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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 "b5f952cbb1b1edbae43f6a469059099b">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "266 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 "9.4 GB (146 MB installed) without tests">
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| 14 | <!-- editors: with ff63 and rust-1.29, ./mach build -j4 is probably the
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| 15 | most practical way to get a timing on a machine with more cores, if taking
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| 16 | cores offline is not practical. If in doubt, round up -->
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| 17 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "29 SBU (with parallelism=4) without tests">
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| 18 | ]>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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| 21 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect1info>
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| 24 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 25 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 26 | </sect1info>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <indexterm zone="firefox">
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| 31 | <primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
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| 32 | </indexterm>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 35 | <title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>
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| 38 | <application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser based on the
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| 39 | <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | &lfs83_checked;
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
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| 54 | </para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
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| 59 | </para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Download size: &firefox-size;
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| 64 | </para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
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| 69 | </para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>
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| 73 | Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
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| 74 | </para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </itemizedlist>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 79 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para>
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| 82 | Optional patch to allow system versions of <xref linkend="graphite2"/>
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| 83 | and <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>:
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| 84 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 | </listitem>
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| 87 | </itemizedlist>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <note>
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| 90 | <para>
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| 91 | Extracting the tarball
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| 92 | will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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| 93 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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| 94 | the sticky bit is set, such
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| 95 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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| 96 | messages:
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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| 100 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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| 101 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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| 102 | </literallayout>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <para>
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| 105 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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| 106 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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| 107 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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| 108 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>
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| 112 | As with other large packages which use C++ (or rust), the SBU times
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| 113 | to build this vary more widely than you might expect. Also, 6GB
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| 114 | of real memory is used during the final link and the SBUs can increase
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| 115 | significantly if the machine has to swap.
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para>
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| 119 | The mach build system (Python scripts) can be somewhat unreliable: if
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| 120 | the build fails and reports an Error, it can still return a status of
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| 121 | success, causing a scripted build to try to install (which does not rerun
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| 122 | the build), fail during the preparations for installing, but still exit
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| 123 | with a status of success. Also, on occasion it may limit itself to only
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| 124 | running one set of jobs - that will make the build take about 3 times as
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| 125 | long as running with four sets of jobs.
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| 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para>
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| 129 | Although upstream prefer to use <application>PulseAudio</application>,
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| 130 | for the moment <application>Alsa</application> can still be used. Both
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| 131 | may need runtime configuration to get sound working.
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 | </note>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 138 | <para role="required">
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| 139 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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| 140 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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| 141 | <application>Clang</application> (from <xref linkend="llvm"/>),
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| 142 | both <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and
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| 143 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 144 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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| 145 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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| 146 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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| 147 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>
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| 148 | (or
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| 149 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit the mozconfig;
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| 150 | now deprecated by mozilla), in either case please read the
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| 151 | Configuration Information,
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| 152 | <xref linkend="rust"/>,
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| 153 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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| 154 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>, and
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| 155 | <xref linkend="zip"/>
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| 156 | </para>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 159 | <para role="recommended">
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| 160 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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| 161 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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| 162 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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| 163 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>, and
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| 164 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
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| 165 | </para>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <note>
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| 168 | <para>
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| 169 | If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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| 170 | those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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| 171 | be out of date or contain security holes.
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| 172 | </para>
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| 173 | </note>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 176 | <para role="optional">
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| 177 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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| 178 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 179 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 180 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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| 181 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime, to play mov, mp3 or mp4 files),
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| 182 | <!-- <phrase revision="sysv"><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/liboauth/files/">liboauth</ulink></phrase> -->
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| 183 | <xref linkend="liboauth"/>,
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| 184 | <xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
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| 185 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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| 186 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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| 187 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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| 188 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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| 189 | <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>,
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| 190 | and (with the patch)
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| 191 | <xref linkend="graphite2"/> and
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| 192 | <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>
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| 193 | </para>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 196 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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| 197 | </para>
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| 198 | </sect2>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 201 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <para>
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| 204 | The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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| 205 | by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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| 206 | configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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| 207 | created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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| 208 | (and an abbreviated description of some of them), issue <command>./mach
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| 209 | configure && ./configure --help | less</command>. You may also
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| 210 | wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired options.
