source: xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml@ c2f55d1

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

  <!ENTITY firefox-download-http "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/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        "f1a9a8da0547564a0f8a249f9d56bdf4">
  <!ENTITY firefox-size          "32 MB">
  <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize     "564 MB">
  <!ENTITY firefox-time          "9.8 SBU">
]>

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

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

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&firefox-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Firefox</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="gtk2"/>, 
<xref linkend="libidl"/> and 
<xref linkend="zip"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, 
<xref linkend="unzip"/>, 
<xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and 
<xref linkend="libgnome"/> (to build the gnomevfs extension), 
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/> 
(for the GSSAPI libraries to build the negotiateauth extension), 
<xref linkend="doxygen"/>, 
<ulink url="http://xprint.mozdev.org/">Xprint</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://cairographics.org/">Cairo</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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

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

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

<screen><userinput><command>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export MOZ_PHOENIX="1" &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/firefox-1.0 \
            --with-user-appdir=.firefox \
            --with-system-zlib \
            --with-system-png \
            --enable-application=browser \
            --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \
            --enable-extensions=cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,\
              transformiix,universalchardet,webservices,inspector,\
              gnomevfs,negotiateauth \
            --enable-crypto \
            --enable-xft \
            --enable-xinerama \
            --enable-optimize \
            --enable-reorder \
            --enable-strip \
            --enable-cpp-rtti \
            --enable-single-profile \
            --disable-freetype2 \
            --disable-accessibility \
            --disable-debug \
            --disable-tests \
            --disable-logging \
            --disable-pedantic \
            --disable-installer \
            --disable-mailnews \
            --disable-ldap \
            --disable-composer \
            --disable-profilesharing &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

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

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

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &amp;&amp;
install -d /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
    /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss</command></userinput></screen>

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

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

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

<para>Lastly, unset the build variables from the unprivileged user's 
environment:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>unset MOZILLA_OFFICIAL &amp;&amp;
unset BUILD_OFFICIAL &amp;&amp;
unset MOZ_PHOENIX</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Firefox</application></title>

<para>No specific configuration is required as long as the 
<command>firefox</command> script is in the user's path. If 
<application>Firefox</application> is installed in a non-standard location, 
then make a symlink to the <command>firefox</command> script from
<filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>.</para>

<para>Many applications look for <command>netscape</command> when they need to
open a browser. You may make the following symlink for convenience (as the
root user).</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>ln -v -sf firefox /usr/bin/netscape</command></userinput></screen>

<para>For installing various <application>Firefox</application> plugins, refer
to <ulink url="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html">Mozdev's PluginDoc
Project</ulink>. If you have <xref linkend="j2sdk"/> already installed, create
the following link as the root user to utilize the
<application>JAVA</application> plugin: </para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>ln -v -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
    /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/plugins</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

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

<seglistitem>
<seg>firefox and firefox-config</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/bin/defaults, /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;, 
/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; and 
/usr/share/idl/firefox-&firefox-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

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

<varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
<term><command>firefox</command></term>
<listitem><para>is the next-generation browser from Mozilla.</para>
<indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
<primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="firefox-config">
<term><command>firefox-config</command></term>
<listitem><para>determines the compile and linker flags that should be
used to compile and link programs that use
<application>Firefox</application> libraries and browser
components.</para>
<indexterm zone="firefox firefox-config">
<primary sortas="b-firefox-config">firefox-config</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>