| 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 "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;esr/source/firefox-&firefox-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "bd7f2946d5485eaf68615e7c873af2d9">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "484 MB">
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <!-- NB with stylo, much of the build uses rust, and therefore cargo files.
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| 13 | But the extra cached cargo files, if any, seem to be minimal -->
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| 14 | <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "6.4 GB (209 MB installed) without tests">
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| 15 | <!-- editors: with ff63 and rust-1.29, ./mach build -j4 is probably the
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| 16 | most practical way to get a timing on a machine with more cores, if taking
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| 17 | cores offline is not practical. If in doubt, round up -->
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| 18 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "20 SBU using -j4, without tests">
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| 19 | ]>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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| 22 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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| 23 |
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <!-- indicate this is the ESR variant,
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| 26 | The point is that the stable release differs slightly.
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| 27 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>-->
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| 28 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;esr</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 | &lfs113_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 | Required patch:
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| 83 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-consolidated-1.patch"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 | </listitem>
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| 86 | <listitem>
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| 87 | <para>
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| 88 | Required patch for new <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/> API:
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| 89 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-ffmpeg_6-1.patch"/>
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 | </listitem>
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| 92 | </itemizedlist>-->
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <note>
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| 95 | <para>
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| 96 | The directory name is firefox-&firefox-version;
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | Extracting the tarball
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| 101 | will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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| 102 | have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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| 103 | the sticky bit is set, such
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| 104 | as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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| 105 | messages:
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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| 109 | tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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| 110 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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| 111 | </literallayout>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>
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| 114 | This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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| 115 | <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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| 116 | Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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| 117 | in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | As with other large packages which use C++ (or rust), the SBU times
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| 122 | to build this vary more widely than you might expect. The build times
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| 123 | will increase significantly if your machine has to swap.
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| 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | Although upstream prefer to use <application>PulseAudio</application>,
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| 128 | for the moment <application>Alsa</application> can still be used. Both
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| 129 | may need runtime configuration to get sound working.
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| 130 | </para>
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| 131 | </note>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 136 | <para role="required">
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| 137 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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| 138 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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| 139 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 140 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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| 141 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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| 142 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with clang, used for bindgen even if using gcc),
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| 143 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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| 144 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>
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| 145 | (or
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| 146 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit the mozconfig;
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| 147 | now deprecated by mozilla), in either case please read the
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| 148 | Configuration Information,
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| 149 | <xref linkend="python3"/> (rebuilt after installing <xref linkend="sqlite"/>),
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| 150 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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| 151 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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| 152 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>, and
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| 153 | <xref linkend="zip"/>
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| 154 | </para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 157 | <para role="recommended">
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| 158 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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| 159 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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| 160 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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| 161 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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| 162 | <xref linkend="nasm"/>,
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| 163 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <note>
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| 167 | <para>
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| 168 | If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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| 169 | those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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| 170 | be out of date or contain security holes.
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| 171 | </para>
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| 172 | </note>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 175 | <para role="optional">
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| 176 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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| 177 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 178 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime, to play mov, mp3 or mp4 files),
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| 179 | <xref linkend="liboauth"/>,
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| 180 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="pciutils"/> (runtime),
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| 181 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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| 182 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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| 183 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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| 184 | <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 188 | Editor Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 | </sect2>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 193 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <para>
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| 196 | The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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| 197 | by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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| 198 | configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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| 199 | created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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| 200 | (and an abbreviated description of some of them), issue <command>./mach
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| 201 | configure -- --help | less</command>. You may also
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| 202 | wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired options.
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| 203 | Create the file by issuing the following command:
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| 204 | </para>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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| 207 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used by default.