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| 211 | Create the file by issuing the following command:
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| 212 | </para>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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| 215 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used by default.
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| 216 |
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| 217 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, comment out this line:
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| 218 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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| 219 |
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| 220 | # If you have installed dbus-glib, and you have installed (or will install)
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| 221 | # wireless-tools, and you wish to use geolocation web services, comment out
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| 222 | # this line
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| 223 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 224 |
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| 225 | # API Keys for geolocation APIs - necko-wifi (above) is required for MLS
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| 226 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Mozilla Location Service
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| 227 | #ac_add_options --with-mozilla-api-keyfile=$PWD/mozilla-key
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| 228 |
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| 229 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Google's geolocaton API
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| 230 | # (needed for use with saved maps with Google Maps)
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| 231 | #ac_add_options --with-google-api-keyfile=$PWD/google-key
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| 232 |
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| 233 | # Uncomment this line if you have installed startup-notification:
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| 234 | #ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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| 235 |
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| 236 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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| 237 | #ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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| 238 | # and uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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| 239 | #ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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| 240 |
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| 241 | # If you have installed GConf, comment out this line
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| 242 | ac_add_options --disable-gconf
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| 243 |
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| 244 | # From firefox-61, the stylo CSS code can no-longer be disabled
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| 245 |
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| 246 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 247 | # recommended dependencies:
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| 248 | ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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| 249 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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| 250 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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| 251 | # firefox-65 understands webp and ships with an included copy
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| 252 | ac_add_options --with-system-webp
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| 253 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 254 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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| 255 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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| 256 |
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| 257 | # The gold linker is no-longer the default
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| 258 | ac_add_options --enable-linker=gold
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| 259 |
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| 260 | # You cannot distribute the binary if you do this
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| 261 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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| 262 |
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| 263 | # If you are going to apply the patch for system graphite
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| 264 | # and system harfbuzz, uncomment these lines:
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| 265 | #ac_add_options --with-system-graphite2
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| 266 | #ac_add_options --with-system-harfbuzz
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| 267 |
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| 268 | # Stripping is now enabled by default.
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| 269 | # Uncomment these lines if you need to run a debugger:
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| 270 | #ac_add_options --disable-strip
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| 271 | #ac_add_options --disable-install-strip
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| 272 |
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| 273 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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| 274 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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| 275 | ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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| 276 |
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| 277 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 278 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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| 279 | # enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
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| 280 | # increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
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| 281 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 282 |
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| 283 | # With clang, unlike gcc-7 and later, the default level
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| 284 | # of optimization produces a working build.
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| 285 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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| 286 |
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| 287 | # From firefox-61 system cairo is not supported
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| 288 |
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| 289 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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| 290 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 291 |
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| 292 | # From firefox-62 --with-pthreads is not recognized
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| 293 |
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| 294 | ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
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| 295 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 296 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 297 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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| 298 |
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| 299 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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| 300 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <para>
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| 303 | Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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| 304 | commands:
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| 305 | </para>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <para>
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| 308 | If you have installed system versions of graphite2 and harfbuzz and wish
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| 309 | firefox to use those instead of its shipped versions, apply the patch and
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| 310 | uncomment the appropriate entries in the <filename>mozconfig</filename>
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| 311 | file.
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| 312 | </para>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <para>
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| 317 | If the geolocation APIs are needed:
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <note>
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| 321 | <para>
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| 322 | <!-- Taken from Arch Linux - an immensely helpful link - Thanks -->
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| 323 | The Google and Mozilla API Keys below are specific to LFS. If using
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| 324 | these instructions for another distro, or if you intend to distribute
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| 325 | binary copies of the software using these instructions, please obtain
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| 326 | your own keys following the instructions located at
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| 327 | <ulink url="http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys"/> and
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| 328 | <ulink url="https://location.services.mozilla.com/api"/> respectively.
