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
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8 | "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp
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10 | "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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11 | <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "5ce038d591964f72c534fa33b75a62f5">
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12 | <!ENTITY firefox-size "72 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "3 GB (33 MB installed)">
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14 | <!ENTITY firefox-time "24 SBU (or 0.3 SBU if you're building against
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15 | an installed Xulrunner)">
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16 | ]>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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20 |
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21 | <sect1info>
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22 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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24 | </sect1info>
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25 |
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26 | <title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>
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27 |
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28 | <indexterm zone="firefox">
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29 | <primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
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30 | </indexterm>
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31 |
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32 | <sect2 role="package">
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33 | <title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
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34 |
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35 | <para><application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser
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36 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.</para>
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37 |
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38 | &lfs70_checked;
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39 |
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40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/></para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/></para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;</para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Download size: &firefox-size;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Estimated build time: &firefox-time;</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | </itemizedlist>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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65 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>, <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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66 | <xref linkend="zip"/> and <xref linkend="unzip"/>.</para>
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67 |
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68 | <para>Note: <application>libjpeg</application> and
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69 | <application>libpng</application> (patched for apng support) should have
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70 | been installed before <application>gdk-pixbuf</application> and should
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71 | exist on your system. If for some strange reason you haven't installed
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72 | them, you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> and
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73 | <option>--with-system-png</option> options from the
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74 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> file created below.</para>
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75 |
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76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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77 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="yasm"/> or
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78 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/> (to allow <application>Firefox</application> to
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79 | play webm videos).</para>
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80 |
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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82 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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84 | <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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85 | <ulink url="http://libevent.org/">Libevent</ulink>,
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86 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and
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87 | <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (for gnome integration),
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88 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>, <xref linkend="nspr"/>, <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="xulrunner"/> (linking against an installed xulrunner makes
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90 | Firefox about 32 MB smaller, which is trivial compared to the size of
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91 | xulrunner), <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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92 | <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
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93 | the jemalloc code) and <xref linkend="wget"/></para>
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94 |
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95 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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96 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/></para>
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97 | </sect2>
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98 |
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99 | <sect2 role="installation">
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100 | <title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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101 |
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102 | <para>The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is
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103 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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104 | the desired configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename>
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105 | is created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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106 | (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue
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107 | <command>./configure --help</command>. You may also wish to review the
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108 | entire file and uncomment any other desired options. Create the file by
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109 | issuing the following command:</para>
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110 |
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111 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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112 | # If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
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113 | # several jobs at once, but if you have a single core, delete this line:
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114 | mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"
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115 |
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116 | # If you have installed Yasm delete this option:
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117 | ac_add_options --disable-webm
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118 |
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119 | # If you have installed DBus-Glib delete this option:
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120 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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121 |
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122 | # If you have installed wireless-tools delete this option:
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123 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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124 |
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125 | # If you have installed libnotify delete this option:
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126 | ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
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127 |
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128 | # If you have installed xulrunner uncomment these two lines:
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129 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libxul
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130 | # ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-&xulrunner-version;
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131 |
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132 | # Uncomment these if you have installed them:
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133 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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134 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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135 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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136 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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137 | # ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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138 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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139 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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140 |
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141 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir
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142 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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143 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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144 |
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145 | # The rest of these options have no effect if you're
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146 | # building against an already installed xulrunner:
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147 | ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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148 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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149 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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150 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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151 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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152 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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153 | ac_add_options --enable-shared
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154 | ac_add_options --disable-static
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155 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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156 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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157 | ac_add_options --disable-installer
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158 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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159 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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160 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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161 |
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162 | <para>Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the
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163 | following commands:</para>
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164 |
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165 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's#VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_PARTITION#VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_FRAGMENTS#' configure &&
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166 | sed -i 's# ""##' browser/base/Makefile.in &&
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167 | make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
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168 |
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169 | <para>If you have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked
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170 | <application>Firefox</application> against an installed
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171 | <application>Xulrunner</application>:</para>
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172 |
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173 | <screen><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</userinput></screen>
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174 |