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| 208 |
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| 209 | # If you have installed (or will install) wireless-tools, and you wish
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| 210 | # to use geolocation web services, comment out this line
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| 211 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 212 |
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| 213 | # API Keys for geolocation APIs - necko-wifi (above) is required for MLS
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| 214 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Mozilla Location Service
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| 215 | #ac_add_options --with-mozilla-api-keyfile=$PWD/mozilla-key
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| 216 |
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| 217 | # Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Google's geolocation API
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| 218 | # (needed for use with saved maps with Google Maps)
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| 219 | #ac_add_options --with-google-location-service-api-keyfile=$PWD/google-key
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| 220 |
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| 221 | # startup-notification is required since firefox-78
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| 222 |
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| 223 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio and
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| 224 | # want to use alsa instead
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| 225 | #ac_add_options --enable-audio-backends=alsa
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| 226 |
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| 227 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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| 228 | # recommended dependencies:
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| 229 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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| 230 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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| 231 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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| 232 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 233 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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| 234 | ac_add_options --with-system-webp
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| 235 |
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| 236 | # Unlike with thunderbird, although using the gold linker can
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| 237 | # save four megabytes in the installed file it does not make
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| 238 | # the build faster.
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| 239 |
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| 240 | # libdav1d (av1 decoder) requires nasm. Uncomment this if nasm
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| 241 | # has not been installed. Do not uncomment this if you have
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| 242 | # ffmpeg installed.
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| 243 | #ac_add_options --disable-av1
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| 244 |
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| 245 | # You cannot distribute the binary if you do this
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| 246 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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| 247 |
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| 248 | # Stripping is now enabled by default.
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| 249 | # Uncomment these lines if you need to run a debugger:
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| 250 | #ac_add_options --disable-strip
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| 251 | #ac_add_options --disable-install-strip
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| 252 |
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| 253 | # Disabling debug symbols makes the build much smaller and a little
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| 254 | # faster. Comment this if you need to run a debugger. Note: This is
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| 255 | # required for compilation on i686.
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| 256 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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| 257 |
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| 258 | # The elf-hack is reported to cause failed installs (after successful builds)
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| 259 | # on some machines. It is supposed to improve startup time and it shrinks
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| 260 | # libxul.so by a few MB - comment this if you know your machine is not affected.
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| 261 | ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack
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| 262 |
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| 263 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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| 264 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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| 265 | ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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| 266 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 267 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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| 268 | # enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
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| 269 | # increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
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| 270 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 271 |
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| 272 | # The default level of optimization again produces a working build with gcc.
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| 273 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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| 274 |
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| 275 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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| 276 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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| 277 |
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| 278 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 279 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 280 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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| 281 |
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| 282 | # Using sandboxed wasm libraries has been moved to all builds instead
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| 283 | # of only mozilla automation builds. It requires extra llvm packages
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| 284 | # and was reported to seriously slow the build. Disable it.
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| 285 | ac_add_options --without-wasm-sandboxed-libraries
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| 286 |
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| 287 | # The following option unsets Telemetry Reporting. With the Addons Fiasco,
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| 288 | # Mozilla was found to be collecting user's data, including saved passwords and
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| 289 | # web form data, without users consent. Mozilla was also found shipping updates
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| 290 | # to systems without the user's knowledge or permission.
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| 291 | # As a result of this, use the following command to permanently disable
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| 292 | # telemetry reporting in Firefox.
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| 293 | unset MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING
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| 294 |
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| 295 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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| 296 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <para>
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| 299 | Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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| 300 | commands:
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| 301 | </para>
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| 302 | <!-- Not needed with clang. Upstream bug at
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| 303 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729459
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <para>
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| 306 | If building on a 32 bit machine, the following sed works around
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| 307 | an issue with an incompatible <quote>double</quote> type in one
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| 308 | header file:
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| 309 | </para>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <screen><userinput>case "$(uname -m)" in
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| 312 | i?86) sed -e '/typedef[ ]*double/s/double/long double/' \
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| 313 | -i modules/fdlibm/src/math_private.h ;;
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| 314 | esac</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="https://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 "613364a7-9418-4c86-bcee-57e32fd70c23" > mozilla-key</userinput></screen>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <note>
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| 340 |
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| 341 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 342 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 345 | href="../../xincludes/mozmach.xml"/>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | </note>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <!--<para>
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| 350 | Fix building Firefox with Clang 16 or C++ headers from GCC 13.
