| 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
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| 8 | "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">-->
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| 9 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-http
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| 10 | "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp
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| 12 | "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "ef274d62fffc2cdcfc287ccb84aeeb5d">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "148 MB">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "3.8 GB (74 MB installed)">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "13 SBU (using parallelism=8)">
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| 17 | ]>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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| 20 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect1info>
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| 23 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 24 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 25 | </sect1info>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <indexterm zone="firefox">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>
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| 37 | <application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser based on the
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| 38 | <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs76_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &firefox-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="required">
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| 81 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="zip"/>, and
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| 84 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="recommended">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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| 92 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
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| 93 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
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| 95 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>
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| 96 | </para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <note>
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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| 101 | those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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| 102 | be out of date or contain security holes.
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| 103 | </para>
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| 104 | </note>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <note>
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| 107 | <para>
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| 108 | With <application>Firefox-31.0</application> and later versions, you
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| 109 | must have installed <application>Openssl</application> before
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| 110 | <application>Python 2</application> or the build system will quickly
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| 111 | fail with output including "ImportError: cannot import name
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| 112 | HTTPSHandler". If you are in any doubt about this (e.g. upgrading
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| 113 | from an older version of Firefox), check if
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| 114 | <filename>/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ssl.so</filename> exists.
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| 115 | If it does not, reinstall <xref linkend="python2"/> (after
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| 116 | installing <xref linkend="openssl"/>. The latest version of any
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| 117 | <emphasis>currently maintained</emphasis> version of Openssl should
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| 118 | be satisfactory if already installed.
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| 119 | </para>
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| 120 | </note>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 123 | <para role="optional">
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| 124 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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| 125 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 126 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 127 | <xref linkend="gst-plugins-base"/> (with
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| 128 | <xref linkend="gst-plugins-good"/> and
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| 129 | <xref linkend="gst-ffmpeg"/> at runtime), or
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| 130 | <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/> (with
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| 131 | <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-good"/> and
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| 132 | <xref linkend="gst10-libav"/> at runtime),
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| 133 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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| 134 | <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
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| 135 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
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| 136 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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| 137 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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| 138 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>, and
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| 139 | <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>
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| 140 | </para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 143 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 | </sect2>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 148 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <para>
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| 151 | The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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| 152 | by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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| 153 | configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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| 154 | created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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| 155 | (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue <command>./configure
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| 156 | --help</command>. You may also wish to review the entire file and
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| 157 | uncomment any other desired options. Create the file by issuing the
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| 158 | following command:
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| 159 | </para>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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| 162 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, firefox will now use all the cores by
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| 163 | # default. Exceptionally, you can reduce the number of cores, e.g. to 1,
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| 164 | # by uncommenting the next line and setting a valid number of CPU cores.
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| 165 | #mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j1"
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| 166 |
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| 167 | # If you have installed DBus-Glib comment out this line:
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| 168 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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| 169 |
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| 170 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, and you have installed (or will install)
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| 171 | # wireless-tools, and you wish to use geolocation web services, comment out
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| 172 | # this line
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| 173 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 174 |
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| 175 | # If you have installed libnotify comment out this line:
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| 176 | ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
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| 177 |
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| 178 | # GStreamer is necessary for H.264 video playback in HTML5 Video Player;
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| 179 | # to be enabled, also remember to set "media.gstreamer.enabled" to "true"
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| 180 | # in about:config. If you do *not* have GStreamer 0.x.y, uncomment this line:
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| 181 | #ac_add_options --disable-gstreamer
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| 182 | # or uncomment this line, if you have GStreamer 1.x.y
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| 183 | #ac_add_options --enable-gstreamer=1.0
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| 184 |
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| 185 | # Uncomment these lines if you have installed optional dependencies:
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| 186 | #ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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| 187 | #ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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| 188 |
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| 189 | # Comment out following option if you have PulseAudio installed
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| 190 | ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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| 191 |
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| 192 | # If you have not installed Yasm then uncomment this line:
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| 193 | #ac_add_options --disable-webm
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| 194 |
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| 195 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 196 | # recommended dependencies:
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| 197 | ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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| 198 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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| 199 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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| 200 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 201 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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| 202 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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| 203 |
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| 204 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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| 205 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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| 206 | ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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| 207 |
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| 208 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 209 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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| 210 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 211 |
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| 212 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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| 213 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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| 214 | ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
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| 215 |
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| 216 | ac_add_options --enable-gio
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| 217 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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| 218 | ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
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| 219 | ac_add_options --enable-url-classifier
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| 220 |
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| 221 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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| 222 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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| 223 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 224 |
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| 225 | ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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| 226 |
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| 227 | ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
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| 228 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 229 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 230 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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| 231 |
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| 232 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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| 233 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <para>
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| 236 | Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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| 237 | commands:
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <note><para>
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| 241 | If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, make
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| 242 | sure you have <envar>$SHELL</envar> environment variable set or prepend
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| 243 | <envar>SHELL=/bin/sh</envar> to the first make command below.
