%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Firefox-&firefox-version; Introduction to <application>Firefox</application> Firefox is a stand-alone browser based on the Mozilla codebase. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &firefox-size; Estimated Disk space required: &firefox-buildsize; Estimated build time: &firefox-time; Additional downloads Required Patch: <application>Firefox</application> dependencies Required , and Optional , , , or , Xprint, Electric Fence, Cairo and doxygen Installation of <application>Firefox</application> The configuration of Firefox is very similar to and hence the options are not discussed. Refer to the instructions for explanations and additional configuration information. Compile and install Firefox by running the following commands: export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" && export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" && export MOZ_PHOENIX="1" && patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-ft218-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/opt/firefox-&firefox-version; \ --with-system-zlib \ --with-system-png \ --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \ --disable-mailnews \ --disable-ldap \ --enable-xft \ --enable-crypto \ --enable-xinerama \ --enable-single-profile \ --disable-composer \ --enable-extensions=all \ --disable-installer \ --disable-tests \ --disable-debug \ --enable-optimize \ --disable-logging \ --enable-reorder \ --enable-strip \ --disable-pedantic \ --enable-cpp-rtti \ --disable-profilesharing && make && make install && install -d /opt/firefox-&firefox-version;/include/firefox-0.10/nss && cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \ /opt/firefox-&firefox-version;/include/firefox-0.10/nss && chown -R root:root /opt/firefox-&firefox-version;/include/firefox-0.10/nss && ln -sf /opt/firefox-&firefox-version;/bin/firefox /usr/bin/MozillaFirefox You might want to add the switch to the configure script if you have libjpeg installed. To enable multi-user operation, execute the following: cd /opt/firefox-&firefox-version;/lib/firefox-0.10 && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD" && export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="$PWD" && ./regxpcom && ./regchrome && touch `find . -name *.rdf` You should run /opt/firefox-&firefox-version;/bin/firefox once as the root user (or any user with write privileges) to create some necessary additional files in the /opt/firefox-&firefox-version; hierarchy. Contents The Firefox package contains firefox and numerous browser components, plugins and extensions. Description firefox firefox is the Preview Edition of the next-generation browser from Mozilla.