source: xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml@ 3e602d7a

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY firefox-download-http "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/firefox-1.0PR-source.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/firefox-1.0PR-source.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY firefox-size          "31 MB">
  <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize     "575 MB">
  <!ENTITY firefox-time          "11.05 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
<title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Firefox</application></title>

<para><application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser
based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&firefox-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &firefox-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&firefox-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&firefox-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Firefox</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="GTK2"/>, 
<xref linkend="libIDL"/> and
<xref linkend="zip"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="unzip"/>,
<xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
<ulink url="http://xprint.mozdev.org/">Xprint</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://cairographics.org/">Cairo</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/">doxygen</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Firefox</application></title>

<para>The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is very similar 
to <xref linkend="mozilla"/> and hence the options are not discussed. Refer to 
the <xref linkend="mozilla"/> instructions for explanations and additional 
configuration information.</para>

<para>Compile and install <application>Firefox</application> by
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export MOZ_PHOENIX="1" &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-system-zlib \
            --with-system-png \
            --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \
            --disable-mailnews \
            --disable-ldap \
            --enable-xft \
            --disable-freetype2 \
            --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 &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
install -d /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
    /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
chown -R root:root /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss</command></userinput></screen>

<!--
ln -sf firefox /usr/bin/MozillaFirefox
-->

<para>You might want to add the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option>
switch to the <command>configure</command> script if you have
<application>libjpeg</application> installed.</para>

<para>To enable multi-user operation, execute the following:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD" &amp;&amp;
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="$PWD" &amp;&amp;
./regxpcom &amp;&amp;
./regchrome &amp;&amp;
touch `find . -name *.rdf`</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>You should run 
<command>/usr/bin/firefox</command> 
once as the root user (or any user with write privileges) to 
create some necessary additional files in the 
<filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> 
hierarchy.</para></note>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Firefox</application> package contains 
<command>firefox</command> and numerous browser components, plugins and
extensions.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>firefox</title>
<para><command>firefox</command> is the Preview Edition of the 
next-generation browser from Mozilla.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>