%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Firefox Firefox is a stand-alone browser based on the Mozilla codebase. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum; Download size: &firefox-size; Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize; Estimated build time: &firefox-time; , and , , , , or (for the GSSAPI libraries), , Xprint, Electric Fence and Cairo 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" && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/firefox-1.0 \ --with-user-appdir=.firefox \ --with-system-zlib \ --with-system-png \ --enable-application=browser \ --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \ --enable-extensions=all,-typeaheadfind \ --enable-crypto \ --enable-xft \ --enable-xinerama \ --enable-optimize \ --enable-reorder \ --enable-strip \ --enable-cpp-rtti \ --enable-single-profile \ --disable-freetype2 \ --disable-accessibility \ --disable-debug \ --disable-tests \ --disable-logging \ --disable-pedantic \ --disable-installer \ --disable-mailnews \ --disable-ldap \ --disable-composer \ --disable-profilesharing && make You should add the --with-system-jpeg switch to the configure script if you have libjpeg installed. This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && install -d /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss && cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \ /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss To enable multi-user operation, execute the following as the root user: cd /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD" && export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="$PWD" && ./regxpcom && ./regchrome && touch `find . -name *.rdf` You should run /usr/bin/firefox once as the root user (or any user with write privileges) to create some necessary additional files in the /usr hierarchy. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories firefox and firefox-config Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions and helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; /usr/bin/defaults, /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;, /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; and /usr/share/idl/firefox-&firefox-version; Short Descriptions firefox is the next-generation browser from Mozilla. firefox firefox-config determines the compile and linker flags that should be used to compile and link programs that use Firefox libraries and browser components. firefox-config