1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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 "dfa830ac99156ece5e580c82d1abdead">
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10 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "247 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 "9.5 GB (142 MB installed) without tests">
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14 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "25 SBU (with parallelism=4) without tests">
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="firefox">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>
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35 | <application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser based on the
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36 | <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
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37 | </para>
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38 |
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39 | &lfs83_checked;
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40 |
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41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>
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45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
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46 | </para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>
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50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
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51 | </para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>
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55 | Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
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56 | </para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>
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60 | Download size: &firefox-size;
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61 | </para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>
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65 | Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
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66 | </para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | <listitem>
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69 | <para>
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70 | Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
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71 | </para>
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72 | </listitem>
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73 | </itemizedlist>
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>
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79 | Optional patch to allow system versions of <xref linkend="graphite2"/>
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80 | and <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>:
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81 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch"/>
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82 | </para>
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83 | </listitem>
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84 | </itemizedlist>
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85 |
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86 | <note>
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87 | <para>
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88 | Extracting the tarball
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89 | will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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90 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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91 | the sticky bit is set, such
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92 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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93 | messages:
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94 | </para>
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95 |
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96 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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97 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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98 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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99 | </literallayout>
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100 |
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101 | <para>
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102 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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103 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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104 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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105 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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106 | </para>
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107 |
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108 | <para>
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109 | As with other large packages which use C++ (or rust), the SBU times
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110 | to build this vary more widely than you might expect. Also, almost 6GB
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111 | of real memory is used during the final link and the SBUs can increase
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112 | significantly if the machine has to swap to do this.
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113 | </para>
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114 |
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115 | <para>
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116 | The mach build system (Python scripts) can be somewhat unreliable: if
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117 | the build fails and reports an Error, it can still return a status of
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118 | success, causing a scripted build to try to install (which does not rerun
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119 | the build), fail during the preparations for installing, but still exit
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120 | with a status of success. Also, on occasion it may limit itself to only
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121 | running one set of jobs - that will make the build take about 3 times as
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122 | long as running with four sets of jobs.
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123 | </para>
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124 |
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125 | <para>
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126 | Although upstream prefer to use <application>PulseAudio</application>,
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127 | for the moment <application>Alsa</application> can still be used. Both
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128 | may need runtime configuration to get sound working.
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129 | </para>
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130 | </note>
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131 |
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132 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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133 |
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134 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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135 | <para role="required">
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136 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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137 | <application>Clang</application> (from <xref linkend="llvm"/>),
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138 | both <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and
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139 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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140 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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141 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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142 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>
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143 | (or
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144 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit the mozconfig;
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145 | now deprecated by mozilla), in either case please read the
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146 | Configuration Information,
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147 | <xref linkend="rust"/>,
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148 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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149 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>, and
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150 | <xref linkend="zip"/>
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151 | </para>
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152 |
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153 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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154 | <para role="recommended">
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155 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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156 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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157 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>, and
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158 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
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159 | </para>
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160 |
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161 | <note>
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162 | <para>
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163 | If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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164 | those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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165 | be out of date or contain security holes.
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166 | </para>
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167 | </note>
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168 |
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169 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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170 | <para role="optional">
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171 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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172 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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173 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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174 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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175 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime, to play mov, mp3 or mp4 files),
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176 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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177 | <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
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178 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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179 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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180 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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181 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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182 | <phrase revision="sysv"><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/liboauth/files/">liboauth</ulink></phrase>
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183 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="liboauth"/></phrase>,
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184 | <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>,
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185 | and (with the patch)
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186 | <xref linkend="graphite2"/> and
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187 | <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>
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188 | </para>
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189 |
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190 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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191 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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192 | </para>
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193 | </sect2>
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194 |
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195 | <sect2 role="installation">
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196 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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197 |
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198 | <para>
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199 | The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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200 | by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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201 | configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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202 | created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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203 | (and an abbreviated description of some of them), issue <command>./mach
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204 | configure && ./configure --help | less</command>. You may also
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205 | wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired options.
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206 | Create the file by issuing the following command:
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207 | </para>
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208 |
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209 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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210 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used by default.
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211 | # You can change the number of non-rust jobs by setting a valid number
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212 | # of cores in this option, but when rust crates are being compiled
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213 | # jobs will be scheduled for all the available CPU cores.
