37869] | 349 | <para>
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[57a8df2] | 350 | The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
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| 351 | they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
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[ecffcbbc] | 352 | you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing
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| 353 | <command>./mach gtest</command>. This will require a network connection,
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| 354 | and to be run from within an Xorg session - there is a popup dialog
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| 355 | when it fails to connect to ALSA (that does not create a failed test).
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| 356 | One or two tests will fail. To see the details of the failure(s) you
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| 357 | will need to log the output from that command so that you can review it.
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[0e37869] | 358 | </para>
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[01ce75f8] | 359 |
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[495ebe07] | 360 | <para>
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[b9f61df] | 361 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[c1ae13c] | 362 | </para>
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[5a13c45] | 363 |
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[da67029] | 364 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install INSTALL_SDK= &&
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[89cdb63d] | 365 | chown -R 0:0 /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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[5ee1266] | 366 |
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| 367 | mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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[a5708ba] | 368 | ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser</userinput></screen>
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[aee479c] | 369 | <!--
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[a5708ba] | 370 | <para>
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| 371 | Set environment variables back to their values:
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| 372 | </para>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <screen><userinput>export CFLAGS=$CFLAGS_HOLD &&
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[6c4bb8f] | 375 | export CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS_HOLD &&
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| 376 | unset CFLAGS_HOLD CXXFLAGS_HOLD</userinput></screen>
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[aee479c] | 377 | -->
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[01ce75f8] | 378 |
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[b81991e1] | 379 | </sect2>
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| 380 |
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[361df3e] | 381 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 382 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[7d09fcb9] | 383 |
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[c1ae13c] | 384 | <para>
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| 385 | <command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
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| 386 | allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
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| 387 | configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
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| 388 | <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
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| 389 | get initial configuration and setup parameters.
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| 390 | </para>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <para>
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[ec64d28] | 393 | <command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This checks
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[c1ae13c] | 394 | that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>
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| 395 | exists.
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| 396 | </para>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <para>
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[24da103] | 399 | <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser</command>:
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| 400 | This command creates a symbolic link to <filename
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| 401 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not really
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| 402 | needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks <filename
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| 403 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by default, but the
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| 404 | symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in one folder.
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[c1ae13c] | 405 | </para>
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[fa1bc3e] | 406 |
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[b81991e1] | 407 | </sect2>
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| 408 |
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[88cec02] | 409 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 410 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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| 411 |
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[c1ae13c] | 412 | <para>
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| 413 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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| 414 | <application>KDE</application> you may like to create a
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| 415 | <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
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| 416 | <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus. If you
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| 417 | didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
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| 418 | StartupNotify line to false. As the
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| 419 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 420 | </para>
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[31de6e7] | 421 |
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[eb5f847a] | 422 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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[0e37869] | 423 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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[74f73ede] | 424 |
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[c099902d] | 425 | cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF" &&
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[fcd66369] | 426 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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[31de6e7] | 427 | Encoding=UTF-8
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[0e37869] | 428 | Name=Firefox Web Browser
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| 429 | Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
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| 430 | GenericName=Web Browser
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| 431 | Exec=firefox %u
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| 432 | Terminal=false
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[31de6e7] | 433 | Type=Application
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| 434 | Icon=firefox
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[0e37869] | 435 | Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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| 436 | MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
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[fcd66369] | 437 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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[31de6e7] | 438 | EOF
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[74f73ede] | 439 |
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[376c8c0] | 440 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser/icons/mozicon128.png \
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[0e37869] | 441 | /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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| 442 |
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[88cec02] | 443 | </sect2>
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| 444 |
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[b81991e1] | 445 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 446 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 447 |
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| 448 | <segmentedlist>
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| 449 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 450 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[c5f005b] | 451 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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[b81991e1] | 452 |
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| 453 | <seglistitem>
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[0e37869] | 454 | <seg>
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| 455 | firefox
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| 456 | </seg>
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[c1ae13c] | 457 | <seg>
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| 458 | Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
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[dbc7eaed] | 459 | helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;
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[c1ae13c] | 460 | </seg>
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[7498751] | 461 | <seg>
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[7e1afc9] | 462 | /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; and /usr/lib/mozilla
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[7498751] | 463 | </seg>
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[b81991e1] | 464 | </seglistitem>
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| 465 | </segmentedlist>
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| 466 |
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| 467 | <variablelist>
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| 468 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 469 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 470 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 471 |
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| 472 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
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| 473 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
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| 474 | <listitem>
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[c1ae13c] | 475 | <para>
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[7e1afc9] | 476 | is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
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| 477 | the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
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[c1ae13c] | 478 | </para>
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[b81991e1] | 479 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
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| 480 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
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| 481 | </indexterm>
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| 482 | </listitem>
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| 483 | </varlistentry>
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[0e37869] | 484 |
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[b81991e1] | 485 | </variablelist>
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[0e37869] | 486 |
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[b81991e1] | 487 | </sect2>
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[0e37869] | 488 |
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[4d37129] | 489 | </sect1>
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