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| 351 | And, work around a build failure with Rustc-1.70.0:
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| 352 | </para>
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| 353 |
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| 354 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-consolidated-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <para>
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| 357 | Apply the following patch so that firefox is able to play H.264 videos:
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| 358 | </para>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-ffmpeg_6-1.patch</userinput></screen>-->
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <para>
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| 363 | Now invoke the Python <command>mach</command> script to compile the package.
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| 364 | </para>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | <screen><userinput>export MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none &&
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| 367 | export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild &&
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| 368 | ./mach configure &&
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| 369 | ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <para>
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| 372 | The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
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| 373 | they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
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| 374 | you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing
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| 375 | <command>./mach gtest</command>. This will require a network connection,
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| 376 | and to be run from within an Xorg session - there is a popup dialog
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| 377 | when it fails to connect to ALSA (that does not create a failed test).
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| 378 | One or two tests will fail. To see the details of the failure(s) you
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| 379 | will need to log the output from that command so that you can review it.
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| 380 | </para>
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| 381 |
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| 382 | <para>
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| 383 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 384 | </para>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <screen role="root"><userinput>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none ./mach install</userinput></screen>
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| 387 |
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| 388 | <para>
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| 389 | Empty the environment variables which were set above:
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| 390 | </para>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <screen><userinput>unset MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH</userinput></screen>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | </sect2>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 397 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 398 |
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| 399 | <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 400 | href="../../xincludes/SIOCGSTAMP.xml"/>-->
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| 401 |
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| 402 | <para>
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| 403 | <command>export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild</command>: The build
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| 404 | is now supposed to tell you that it intends to create <filename
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| 405 | class="directory">~/.mozbuild</filename>, and offer you an option to
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| 406 | press <ENTER> to accept this, or Ctrl-C to cancel and restart the
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| 407 | build after specifying the directory. In practice, the message may not
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| 408 | appear until after <ENTER> is keyed, i.e. the build stalls.
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| 409 | </para>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | <para>
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| 412 | That directory is used for a (probably random) telemetry identifier.
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| 413 | Creating this in the build directory, and deleting that after the
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| 414 | installation, prevents it being used. If you wish to participate in
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| 415 | telemetry, export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH to point to its default directory
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| 416 | and remove the entry from the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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| 417 | </para>
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| 418 |
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| 419 | <para>
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| 420 | <command>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none</command>: Use the
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| 421 | system python to create a virtual environment for <command>mach</command>
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| 422 | without downloading any python wheels nor using the system python modules.
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| 423 | This prevents version mismatches between system modules and bundled ones.
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| 424 | </para>
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| 425 |
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| 426 | <para>
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| 427 | <command>./mach configure</command>: This validates the supplied
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| 428 | dependencies and the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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| 429 | </para>
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| 430 |
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| 431 | <para>
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| 432 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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| 433 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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| 434 | C++ flags being used. But do not add '--verbose' to the install command
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| 435 | since it is not accepted there.
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| 436 | </para>
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| 437 |
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| 438 | <para>
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| 439 | <option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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| 440 | all the online CPU cores. If using all the cores causes the build to swap
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| 441 | because you have insufficient memory, using fewer cores can be faster.
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| 442 | </para>
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| 443 |
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| 444 | <para>
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| 445 | <option><envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar></option>: BLFS used to
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| 446 | prefer to use gcc and g++ instead of upstream's defaults of the
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| 447 | <application>clang</application> programs. With the release of
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| 448 | gcc-12 the build takes longer with gcc and g++, primarily because
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| 449 | of extra warnings, and is bigger. Set these environment variables
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| 450 | <emphasis>before you run the configure script</emphasis>
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| 451 | if you wish to continue to use gcc, g++. Building
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| 452 | with GCC on i?86 is currently broken.