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| 329 | <!-- BLFS Devs, register an account at Google with your
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| 330 | @linuxfromscratch.org email address, and I'll make you an administrator
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| 331 | for the 'Google APIs for LFS' project (where the API and OAuth keys
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| 332 | were created for use in the book).-->
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| 333 | </para>
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| 334 | </note>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | <screen><userinput>echo "AIzaSyDxKL42zsPjbke5O8_rPVpVrLrJ8aeE9rQ" > google-key
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| 337 | echo "d2284a20-0505-4927-a809-7ffaf4d91e55" > mozilla-key</userinput></screen>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <note><para>
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| 340 | If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, make
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| 341 | sure you have <envar>$SHELL</envar> environment variable set or prepend
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| 342 | <envar>SHELL=/bin/sh</envar>. Also ensure that <filename>/dev/shm</filename>
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| 343 | is mounted.
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| 344 | </para></note>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <para>
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| 347 | <!-- Invoke the Python script to compile the package: -->
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| 348 | To use the system version of ICU, run a sed to avoid a conflict between
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| 349 | upstream ICU's use of <literal>CheckImpl()</literal> in their public headers
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| 350 | and firefox's internal use of a different <literal>CheckImpl()</literal>.
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| 351 | Then invoke the Python2 script to compile the package.
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| 352 | </para>
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| 353 |
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| 354 | <screen><userinput>sed -e 's/checkImpl/checkFFImpl/g' -i js/src/vm/JSContext*.h &&
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| 355 | export CC=clang CXX=clang++ AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm RANLIB=llvm-ranlib &&
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| 356 | export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild &&
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| 357 | ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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| 358 |
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| 359 | <para>
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| 360 | The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
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| 361 | they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
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| 362 | you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing
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| 363 | <command>./mach gtest</command>. This will require a network connection,
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| 364 | and to be run from within an Xorg session - there is a popup dialog
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| 365 | when it fails to connect to ALSA (that does not create a failed test).
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| 366 | One or two tests will fail. To see the details of the failure(s) you
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| 367 | will need to log the output from that command so that you can review it.
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| 368 | </para>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | <para>
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| 371 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 372 | </para>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <screen role="root"><userinput>./mach install &&
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| 375 |
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| 376 | mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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| 377 | ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox/browser/</userinput></screen>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <para>
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| 380 | Set environment variables back to their values:
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| 381 | </para>
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| 382 |
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| 383 | <screen><userinput>unset CC CXX AR NM RANLIB MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH</userinput></screen>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | </sect2>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 388 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <para>
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| 391 | <command>sed -e 's/checkImpl/checkFFImpl/g' ...</command>: Although the
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| 392 | package ships with a modified version of <application>ICU-59</application>
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| 393 | and only tests that the system version, if requested, is at least 59,
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| 394 | changes in <emphasis>some</emphasis> versions cause builds with the system
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| 395 | version to fail with error messages of the form <literal>no void
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| 396 | JSContext::checkImpl_NN member function</literal> where NN is the system
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| 397 | <application>ICU</application> version. The sed renames the local function.
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| 398 | </para>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <para>
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| 401 | <command>export CC=clang CXX=clang++ ...</command>: Upstream now use
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| 402 | <application>clang</application> and building with any recent version
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| 403 | saves a lot of space.
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| 404 | </para>
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| 405 |
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| 406 | <para>
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| 407 | <command>export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild</command>: The build
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| 408 | is now supposed to tell you that it intends to create <filename
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| 409 | class="directory">~/.mozbuild</filename>, and offer you an option to
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| 410 | press <ENTER> to accept this, or Ctrl-C to cancel and restart the
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| 411 | build after specifying the directory. In practice, the message may not
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| 412 | appear until after <ENTER> is keyed, i.e. the build stalls.