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175 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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176 |
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177 | <para>Now, if you have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked
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178 | <application>Firefox</application> against an installed
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179 | <application>Xulrunner</application>, as the
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180 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, install the
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181 | package:</para>
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182 |
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183 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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184 | tar -xvf firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-*.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; --strip-components=1 &&
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185 | ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/firefox /usr/bin/firefox &&
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186 | mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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187 | ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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188 | chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
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189 |
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190 | <para>If you <emphasis>have</emphasis> linked against an already installed
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191 | <application>Xulrunner</application>, as the
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192 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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193 |
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194 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir install &&
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195 | rm /usr/bin/firefox &&
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196 | cat > /usr/bin/firefox << "EOF" &&
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197 | #!/bin/bash
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198 | /usr/lib/xulrunner-&xulrunner-version;/xulrunner /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/application.ini "${@}"
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199 | EOF
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200 | chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox &&
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201 | mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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202 | ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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203 | chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
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204 | </sect2>
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205 |
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206 | <sect2 role="commands">
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207 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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208 |
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209 | <para><command>sed -i 's#VPX_CODEC_USE ...</command>: This fixes
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210 | <application>Firefox's</application> <command>configure</command>
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211 | script to properly detect libvpx-v1.0.0. It is not needed if you have
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212 | libvpx-v0.9.7 or earlier installed or if you've not installed
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213 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>.</para>
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214 |
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215 | <para><command>sed -i 's# ""##' browser/base/Makefile.in</command>: This
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216 | sed removes an unprintable control character from the title bar.</para>
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217 |
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218 | <para><command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are
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219 | packaged to allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to
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220 | pass the configuration settings to the <command>configure</command>
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221 | command. <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename>
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222 | file to get initial configuration and setup parameters.</para>
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223 |
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224 | <para><command>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</command>:
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225 | this creates a <application>Firefox</application> tarball.</para>
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226 |
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227 | <para><command>tar -xfv firefox-build-dir/dist ...</command>: This untars
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228 | <application>Firefox</application> in /usr/lib. The
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229 | <option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
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230 | 'firefox' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it
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231 | into a versioned directory. Untaring it (instead of running make install)
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232 | prevents it installing /usr/lib/firefox-devel-&firefox-version; which
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233 | contains about 430 MB of files. If you need any of those files,
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234 | they're in <xref linkend="xulrunner"/></para>
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235 |
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236 | <para><command>make -C firefox-build-dir install</command>: This runs
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237 | <command>make install</command> in firefox-build-dir.</para>
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238 |
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239 | <para><command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: this puts a symbolic
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240 | link to the <command>firefox</command> executable in your ${PATH}.</para>
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241 |
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242 | <para><command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: this checks
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243 | that /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins exists (if you installed
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244 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/>, it was probably already there).</para>
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245 |
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246 | <para><command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</command>:
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247 | this makes a symbolic link to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.</para>
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248 | </sect2>
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249 |
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250 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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251 | <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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252 |
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253 | <para>If you deleted the <option>--disable-webm</option> option from your
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254 | <filename>mozconfig</filename>, your <application>Firefox</application>
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255 | can play most YouTube videos without the need for the flash plugin. To
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256 | enable this, go to <ulink
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257 | url="http://www.youtube.com/html5">http://www.youtube.com/html5</ulink>
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258 | and click on 'Join the HTML5 Trial' (needs cookies enabled).</para>
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259 |
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260 | <para>If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application>
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261 | or <application>KDE</application> you may like to create a firefox.desktop
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262 | file so that <application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's
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263 | menus. If you didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig
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264 | change the StartupNotify line to false. As the
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265 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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266 |
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267 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF"
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268 | [Desktop Entry]
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269 | Encoding=UTF-8
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270 | Type=Application
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271 | Name=Firefox
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272 | Comment=Browse The Web
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273 | Icon=firefox
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274 | Exec=firefox
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275 | Categories=Network;GTK;Application;Browser;WebBrowser;
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276 | StartupNotify=true
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277 | Terminal=false
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278 | EOF
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279 | ln -sv -f /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/icons/mozicon128.png /usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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280 | </sect2>
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281 |
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282 | <sect2 role="content">
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283 | <title>Contents</title>
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284 |
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285 | <segmentedlist>
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286 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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287 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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288 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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289 |
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290 | <seglistitem>
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291 | <seg>firefox</seg>
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292 | <seg>Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
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293 | helper modules installed in <filename
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294 | class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>.</seg>
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295 | <seg>/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</seg>
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296 | </seglistitem>
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297 | </segmentedlist>
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298 |
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299 | <variablelist>
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300 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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301 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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302 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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303 |
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304 | <varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
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305 | <term><command>firefox</command></term>
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306 | <listitem>
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307 | <para>is a gtk2 internet browser that uses the gecko rendering
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308 | engine.</para>
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309 | <indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
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310 | <primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
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311 | </indexterm>
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312 | </listitem>
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313 | </varlistentry>
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314 | </variablelist>
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315 | </sect2>
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316 | </sect1>
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