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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-http "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "a3d00fb4e950558135f08a5155745d4e">
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10 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "269 MB">
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11 | <!-- NB with stylo, much of the build uses rust, and therefore cargo files.
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12 | But the extra cached cargo files, if any, seem to be minimal -->
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13 | <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "11.8 GB (156 MB installed) without tests">
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14 | <!-- editors: with ff63 and rust-1.29, ./mach build -j4 is probably the
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15 | most practical way to get a timing on a machine with more cores, if taking
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16 | cores offline is not practical. If in doubt, round up -->
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17 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "25 SBU (with parallelism=4) without tests">
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18 | ]>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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21 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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22 |
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23 | <sect1info>
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24 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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25 | <date>$Date$</date>
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26 | </sect1info>
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27 |
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28 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>
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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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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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41 |
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42 | &lfs84_checked;
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43 |
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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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47 | <para>
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48 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
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49 | </para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>
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53 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
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54 | </para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>
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58 | Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
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59 | </para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>
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63 | Download size: &firefox-size;
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64 | </para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>
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68 | Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
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69 | </para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | <listitem>
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72 | <para>
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73 | Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
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74 | </para>
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75 | </listitem>
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76 | </itemizedlist>
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77 |
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78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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79 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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80 | <listitem>
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81 | <para>
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82 | Optional patch to allow system versions of <xref linkend="graphite2"/>
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83 | and <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>:
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84 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch"/>
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85 | </para>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 | </itemizedlist>
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88 |
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89 | <note>
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90 | <para>
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91 | Extracting the tarball
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92 | will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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93 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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94 | the sticky bit is set, such
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95 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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96 | messages:
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97 | </para>
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98 |
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99 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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100 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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101 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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102 | </literallayout>
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103 |
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104 | <para>
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105 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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106 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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107 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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108 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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109 | </para>
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110 |
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111 | <para>
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112 | As with other large packages which use C++ (or rust), the SBU times
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113 | to build this vary more widely than you might expect. Also, 6GB
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114 | of real memory is used during the final link and the SBUs can increase
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115 | significantly if the machine has to swap.
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116 | </para>
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117 |
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118 | <para>
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119 | The mach build system (Python scripts) can be somewhat unreliable: if
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120 | the build fails and reports an Error, it can still return a status of
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121 | success, causing a scripted build to try to install (which does not rerun
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122 | the build), fail during the preparations for installing, but still exit
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123 | with a status of success. Also, on occasion it may limit itself to only
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124 | running one set of jobs - that will make the build take about 3 times as
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125 | long as running with four sets of jobs.
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126 | </para>
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127 |
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128 | <para>
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129 | Although upstream prefer to use <application>PulseAudio</application>,
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130 | for the moment <application>Alsa</application> can still be used. Both
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131 | may need runtime configuration to get sound working.
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132 | </para>
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133 | </note>
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134 |
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135 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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136 |
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137 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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138 | <para role="required">
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139 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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140 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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141 | <application>Clang</application> (from <xref linkend="llvm"/>),
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142 | both <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and
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143 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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144 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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145 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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146 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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147 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>
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148 | (or
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149 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit the mozconfig;
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150 | now deprecated by mozilla), in either case please read the
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151 | Configuration Information,
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152 | <xref linkend="rust"/>,
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153 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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154 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>, and
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155 | <xref linkend="zip"/>
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156 | </para>
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157 |
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158 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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159 | <para role="recommended">
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160 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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161 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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162 | <!-- fails to build in 65.0 (headers changed)
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163 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>, -->
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164 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>, and
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165 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
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166 | </para>
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167 |
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168 | <note>
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169 | <para>
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170 | If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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171 | those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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172 | be out of date or contain security holes.