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| 413 | </para>
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| 414 |
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| 415 | <para>
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| 416 | That directory is used for a (probably random) telemetry identifier.
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| 417 | Creating this in the build directory, and deleting that after the
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| 418 | installation, prevents it being used. If you wish to participate in
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| 419 | telemetry, export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH to point to its default directory.
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| 420 | </para>
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| 421 |
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| 422 | <para>
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| 423 | <command>./mach build</command>: <application>Firefox</application>
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| 424 | now uses this <application>python2</application> script to run the
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| 425 | build and install.
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| 426 | </para>
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| 427 |
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| 428 | <para>
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| 429 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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| 430 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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| 431 | C++ flags being used.
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| 432 | </para>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <para>
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| 435 | <option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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| 436 | all the online CPU cores. There are two reasons to specify the number
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| 437 | of cores, e.g. -j4 for 4 cores: First, if using all the cores causes
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| 438 | the build to swap because you have insufficient memory (e.g. for 4 cores
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| 439 | a build without system graphite2 and harfbuzz now uses slightly over 8GB
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| 440 | of RAM). In such cases, using fewer cores can be faster. Second, on some
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| 441 | machines the middle part of the build can drag on as if only one core is
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| 442 | present. In those cases, specifying the number of cores may speed up the
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| 443 | build.
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| 444 | </para>
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| 445 |
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| 446 | <para>
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| 447 | <command>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This ensures
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| 448 | that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/</filename>
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| 449 | exists.
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| 450 | </para>
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| 451 |
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| 452 | <para>
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| 453 | <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox/browser</command>:
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| 454 | This command creates a symbolic link to <filename
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| 455 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not really
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| 456 | needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks <filename
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| 457 | class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by default, but the
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| 458 | symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in one folder.
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| 459 | </para>
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| 460 |
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| 461 | </sect2>
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| 462 |
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| 463 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 464 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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| 465 |
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| 466 | <para>
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| 467 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
|
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| 468 | <application>KDE</application> you may like to create a
|
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| 469 | <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
|
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| 470 | <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus. If you
|
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| 471 | didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
|
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| 472 | StartupNotify line to false. As the
|
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| 473 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 474 | </para>
|
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| 475 |
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| 476 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
|
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| 477 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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| 478 |
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| 479 | cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF" &&
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| 480 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
|
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| 481 | Encoding=UTF-8
|
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| 482 | Name=Firefox Web Browser
|
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| 483 | Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
|
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| 484 | GenericName=Web Browser
|
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| 485 | Exec=firefox %u
|
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| 486 | Terminal=false
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| 487 | Type=Application
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| 488 | Icon=firefox
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| 489 | Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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| 490 | 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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| 491 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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| 492 | EOF
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|---|
| 493 |
|
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| 494 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png \
|
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| 495 | /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
|
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| 496 |
|
|---|
| 497 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
|
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| 498 |
|
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| 499 | <para>
|
|---|
| 500 | The application settings for firefox are accessible by keying
|
|---|
| 501 | <command>about:config</command> in the address bar.
|
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| 502 | </para>
|
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| 503 |
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| 504 | <para>
|
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| 505 | With this version of <application>firefox</application>, getting
|
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| 506 | working sound can be a problem. Although upstream prefers pulseaudio,
|
|---|
| 507 | on balance using <application>Alsa</application> may be easier.