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| 244 | </para></note>
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| 245 | <!--<screen><userinput>test $(uname -m) = "i686" && sed -i 's/enable-optimize/disable-optimize/' mozconfig || true &&-->
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| 246 | <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <para>
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| 249 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 250 | </para>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <para>
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| 253 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 254 | </para>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install INSTALL_SDK= &&
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| 257 |
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| 258 | mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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| 259 | ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser</userinput></screen>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | </sect2>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 264 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 265 | <!--
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| 266 | <para>
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| 267 | <command>test $(uname -m) = "i686" && sed ...</command>:
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| 268 | On this version of firefox, an old bug has reappeared in 32-bit builds.
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| 269 | With optimization, the install fails with a Python error. This
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| 270 | command will fix i686 builds and preserve the optimization on x86_64.
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| 271 | </para>-->
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <para>
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| 274 | <command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
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| 275 | allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
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| 276 | configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
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| 277 | <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
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| 278 | get initial configuration and setup parameters.
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| 279 | </para>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <para>
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| 282 | <command>make -C firefox-build-dir install</command>: This runs
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| 283 | <command>make install</command> in firefox-build-dir.
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| 284 | </para>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <para>
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| 287 | <command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: This puts a symbolic link
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| 288 | to the <command>firefox</command> executable in your <envar>PATH</envar>
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| 289 | variable.
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| 290 | </para>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <para>
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| 293 | <command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This checks
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| 294 | that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>
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| 295 | exists.
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| 296 | </para>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <para>
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| 299 | <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser</command>:
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| 300 | This command creates a symbolic link to <filename
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| 301 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not really
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| 302 | needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks <filename
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| 303 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by default, but the
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| 304 | symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in one folder.
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| 305 | </para>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | </sect2>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 310 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <para>
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| 313 | If you deleted the <option>--disable-webm</option> option from your
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| 314 | <filename>mozconfig</filename>, your <application>Firefox</application>
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| 315 | can play most YouTube videos without the need for the flash plugin. To
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| 316 | enable this, go to <ulink url="http://www.youtube.com/html5"/> and click
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| 317 | on 'Join the HTML5 Trial' (needs cookies enabled).
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <para>
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| 321 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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| 322 | <application>KDE</application> you may like to create a
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| 323 | <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
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| 324 | <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus. If you
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| 325 | didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
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| 326 | StartupNotify line to false. As the
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| 327 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 328 | </para>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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| 331 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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| 332 |
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| 333 | cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF" &&
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| 334 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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| 335 | Encoding=UTF-8
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| 336 | Name=Firefox Web Browser
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| 337 | Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
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| 338 | GenericName=Web Browser
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| 339 | Exec=firefox %u
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| 340 | Terminal=false
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| 341 | Type=Application
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| 342 | Icon=firefox
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| 343 | Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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| 344 | 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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| 345 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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| 346 | EOF
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| 347 |
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| 348 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser/icons/mozicon128.png \
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| 349 | /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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| 350 |
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| 351 | </sect2>
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| 352 |
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| 353 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 354 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <segmentedlist>
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| 357 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 358 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 359 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <seglistitem>
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| 362 | <seg>
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| 363 | firefox
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| 364 | </seg>
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| 365 | <seg>
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| 366 | Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
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| 367 | helper modules installed in
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| 368 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>
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| 369 | </seg>
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| 370 | <seg>
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| 371 | /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;
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| 372 | </seg>
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| 373 | </seglistitem>
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| 374 | </segmentedlist>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <variablelist>
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| 377 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 378 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 379 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 380 |
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| 381 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
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| 382 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
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| 383 | <listitem>
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| 384 | <para>
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| 385 | is a <application>GTK+ 2</application> internet browser that uses the
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| 386 | Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
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| 387 | </para>
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| 388 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
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| 389 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
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| 390 | </indexterm>
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| 391 | </listitem>
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| 392 | </varlistentry>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | </variablelist>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | </sect2>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | </sect1>
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