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173 | </para>
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174 | </note>
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175 |
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176 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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177 | <para role="optional">
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178 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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179 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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180 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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181 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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182 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime, to play mov, mp3 or mp4 files),
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183 | <!-- <phrase revision="sysv"><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/liboauth/files/">liboauth</ulink></phrase> -->
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184 | <xref linkend="liboauth"/>,
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185 | <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
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186 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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187 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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188 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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189 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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190 | <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>,
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191 | and (with the patch)
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192 | <xref linkend="graphite2"/> and
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193 | <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>
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194 | </para>
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195 |
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196 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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197 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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198 | </para>
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199 | </sect2>
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200 |
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201 | <sect2 role="installation">
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202 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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203 |
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204 | <para>
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205 | The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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206 | by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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207 | configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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208 | created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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209 | (and an abbreviated description of some of them), issue <command>./mach
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210 | configure && ./configure --help | less</command>. You may also
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211 | wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired options.
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212 | Create the file by issuing the following command:
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213 | </para>
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214 |
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215 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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216 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used by default.
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217 |
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218 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, comment out this line:
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219 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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220 |
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221 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, and you have installed (or will install)
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222 | # wireless-tools, and you wish to use geolocation web services, comment out
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223 | # this line
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224 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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225 |
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226 | # API Keys for geolocation APIs - necko-wifi (above) is required for MLS
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227 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Mozilla Location Service
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228 | #ac_add_options --with-mozilla-api-keyfile=$PWD/mozilla-key
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229 |
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230 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Google's geolocaton API
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231 | # (needed for use with saved maps with Google Maps)
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232 | #ac_add_options --with-google-location-service-api-keyfile=$PWD/google-key
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233 |
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234 | # Uncomment this line if you have installed startup-notification:
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235 | #ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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236 |
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237 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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238 | #ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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239 | # and uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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240 | #ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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241 |
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242 | # If you have installed GConf, comment out this line
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243 | ac_add_options --disable-gconf
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244 |
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245 | # From firefox-61, the stylo CSS code can no-longer be disabled
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246 |
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247 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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248 | # recommended dependencies:
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249 | ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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250 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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251 | # current firefox fails to build against libvpx-1.8.0
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252 | #ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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253 | # firefox-65 understands webp and ships with an included copy
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254 | ac_add_options --with-system-webp
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255 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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256 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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257 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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258 |
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259 | # The gold linker is no-longer the default
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260 | ac_add_options --enable-linker=gold
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261 |
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262 | # The shipped libdavid (av1 decoder) is not built by default,
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263 | # at least on linux, but if nasm is not present libxul tries to
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264 | # link to one of libdavid's objects and fails. It is thought
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265 | # libdavid will be enabled in firefox-67, at which point nasm
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266 | # might be required.
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267 | ac_add_options --disable-av1
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268 |
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269 | # You cannot distribute the binary if you do this
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270 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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271 |
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272 | # If you are going to apply the patch for system graphite
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273 | # and system harfbuzz, uncomment these lines:
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274 | #ac_add_options --with-system-graphite2
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275 | #ac_add_options --with-system-harfbuzz
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276 |
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277 | # Stripping is now enabled by default.
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278 | # Uncomment these lines if you need to run a debugger:
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279 | #ac_add_options --disable-strip
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280 | #ac_add_options --disable-install-strip
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281 |
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282 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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283 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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284 | ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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285 |
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286 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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287 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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288 | # enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
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289 | # increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
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290 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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291 |
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292 | # With clang, unlike gcc-7 and later, the default level
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293 | # of optimization produces a working build.
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294 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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295 |
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296 | # From firefox-61 system cairo is not supported
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297 |
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298 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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299 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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300 |
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301 | # From firefox-62 --with-pthreads is not recognized
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302 |
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303 | ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
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304 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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305 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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306 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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307 |
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308 | # The following option unsets Telemetry Reporting. With the Addons Fiasco,
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309 | # Mozilla was found to be collecting user's data, including saved passwords and
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310 | # web form data, without users consent. Mozilla was also found shipping updates
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311 | # to systems without the user's knowledge or permission.
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312 | # As a result of this, use the following command to permanently disable
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313 | # telemetry reporting in Firefox.