|
|---|
| 508 | </para>
|
|---|
| 509 |
|
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| 510 | <para>
|
|---|
| 511 | If you enabled <application>Alsa</application> for sound, you may need
|
|---|
| 512 | to alter one variable to get working sound. If you run
|
|---|
| 513 | <command>firefox</command> from a term and try to play something with
|
|---|
| 514 | sound you might encounter error messages like:
|
|---|
| 515 | </para>
|
|---|
| 516 |
|
|---|
| 517 | <para>
|
|---|
| 518 | <literal>Sandbox: seccomp sandbox violation: pid 3941, tid 4030,
|
|---|
| 519 | syscall 16, args 48 2147767296 139909894784796 0 0 0.</literal>
|
|---|
| 520 | </para>
|
|---|
| 521 |
|
|---|
| 522 | <para>
|
|---|
| 523 | That was on x86_64, on i686 the syscall number is 54. To allow this
|
|---|
| 524 | syscall, in <command>about:config</command> change
|
|---|
| 525 | <command>security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist</command> to 16
|
|---|
| 526 | (or 54 if using i686).
|
|---|
| 527 | </para>
|
|---|
| 528 |
|
|---|
| 529 | <para>
|
|---|
| 530 | If you use <command>pulseaudio</command> in a Desktop Environment, it
|
|---|
| 531 | might already be started by that DE. But if it is not, although
|
|---|
| 532 | firefox-57 managed to start it, firefox-58 did not. If you run
|
|---|
| 533 | <command>firefox</command> from a term and this problem is present,
|
|---|
| 534 | trying to play sound will
|
|---|
| 535 | encounter error messages warning <literal>Can't get cubeb
|
|---|
| 536 | context!</literal>
|
|---|
| 537 | </para>
|
|---|
| 538 |
|
|---|
| 539 | <para>
|
|---|
| 540 | The fix for this is to close firefox, start pulseaudio to check it
|
|---|
| 541 | does start (if not, read the information on Configuring in <xref
|
|---|
| 542 | linkend="pulseaudio"/>) and restart firefox to check it is working.
|
|---|
| 543 | If it now works, add the following to your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:
|
|---|
| 544 | <phrase revision="sysv">
|
|---|
| 545 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=syslog&</literal></phrase>
|
|---|
| 546 | <phrase revision="systemd">
|
|---|
| 547 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=journald&</literal></phrase>
|
|---|
| 548 | (unfortunately, on some systems this does not work).
|
|---|
| 549 | </para>
|
|---|
| 550 |
|
|---|
| 551 | <para>
|
|---|
| 552 | You may wish to use multiple profiles within firefox. To do that, invoke
|
|---|
| 553 | firefox as <command>firefox --ProfileManager</command>. You can also
|
|---|
| 554 | check which profile is currently in use from
|
|---|
| 555 | <command>about:profiles</command>.
|
|---|
| 556 | </para>
|
|---|
| 557 |
|
|---|
| 558 | </sect3>
|
|---|
| 559 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 560 |
|
|---|
| 561 | <sect2 role="content">
|
|---|
| 562 | <title>Contents</title>
|
|---|
| 563 |
|
|---|
| 564 | <segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 565 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 566 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 567 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 568 |
|
|---|
| 569 | <seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 570 | <seg>
|
|---|
| 571 | firefox
|
|---|
| 572 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 573 | <seg>
|
|---|
| 574 | Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
|
|---|
| 575 | helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox
|
|---|
| 576 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 577 | <seg>
|
|---|
| 578 | /usr/lib/firefox and /usr/lib/mozilla
|
|---|
| 579 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 580 | </seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 581 | </segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 582 |
|
|---|
| 583 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 584 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|---|
| 585 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
|---|
| 586 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|---|
| 587 |
|
|---|
| 588 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
|
|---|
| 589 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
|
|---|
| 590 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 591 | <para>
|
|---|
| 592 | is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
|
|---|
| 593 | the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
|
|---|
| 594 | </para>
|
|---|
| 595 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
|
|---|
| 596 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
|
|---|
| 597 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 598 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 599 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 600 |
|
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| 601 | </variablelist>
|
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| 602 |
|
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| 603 | </sect2>
|
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| 604 |
|
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| 605 | </sect1>
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