source: xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml@ 8b3a8979

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

  <!ENTITY firefox-download-http
           "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp
           "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum        "06a4c0fe8d3a979aea2fce8d0fdbf328">
  <!ENTITY firefox-size          "115 MB">
  <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize     "4.9 GB (48 MB installed) (or 814 MB and 4.6 MB if using Xulrunner)">
  <!ENTITY firefox-time          "58 SBU (0.47 SBU if using Xulrunner)">
]>

<sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="firefox">
    <primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Firefox</title>

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

    &lfs74_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &firefox-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Recommended patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-search_box_fix-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
      <xref linkend="zip"/>, and
      <xref linkend="unzip"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
      <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
      <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
      <xref linkend="nss"/>,
      <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
      <xref linkend="yasm"/>
    </para>

    <note>
      <para>
        If you don't install recommended dependencies,
        then internal copies of those packages will
        be used. They might be tested to work, but
        they can be out of date or contain security
        holes.
      </para>
    </note>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="curl"/>,
      <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
      <xref linkend="gst-plugins-good"/> and
      <xref linkend="gst-ffmpeg"/>,
      <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
      <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
      <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
      <xref linkend="wget"/>,
      <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/> and
      <xref linkend="xulrunner"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Firefox</title>

    <para>
      There are two major methods for building
      <application>Firefox</application>. In the standard case, the entire suite
      of libraries is built and installed. In the other, most of the system is
      built using the procedures found in <xref linkend="xulrunner"/>. This is
      advantageous if you are planning to build other related packages such as
      <xref linkend="icedtea-web"/>. With either build method, you need to run
      the main build procedure below with the appropriate options in the
      <filename>mozconfig</filename> file. Then use the appropriate install
      instructions depending on the chosen build method.
    </para>

    <para>
      The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished by
      creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
      configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created
      below. To see the entire list of available configuration options (and an
      abbreviated description of each one), issue <command>./configure
      --help</command>. You may also wish to review the entire file and
      uncomment any other desired options.
      Create the file by issuing the following command:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; mozconfig &lt;&lt; "EOF"
# If you have a multicore machine, firefox will now use all the cores by
# default. Exceptionally, you can reduce the number of cores, e.g. to 1,
# by uncommenting the next line and setting a valid number of CPU cores.
#mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j1"

# If you have installed DBus-Glib comment out this line:
ac_add_options --disable-dbus

# If you have installed wireless-tools comment out this line:
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi

# If you have installed libnotify comment out this line:
ac_add_options --disable-libnotify

# GStreamer is necessary for H.264 video playback in HTML5 Video Player;
# to be enabled, also remember to set "media.gstreamer.enabled" to "true"
# in about:config. If you have installed GStreamer comment out this line:
ac_add_options --disable-gstreamer

# Uncomment these lines if you have installed optional dependencies:
#ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
#ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification

# Uncomment this line if you compiled Cairo with --enable-tee switch and want
# to use it instead of the bundled one:
#ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo

# If you have not installed Yasm then uncomment this line:
#ac_add_options --disable-webm

# If you have installed xulrunner uncomment the next two ac_add_options lines
# and check that the sdk will be set by running pkg-config in a subshell
# and has not become hardcoded or empty when you created this file
#ac_add_options --with-system-libxul
#ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul)

# Comment out following options if you have not installed
# recommended dependencies:
ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
ac_add_options --with-system-nss

# It is recommended not to touch anything below this line
ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser

ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-tests

ac_add_options --enable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-install-strip

ac_add_options --enable-gio
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
ac_add_options --enable-url-classifier

ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman

ac_add_options --with-pthreads

ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
ac_add_options --with-system-png
ac_add_options --with-system-zlib

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir
EOF</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you are building against an already installed <application>Xulrunner</application>
      apply the patch:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-search_box_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
      commands:
    </para>

    <note><para>
      If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, prepend
      <envar>SHELL=/bin/bash</envar> to the first make command below.
    </para></note>
      
<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@ ""@@' browser/base/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      If you have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked
      <application>Firefox</application> against an installed
      <application>Xulrunner</application>:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, if you
      have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked <application>Firefox</application>
      against an installed <application>Xulrunner</application>, install the
      package:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;
mkdir  /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;

tar -xvf firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-&firefox-version;.en-US.linux-$(uname -m).tar.bz2 \
    -C /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; --strip-components=1 &amp;&amp;
chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;

ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/firefox /usr/bin &amp;&amp;

mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you <emphasis>have</emphasis> linked against an already installed
      <application>Xulrunner</application>, as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir install &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/firefox /usr/bin &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../xulrunner-&firefox-version; /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/xulrunner &amp;&amp;

mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i 's@ ""@@' browser/base/Makefile.in</command>: This sed
      removes an unprintable control character from the title bar.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
      allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
      configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
      <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
      get initial configuration and setup parameters.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</command>: this
      creates a <application>Firefox</application> tarball similar to the ones
      you can download from Mozilla.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>tar -xfv firefox-build-dir/dist ...</command>: This untars
      <application>Firefox</application> in /usr/lib. The
      <option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
      'firefox' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it
      into a versioned directory.
    </para>

     <para>
      <command>make -C firefox-build-dir install</command>: This runs
      <command>make install</command> in firefox-build-dir.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: This puts a symbolic link
      to the <command>firefox</command> executable in your <envar>PATH</envar>
      variable.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This checks
      that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>
      exists.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</command>: This
      command creates a symbolic link to
      <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not
      really needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks
      <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by
      default, but the symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in
      one folder.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Firefox</title>

    <para>
      If you deleted the <option>--disable-webm</option> option from your
      <filename>mozconfig</filename>, your <application>Firefox</application>
      can play most YouTube videos without the need for the flash plugin. To
      enable this, go to <ulink url="http://www.youtube.com/html5"/> and click
      on 'Join the HTML5 Trial' (needs cookies enabled).
    </para>

    <para>
      If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
      <application>KDE</application> you may like to create a
      <filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
      <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus. If you
      didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
      StartupNotify line to false. As the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &amp;&amp;
mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &amp;&amp;

cat &gt; /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
<literal>[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox Web Browser
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=firefox %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=firefox
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupNotify=true</literal>
EOF

ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser/icons/mozicon128.png \
        /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          firefox
        </seg>
        <seg>
          Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
          helper modules installed in
          <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
        <term><command>firefox</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a <application>GTK+ 2</application> internet browser that uses the
            Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>