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| 453 | </para>
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| 454 |
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| 455 | </sect2>
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| 456 |
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| 457 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 458 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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| 459 |
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| 460 | <para>
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| 461 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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| 462 | <application>KDE</application> you may want to create a
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| 463 | <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
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| 464 | <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus.
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| 465 | As the &root; user:
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| 466 | </para>
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| 467 |
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| 468 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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| 469 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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| 470 |
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| 471 | MIMETYPE="text/xml;text/mml;text/html;" &&
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| 472 | MIMETYPE+="application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;" &&
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| 473 | MIMETYPE+="x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https" &&
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| 474 |
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| 475 | cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << EOF &&
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| 476 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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| 477 | Encoding=UTF-8
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| 478 | Name=Firefox Web Browser
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| 479 | Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
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| 480 | GenericName=Web Browser
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| 481 | Exec=firefox %u
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| 482 | Terminal=false
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| 483 | Type=Application
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| 484 | Icon=firefox
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| 485 | Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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| 486 | MimeType=$MIMETYPE
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| 487 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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| 488 | EOF
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| 489 |
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| 490 | unset MIMETYPE &&
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| 491 |
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| 492 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png \
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| 493 | /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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| 494 |
|
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| 495 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
|
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| 496 |
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| 497 | <para>
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| 498 | The application settings for firefox are accessible by keying
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| 499 | <command>about:config</command> in the address bar.
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| 500 | </para>
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| 501 |
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| 502 | <para>
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| 503 | Occasionally, getting working sound in
|
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| 504 | <application>firefox</application> can be a problem. Although upstream
|
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| 505 | prefers pulseaudio,
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| 506 | on balance using <application>Alsa</application> may be easier.
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| 507 | </para>
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| 508 |
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| 509 | <para>
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| 510 | If you enabled <application>Alsa</application> for sound, you may need
|
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| 511 | to alter one variable to get working sound. If you run
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| 512 | <command>firefox</command> from a terminal and try to play something
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| 513 | with sound you might encounter error messages like:
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| 514 | </para>
|
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| 515 |
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| 516 | <para>
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| 517 | <literal>Sandbox: seccomp sandbox violation: pid 3941, tid 4030,
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| 518 | syscall 16, args 48 2147767296 139909894784796 0 0 0.</literal>
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| 519 | </para>
|
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| 520 |
|
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| 521 | <para>
|
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| 522 | That was on x86_64, on i686 the syscall number is 54. To allow this
|
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| 523 | syscall, in <command>about:config</command> change
|
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| 524 | <command>security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist</command> to 16
|
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| 525 | (or 54 if using i686).
|
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| 526 | </para>
|
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| 527 |
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| 528 | <para>
|
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| 529 | If you use <command>pulseaudio</command> in a Desktop Environment, it
|
|---|
| 530 | might already be started by that DE. But if it is not, although
|
|---|
| 531 | firefox-57 managed to start it, firefox-58 did not. If you run
|
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| 532 | <command>firefox</command> from a terminal and this problem is present,
|
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| 533 | trying to play sound will
|
|---|
| 534 | encounter error messages warning <literal>Can't get cubeb
|
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| 535 | context!</literal>
|
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| 536 | </para>
|
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| 537 |
|
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| 538 | <para>
|
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| 539 | The fix for this is to close firefox, start pulseaudio to check it
|
|---|
| 540 | does start (if not, read the information on Configuring in <xref
|
|---|
| 541 | linkend="pulseaudio"/>) and restart firefox to check it is working.