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314 | unset MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING
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315 |
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316 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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317 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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318 |
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319 | <para>
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320 | Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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321 | commands:
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322 | </para>
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323 |
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324 | <para>
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325 | If you have installed system versions of graphite2 and harfbuzz and wish
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326 | firefox to use those instead of its shipped versions, apply the patch and
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327 | uncomment the appropriate entries in the <filename>mozconfig</filename>
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328 | file.
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329 | </para>
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330 |
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331 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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332 |
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333 | <para>
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334 | If the geolocation APIs are needed:
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335 | </para>
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336 |
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337 | <note>
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338 | <para>
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339 | <!-- Taken from Arch Linux - an immensely helpful link - Thanks -->
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340 | The Google and Mozilla API Keys below are specific to LFS. If using
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341 | these instructions for another distro, or if you intend to distribute
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342 | binary copies of the software using these instructions, please obtain
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343 | your own keys following the instructions located at
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344 | <ulink url="http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys"/> and
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345 | <ulink url="https://location.services.mozilla.com/api"/> respectively.
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346 | <!-- BLFS Devs, register an account at Google with your
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347 | @linuxfromscratch.org email address, and I'll make you an administrator
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348 | for the 'Google APIs for LFS' project (where the API and OAuth keys
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349 | were created for use in the book).-->
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350 | </para>
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351 | </note>
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352 |
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353 | <screen><userinput>echo "AIzaSyDxKL42zsPjbke5O8_rPVpVrLrJ8aeE9rQ" > google-key
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354 | echo "d2284a20-0505-4927-a809-7ffaf4d91e55" > mozilla-key</userinput></screen>
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355 |
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356 | <note><para>
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357 | If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, make
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358 | sure you have <envar>$SHELL</envar> environment variable set or prepend
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359 | <envar>SHELL=/bin/sh</envar>. Also ensure that <filename>/dev/shm</filename>
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360 | is mounted.
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361 | </para></note>
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362 |
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363 | <para>
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364 | <!-- Invoke the Python script to compile the package: -->
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365 | To use the system version of ICU, run a sed to avoid a conflict between
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366 | upstream ICU's use of <literal>CheckImpl()</literal> in their public headers
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367 | and firefox's internal use of a different <literal>CheckImpl()</literal>.
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368 | Then invoke the Python2 script to compile the package.
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369 | </para>
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370 |
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371 | <screen><userinput>sed -e 's/checkImpl/checkFFImpl/g' -i js/src/vm/JSContext*.h &&
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372 | export CC=clang CXX=clang++ AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm RANLIB=llvm-ranlib &&
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373 | export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild &&
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374 | ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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375 |
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376 | <para>
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377 | The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
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378 | they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
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379 | you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing
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380 | <command>./mach gtest</command>. This will require a network connection,
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381 | and to be run from within an Xorg session - there is a popup dialog
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382 | when it fails to connect to ALSA (that does not create a failed test).
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383 | One or two tests will fail. To see the details of the failure(s) you
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384 | will need to log the output from that command so that you can review it.
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385 | </para>
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386 |
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387 | <para>
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388 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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389 | </para>
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390 |
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391 | <screen role="root"><userinput>./mach install &&
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392 |
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393 | mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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394 | ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox/browser/</userinput></screen>
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395 |
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396 | <para>
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397 | Set environment variables back to their values:
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398 | </para>
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399 |
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400 | <screen><userinput>unset CC CXX AR NM RANLIB MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH</userinput></screen>
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401 |
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402 | </sect2>
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403 |
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404 | <sect2 role="commands">
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405 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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406 |
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407 | <para>
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408 | <command>sed -e 's/checkImpl/checkFFImpl/g' ...</command>: Although the
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409 | package ships with a modified version of <application>ICU-59</application>
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410 | and only tests that the system version, if requested, is at least 59,
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411 | changes in <emphasis>some</emphasis> versions cause builds with the system
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412 | version to fail with error messages of the form <literal>no void
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413 | JSContext::checkImpl_NN member function</literal> where NN is the system
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414 | <application>ICU</application> version. The sed renames the local function.
