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  <!ENTITY mozilla-download-http "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla&mozilla-version;/src/mozilla-source-&mozilla-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY mozilla-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla&mozilla-version;/src/mozilla-source-&mozilla-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY mozilla-md5sum        "15cb68da1d58f055f871b77ff655df77">
  <!ENTITY mozilla-size          "29 MB">
  <!ENTITY mozilla-buildsize     "619 MB">
  <!ENTITY mozilla-time          "13.46 SBU">

  <!ENTITY enigmail-version      "0.89.5">
  <!ENTITY ipc-version           "1.1.2">
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<sect1 id="mozilla" xreflabel="Mozilla-&mozilla-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="mozilla.html" ?>
<title>Mozilla-&mozilla-version;</title>

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

<para><application>Mozilla</application> is a browser suite, the Open Source 
sibling of <application>Netscape</application>. It includes the browser, 
composer, mail and news clients, a calendar client and an 
<acronym>IRC</acronym> client.</para>

<para>The <application>Mozilla</application> project also hosts two subprojects 
that aim to satisfy the needs of users who don't need the complete browser 
suite or prefer to have separate applications for browsing and e-mail. These 
subprojects are 
<ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</ulink>, 
(a stand-alone browser based on the 
<application>Mozilla</application> source code) and <ulink 
url="http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/">Mozilla Thunderbird</ulink>, 
(a stand-alone mail client based on the <application>Mozilla</application> 
source code). The build instructions for these two applications are discussed 
in separate sections:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="firefox"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="thunderbird"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

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

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>

<para>To enable the <application>Enigmail</application> extension to the
<application>Mozilla</application> mail client, you'll need to download the
two tarballs below. The <application>Enigmail</application> extension allows
users to access the authentication and encryption features provided by the
<application>GnuPG</application> package.</para>

<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para><ulink 
url="http://downloads.mozdev.org/enigmail/src/enigmail-&enigmail-version;.tar.gz"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink 
url="http://downloads.mozdev.org/enigmail/src/ipc-&ipc-version;.tar.gz"/>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Mozilla</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="zip"/>, 
<xref linkend="gtk2"/>, 
<xref linkend="libIDL"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Recommended</title>
<para><xref linkend="gnupg"/> (for the Enigmail extension)</para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="unzip"/>,
<xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
<xref linkend="libart_lgpl"/>,
<xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>
(for the GSSAPI libraries),
<xref linkend="doxygen-package"/>,
<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>Mozilla</application></title>

<para>Compile <application>Mozilla</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/mozilla \
            --with-system-zlib \
            --with-system-png \
            --enable-application=suite \
            --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \
            --enable-extensions=all \
            --enable-crypto \
            --enable-xft \
            --enable-xinerama \
            --enable-optimize \
            --enable-reorder \
            --enable-strip \
            --enable-cpp-rtti \
            --enable-calendar \
            --disable-freetype2 \
            --disable-accessibility \
            --disable-debug \
            --disable-tests \
            --disable-logging \
            --disable-pedantic \
            --disable-installer &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If you're building the <application>Mozilla</application> mail and news 
clients and plan to install the <application>Enigmail</application> 
extension, execute the following steps:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>tar zxf ../enigmail-&enigmail-version;.tar.gz -C extensions &amp;&amp;
tar zxf ../ipc-&ipc-version;.tar.gz -C extensions &amp;&amp;
build/autoconf/make-makefile extensions/ipc extensions/enigmail &amp;&amp;
make -C extensions/ipc &amp;&amp;
make -C extensions/enigmail</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Install <application>Mozilla</application> as follows:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make install &amp;&amp;
install -d /usr/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
   /usr/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
ln -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; /usr/include/mozilla &amp;&amp;
if [ -d /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ]; then
    mv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/plugins
    rm -rf /usr/lib/mozilla
fi &amp;&amp;
ln -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; /usr/lib/mozilla</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If you're installing the <application>Enigmail</application> extension, 
issue the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make -C extensions/ipc install &amp;&amp;
make -C extensions/enigmail install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Some libraries, including the Netscape Portable Runtime 
(<acronym>NSPR</acronym>) and Network Security Services 
(<acronym>NSS</acronym>) libraries, installed by 
<application>Mozilla</application> are also needed by other packages. These 
libraries should be in <filename>/usr/lib</filename> so that other packages 
can link against them. Move them as follows:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>for i in \
    lib{nspr4,plc4,plds4,nss3,smime3,softokn3,ssl3}.so libsoftokn3.chk
do
   mv /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/$i /usr/lib/
   ln -sf ../$i /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/
done</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Create the required component registries to enable multi-user installs. 
These steps should be preformed by the root user each time a 
<application>Mozilla</application> add-on is installed. This will allow normal 
users to run <command>mozilla</command>. Enable multi-user operation by 
executing the following:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd /usr/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-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/mozilla</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>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Optional Extra Switches</title>