|
|---|
| 542 | If it now works, add the following to your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:
|
|---|
| 543 | <phrase revision="sysv">
|
|---|
| 544 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=syslog&</literal></phrase>
|
|---|
| 545 | <phrase revision="systemd">
|
|---|
| 546 | <literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=journald&</literal></phrase>
|
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| 547 | (unfortunately, on some systems this does not work).
|
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| 548 | </para>
|
|---|
| 549 |
|
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| 550 | <para>
|
|---|
| 551 | You may wish to use multiple profiles within firefox. To do that, invoke
|
|---|
| 552 | firefox as <command>firefox --ProfileManager</command>. You can also
|
|---|
| 553 | check which profile is currently in use from
|
|---|
| 554 | <command>about:profiles</command>.
|
|---|
| 555 | </para>
|
|---|
| 556 |
|
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| 557 | <para>
|
|---|
| 558 | Although WebRender (using the GPU for compositing) is not used by
|
|---|
| 559 | default, it now appears to work well on supported hardware (ATI, Nvidia
|
|---|
| 560 | and Intel GPUs with Mesa-18 or later). For an explanation, please see
|
|---|
| 561 | <ulink
|
|---|
| 562 | url="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-fps-how-webrender-gets-rid-of-jank/">hacks.mozilla.org</ulink>.
|
|---|
| 563 | The only downside seems to be that on a machine with limited RAM it might
|
|---|
| 564 | use more RAM.
|
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| 565 | </para>
|
|---|
| 566 |
|
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| 567 | <para>
|
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| 568 | To check if WebRender is being used, look in about:support. In the Graphics
|
|---|
| 569 | section, Compositing will either show 'Basic' (i.e. not in use) or
|
|---|
| 570 | 'WebRender'. To enable it, go to about:config and change gfx.webrender.all
|
|---|
| 571 | to True. You will need to restart firefox.
|
|---|
| 572 | </para>
|
|---|
| 573 |
|
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| 574 | <para>
|
|---|
| 575 | It may be useful to mention the processes from firefox which can appear in
|
|---|
| 576 | <command>top</command> - as well as firefox itself, there may be multiple
|
|---|
| 577 | Web Content processes, and now an RDD Process (Remote Data Decoder) which
|
|---|
| 578 | appears when playing web videos encoded with av1 (libdav1d). If WebRender
|
|---|
| 579 | has been enabled, a GPU Process will also appear when firefox has to
|
|---|
| 580 | repaint (e.g. scrolling, opening a new tab, or playing a video).
|
|---|
| 581 | </para>
|
|---|
| 582 |
|
|---|
| 583 | </sect3>
|
|---|
| 584 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 585 |
|
|---|
| 586 | <sect2 role="content">
|
|---|
| 587 | <title>Contents</title>
|
|---|
| 588 |
|
|---|
| 589 | <segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 590 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 591 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 592 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
|
|---|
| 593 |
|
|---|
| 594 | <seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 595 | <seg>
|
|---|
| 596 | firefox
|
|---|
| 597 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 598 | <seg>
|
|---|
| 599 | Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
|
|---|
| 600 | helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox
|
|---|
| 601 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 602 | <seg>
|
|---|
| 603 | /usr/lib/firefox
|
|---|
| 604 | </seg>
|
|---|
| 605 | </seglistitem>
|
|---|
| 606 | </segmentedlist>
|
|---|
| 607 |
|
|---|
| 608 | <variablelist>
|
|---|
| 609 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|---|
| 610 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
|---|
| 611 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|---|
| 612 |
|
|---|
| 613 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
|
|---|
| 614 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
|
|---|
| 615 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 616 | <para>
|
|---|
| 617 | is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
|
|---|
| 618 | the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine
|
|---|
| 619 | </para>
|
|---|
| 620 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
|
|---|
| 621 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
|
|---|
| 622 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 623 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 624 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 625 |
|
|---|
| 626 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 627 |
|
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| 628 | </sect2>
|
|---|
| 629 |
|
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| 630 | </sect1>
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