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214 | #mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j1"
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215 |
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216 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, comment out this line:
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217 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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218 |
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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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222 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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223 |
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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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232 | # Uncomment this line if you have installed startup-notification:
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233 | #ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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234 |
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235 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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236 | #ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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237 | # and uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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238 | #ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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239 |
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240 | # If you have installed GConf, comment out this line
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241 | ac_add_options --disable-gconf
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242 |
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243 | # From firefox-61, the stylo CSS code can no-longer be disabled
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244 |
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245 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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246 | # recommended dependencies:
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247 | ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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248 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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249 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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250 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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251 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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252 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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253 |
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254 | # If you are going to apply the patch for system graphite
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255 | # and system harfbuzz, uncomment these lines:
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256 | #ac_add_options --with-system-graphite2
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257 | #ac_add_options --with-system-harfbuzz
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258 |
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259 | # Stripping is now enabled by default.
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260 | # Uncomment these lines if you need to run a debugger:
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261 | #ac_add_options --disable-strip
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262 | #ac_add_options --disable-install-strip
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263 |
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264 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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265 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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266 | ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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267 |
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268 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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269 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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270 | # enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
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271 | # increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
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272 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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273 |
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274 | # Optimization for size is broken with gcc7 and later
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275 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2"
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276 |
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277 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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278 |
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279 | # From firefox-61 system cairo is not supported
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280 |
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281 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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282 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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283 |
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284 | # From firefox-62 --with-pthreads is not recognized
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285 |
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286 | ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
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287 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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288 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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289 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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290 |
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291 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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292 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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293 |
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294 | <para>
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295 | Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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296 | commands:
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297 | </para>
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298 |
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299 | <para>
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300 | If you have installed system versions of graphite2 and harfbuzz and wish
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301 | firefox to use those instead of its shipped versions, apply the patch and
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302 | uncomment the appropriate entries in the <filename>mozconfig</filename>
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303 | file.
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304 | </para>
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305 |
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306 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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307 |
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308 | <para>
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309 | If the geolocation APIs are needed:
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310 | </para>
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311 |
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312 | <note>
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313 | <para>
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314 | <!-- Taken from Arch Linux - an immensely helpful link - Thanks -->
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315 | The Google and Mozilla API Keys below are specific to LFS. If using
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316 | these instructions for another distro, or if you intend to distribute
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317 | binary copies of the software using these instructions, please obtain
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318 | your own keys following the instructions located at
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319 | <ulink url="http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys"/> and
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320 | <ulink url="https://location.services.mozilla.com/api"/> respectively.
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321 | <!-- BLFS Devs, register an account at Google with your
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322 | @linuxfromscratch.org email address, and I'll make you an administrator
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323 | for the 'Google APIs for LFS' project (where the API and OAuth keys
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324 | were created for use in the book).-->
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325 | </para>
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326 | </note>
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327 |
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328 | <screen><userinput>echo "AIzaSyDxKL42zsPjbke5O8_rPVpVrLrJ8aeE9rQ" > google-key
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329 | echo "d2284a20-0505-4927-a809-7ffaf4d91e55" > mozilla-key</userinput></screen>
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330 |
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331 | <note><para>
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332 | If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, make
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333 | sure you have <envar>$SHELL</envar> environment variable set or prepend
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334 | <envar>SHELL=/bin/sh</envar>.
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335 | </para></note>
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336 |
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337 | <para>
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338 | Invoke the Python script to compile the package:
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339 | </para>
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340 |
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341 | <screen><userinput>./mach build</userinput></screen>
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342 |
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343 | <para>
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344 | The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
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345 | they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
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346 | you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing
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347 | <command>./mach gtest</command>. This will require a network connection,
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348 | and to be run from within an Xorg session - there is a popup dialog
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349 | when it fails to connect to ALSA (that does not create a failed test).
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350 | One or two tests will fail. To see the details of the failure(s) you
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351 | will need to log the output from that command so that you can review it.
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352 | </para>
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353 |
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354 | <para>
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355 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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356 | </para>
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357 |
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358 | <screen role="root"><userinput>./mach install &&
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359 |
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360 | mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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361 | ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox/browser/</userinput></screen>
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362 | <!--
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363 | <para>
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364 | Set environment variables back to their values:
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365 | </para>
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366 |
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367 | <screen><userinput>export CFLAGS=$CFLAGS_HOLD &&
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368 | export CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS_HOLD &&
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369 | unset CFLAGS_HOLD CXXFLAGS_HOLD</userinput></screen>
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370 | -->
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371 |
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372 | </sect2>
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373 |
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374 | <sect2 role="commands">
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375 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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376 |
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377 | <para>
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378 | <command>./mach build</command>: <application>Firefox</application>
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379 | now uses this <application>python2</application> script to run the
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380 | build and install.
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381 | </para>
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382 |
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383 | <para>
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384 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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385 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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386 | C++ flags being used.