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415 | </para>
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416 |
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417 | <para>
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418 | <command>export CC=clang CXX=clang++ ...</command>: Upstream now use
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419 | <application>clang</application> and building with any recent version
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420 | saves a lot of space.
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421 | </para>
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422 |
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423 | <para>
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424 | <command>export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild</command>: The build
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425 | is now supposed to tell you that it intends to create <filename
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426 | class="directory">~/.mozbuild</filename>, and offer you an option to
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427 | press <ENTER> to accept this, or Ctrl-C to cancel and restart the
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428 | build after specifying the directory. In practice, the message may not
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429 | appear until after <ENTER> is keyed, i.e. the build stalls.
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430 | </para>
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431 |
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432 | <para>
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433 | That directory is used for a (probably random) telemetry identifier.
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434 | Creating this in the build directory, and deleting that after the
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435 | installation, prevents it being used. If you wish to participate in
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436 | telemetry, export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH to point to its default directory.
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437 | </para>
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438 |
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439 | <para>
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440 | <command>./mach build</command>: <application>Firefox</application>
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441 | now uses this <application>python2</application> script to run the
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442 | build and install.
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443 | </para>
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444 |
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445 | <para>
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446 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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447 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
|
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448 | C++ flags being used.
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449 | </para>
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450 |
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451 | <para>
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452 | <option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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453 | all the online CPU cores. There are two reasons to specify the number
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454 | of cores, e.g. -j4 for 4 cores: First, if using all the cores causes
|
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455 | the build to swap because you have insufficient memory (e.g. for 4 cores
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456 | a build without system graphite2 and harfbuzz now uses slightly over 8GB
|
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457 | of RAM). In such cases, using fewer cores can be faster. Second, on some
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458 | machines the middle part of the build can drag on as if only one core is
|
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459 | present. In those cases, specifying the number of cores may speed up the
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460 | build.
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461 | </para>
|
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462 |
|
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463 | <para>
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464 | <command>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This ensures
|
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465 | that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/</filename>
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466 | exists.
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467 | </para>
|
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468 |
|
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469 | <para>
|
---|
470 | <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox/browser</command>:
|
---|
471 | This command creates a symbolic link to <filename
|
---|
472 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not really
|
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473 | needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks <filename
|
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474 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by default, but the
|
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475 | symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in one folder.
|
---|
476 | </para>
|
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477 |
|
---|
478 | </sect2>
|
---|
479 |
|
---|
480 | <sect2 role="configuration">
|
---|
481 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
|
---|
482 |
|
---|
483 | <para>
|
---|
484 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
|
---|
485 | <application>KDE</application> you may like to create a
|
---|
486 | <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
|
---|
487 | <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus. If you
|
---|
488 | didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
|
---|
489 | StartupNotify line to false. As the
|
---|
490 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
491 | </para>
|
---|
492 |
|
---|
493 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
|
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494 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
|
---|
495 |
|
---|
496 | cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF" &&
|
---|
497 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
|
---|
498 | Encoding=UTF-8
|
---|
499 | Name=Firefox Web Browser
|
---|
500 | Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
|
---|
501 | GenericName=Web Browser
|
---|
502 | Exec=firefox %u
|
---|
503 | Terminal=false
|
---|
504 | Type=Application
|
---|
505 | Icon=firefox
|
---|
506 | Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
|
---|
507 | 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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508 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
|
---|
509 | EOF
|
---|
510 |
|
---|
511 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png \
|
---|
512 | /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
|
---|
513 |
|
---|
514 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
|
---|
515 |
|
---|
516 | <para>
|
---|
517 | The application settings for firefox are accessible by keying
|
---|
518 | <command>about:config</command> in the address bar.
|
---|
519 | </para>
|
---|
520 |
|
---|
521 | <para>
|
---|
522 | With this version of <application>firefox</application>, getting
|
---|
523 | working sound can be a problem. Although upstream prefers pulseaudio,
|
---|
524 | on balance using <application>Alsa</application> may be easier.