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387 | </para>
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388 |
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389 | <para>
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390 | <command>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This ensures
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391 | that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/</filename>
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392 | exists.
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393 | </para>
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394 |
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395 | <para>
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396 | <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox/browser</command>:
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397 | This command creates a symbolic link to <filename
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398 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not really
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399 | needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks <filename
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400 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by default, but the
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401 | symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in one folder.
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402 | </para>
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403 |
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404 | </sect2>
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405 |
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406 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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407 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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408 |
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409 | <para>
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410 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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411 | <application>KDE</application> you may like to create a
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412 | <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
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413 | <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus. If you
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414 | didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
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415 | StartupNotify line to false. As the
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416 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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417 | </para>
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418 |
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419 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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420 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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421 |
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422 | cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF" &&
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423 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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424 | Encoding=UTF-8
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425 | Name=Firefox Web Browser
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426 | Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
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427 | GenericName=Web Browser
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428 | Exec=firefox %u
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429 | Terminal=false
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430 | Type=Application
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431 | Icon=firefox
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432 | Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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433 | 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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434 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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435 | EOF
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436 |
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437 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png \
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438 | /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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439 |
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440 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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441 |
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442 | <para>
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443 | The application settings for firefox are accessible by keying
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444 | <command>about:config</command> in the address bar.
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445 | </para>
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446 |
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447 | <para>
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448 | With this version of <application>firefox</application>, getting
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449 | working sound can be a problem. Although upstream prefers pulseaudio,
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450 | on balance using <application>Alsa</application> may be easier.
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451 | </para>
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452 |
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453 | <para>
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454 | If you enabled <application>Alsa</application> for sound, you may need
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455 | to alter one variable to get working sound. If you run
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456 | <command>firefox</command> from a term and try to play something with
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457 | sound you might encounter error messages like:
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458 | </para>
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459 |
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460 | <para>
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461 | <literal>Sandbox: seccomp sandbox violation: pid 3941, tid 4030,
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462 | syscall 16, args 48 2147767296 139909894784796 0 0 0.</literal>
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463 | </para>
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464 |
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465 | <para>
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466 | That was on x86_64, on i686 the syscall number is 54. To allow this
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467 | syscall, in <command>about:config</command> change
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468 | <command>security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist</command> to 16
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469 | (or 54 if using i686).
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470 | </para>
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471 |
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472 | <para>
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473 | If you use <command>pulseaudio</command> in a Desktop Environment, it
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474 | might already be started by that DE. But if it is not, although
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475 | firefox-57 managed to start it, firefox-58 does not. If you run
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476 | <command>firefox</command> from a term, trying to play sound will
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477 | encounter error messages warning <literal>Can't get cubeb
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478 | context!</literal>
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479 | </para>
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480 |
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481 | <para>
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482 | The fix for this is to close firefox, start pulseaudio to check it
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483 | does start (if not, read the information on Configuring in <xref
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484 | linkend="pulseaudio"/>) and restart firefox to check it is working.
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485 | If it now works, add the following to your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:
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486 | <phrase revision="sysv">
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487 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=syslog&</literal></phrase>
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488 | <phrase revision="systemd">
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489 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=journald&</literal></phrase>
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490 | (unfortunately, on some systems this does not work).
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491 | </para>
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492 |
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493 | <para>
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494 | You may wish to use multiple profiles within firefox. To do that, invoke
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495 | firefox as <command>firefox --ProfileManager</command>. You can also
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496 | check which profile is currently in use from
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497 | <command>about:profiles</command>.
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498 | </para>
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499 |
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500 | </sect3>
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501 | </sect2>
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502 |
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503 | <sect2 role="content">
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504 | <title>Contents</title>
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505 |
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506 | <segmentedlist>
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507 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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508 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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509 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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510 |
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511 | <seglistitem>
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512 | <seg>
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513 | firefox
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514 | </seg>
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515 | <seg>
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516 | Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
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517 | helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox
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518 | </seg>
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519 | <seg>
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520 | /usr/lib/firefox and /usr/lib/mozilla
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521 | </seg>
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522 | </seglistitem>
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523 | </segmentedlist>
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524 |
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525 | <variablelist>
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526 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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527 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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528 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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529 |
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530 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
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531 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
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532 | <listitem>
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533 | <para>
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534 | is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
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535 | the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
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536 | </para>
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537 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
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538 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
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539 | </indexterm>
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540 | </listitem>
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541 | </varlistentry>
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542 |
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543 | </variablelist>
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544 |
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545 | </sect2>
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546 |
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547 | </sect1>
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