|
---|
525 | </para>
|
---|
526 |
|
---|
527 | <para>
|
---|
528 | If you enabled <application>Alsa</application> for sound, you may need
|
---|
529 | to alter one variable to get working sound. If you run
|
---|
530 | <command>firefox</command> from a term and try to play something with
|
---|
531 | sound you might encounter error messages like:
|
---|
532 | </para>
|
---|
533 |
|
---|
534 | <para>
|
---|
535 | <literal>Sandbox: seccomp sandbox violation: pid 3941, tid 4030,
|
---|
536 | syscall 16, args 48 2147767296 139909894784796 0 0 0.</literal>
|
---|
537 | </para>
|
---|
538 |
|
---|
539 | <para>
|
---|
540 | That was on x86_64, on i686 the syscall number is 54. To allow this
|
---|
541 | syscall, in <command>about:config</command> change
|
---|
542 | <command>security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist</command> to 16
|
---|
543 | (or 54 if using i686).
|
---|
544 | </para>
|
---|
545 |
|
---|
546 | <para>
|
---|
547 | If you use <command>pulseaudio</command> in a Desktop Environment, it
|
---|
548 | might already be started by that DE. But if it is not, although
|
---|
549 | firefox-57 managed to start it, firefox-58 did not. If you run
|
---|
550 | <command>firefox</command> from a term and this problem is present,
|
---|
551 | trying to play sound will
|
---|
552 | encounter error messages warning <literal>Can't get cubeb
|
---|
553 | context!</literal>
|
---|
554 | </para>
|
---|
555 |
|
---|
556 | <para>
|
---|
557 | The fix for this is to close firefox, start pulseaudio to check it
|
---|
558 | does start (if not, read the information on Configuring in <xref
|
---|
559 | linkend="pulseaudio"/>) and restart firefox to check it is working.
|
---|
560 | If it now works, add the following to your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:
|
---|
561 | <phrase revision="sysv">
|
---|
562 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=syslog&</literal></phrase>
|
---|
563 | <phrase revision="systemd">
|
---|
564 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=journald&</literal></phrase>
|
---|
565 | (unfortunately, on some systems this does not work).
|
---|
566 | </para>
|
---|
567 |
|
---|
568 | <para>
|
---|
569 | You may wish to use multiple profiles within firefox. To do that, invoke
|
---|
570 | firefox as <command>firefox --ProfileManager</command>. You can also
|
---|
571 | check which profile is currently in use from
|
---|
572 | <command>about:profiles</command>.
|
---|
573 | </para>
|
---|
574 |
|
---|
575 | </sect3>
|
---|
576 | </sect2>
|
---|
577 |
|
---|
578 | <sect2 role="content">
|
---|
579 | <title>Contents</title>
|
---|
580 |
|
---|
581 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
582 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
---|
583 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
584 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
|
---|
585 |
|
---|
586 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
587 | <seg>
|
---|
588 | firefox
|
---|
589 | </seg>
|
---|
590 | <seg>
|
---|
591 | Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
|
---|
592 | helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox
|
---|
593 | </seg>
|
---|
594 | <seg>
|
---|
595 | /usr/lib/firefox and /usr/lib/mozilla
|
---|
596 | </seg>
|
---|
597 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
598 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
599 |
|
---|
600 | <variablelist>
|
---|
601 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
---|
602 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
---|
603 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
---|
604 |
|
---|
605 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
|
---|
606 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
|
---|
607 | <listitem>
|
---|
608 | <para>
|
---|
609 | is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
|
---|
610 | the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
|
---|
611 | </para>
|
---|
612 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
|
---|
613 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
|
---|
614 | </indexterm>
|
---|
615 | </listitem>
|
---|
616 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
617 |
|
---|
618 | </variablelist>
|
---|
619 |
|
---|
620 | </sect2>
|
---|
621 |
|
---|
622 | </sect1>
|
---|