<para>You may wish to run <command>./configure --help</command> and review
each of the listed options to discover what affect they have on the build.
Feel free to add or remove options to tailor the build to your desires.
Listed below are some common options not listed above but can be added to
the <command>configure</command> command in order to have the described effect 
on the <application>Mozilla</application> compile.</para>

<para><option>--with-system-jpeg</option>: Uses the system-installed copy of 
<application>libjpeg</application> instead of the bundled copy.</para>

<para><option>--enable-elf-dynstr-gc</option>: Removes un-referenced 
strings from <acronym>ELF</acronym> shared objects generated during the build. 
Note that this option breaks the build on alpha.</para>

<para><option>--disable-mailnews</option>: Disables the mail and news 
clients.</para>

<para><option>--disable-ldap</option>: Disables <acronym>LDAP</acronym> 
support, recommended if mail is disabled.</para>

<para><option>--enable-xterm-updates</option>: Displays the current command 
in the <command>xterm</command> window title during the compilation.</para>

<para><option>--enable-plaintext-editor-only</option>: Disables support 
for <acronym>HTML</acronym> editing. Do not use this switch if you are 
building the mail-news component.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1"; 
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1"</command>: Set some variables that affect what and 
how the package is built. These two exports specify a distribution is being 
built.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/mozilla</parameter>: 
Sets the default value for <envar>MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME</envar>.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-system-zlib --with-system-png </parameter>: Use the 
system-installed versions of these packages.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-application=suite</parameter>: Identifies the build 
as a <application>Mozilla</application> suite build.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-default-toolkit=gtk2</parameter>: Use the 
<acronym>GTK</acronym>2 toolkit for graphics rendering.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-extensions=all</parameter>: Enables all available 
extensions. If you want, you can disable any or all extensions other than the 
browser by changing this switch to 
<parameter>--enable-extensions="default,-venkman,-inspector,..."</parameter>. 
For a short description of the various extensions available with the 
<application>Mozilla</application> source, see
<ulink 
url="http://linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/downloads/mozilla-extensions.txt"/>.
</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-crypto</parameter>: Enable the Personal 
Security Manager to enable <acronym>SSL</acronym> connections.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-calendar</parameter>: Builds the calendar 
application. Removed this parameter if you don't wish to build it.</para>
 
<para><parameter>--enable-xft; --disable-freetype2</parameter>: Enable Xft 
support which automatically pulls in the <application>FreeType</application> 
libraries.</para> 

<para><parameter>--enable-xinerama; --enable-optimize; --enable-reorder; 
--enable-strip; --enable-cpp-rtti --disable-accessibility; --disable-debug; 
--disable-tests; --disable-logging; --disable-pedantic; 
--disable-installer</parameter>: Various options that affect what components 
are built and some optimization options. You can pick and choose from these 
options. More information on them, and many other available options, can be 
found by running <command>./configure --help</command>.</para>

<para><command>install -d /usr/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/nss; 
cp -Lf ...</command>: Copy the <acronym>NSS</acronym> interface headers that 
are not copied by <command>make install</command>.</para>

<para><command>if [ -d /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ] ... fi</command>: Some 
applications may have already installed <application>Mozilla</application> 
plugins. This set of commands move any existing plugins to the newly created 
plugin directory, then removes the existing 
<filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mozilla</filename> directory.</para>

<para><command>ln -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; ...</command>: 
<application>Mozilla</application> installs headers and libraries in version 
specific directories. These commands makes symbolic links so that applications 
depending on <application>Mozilla</application> (such as 
<application>OpenOffice</application>, <application>Galeon</application>, 
etc.) don't need to know which version of <application>Mozilla</application> 
is installed.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Mozilla</application></title>

<para>No specific configuration is required as long as the 
<command>mozilla</command> script is in the user's path. If 
<application>Mozilla</application> is installed in a non-standard location, 
then make a symlink to the <command>mozilla</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.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>ln -sf mozilla /usr/bin/netscape</command></userinput></screen>

<para>For installing various <application>Mozilla</application> plugins, refer 
to <ulink url="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html">Mozdev's PluginDoc 
Project</ulink>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Mozilla</application> package contains 
<command>mozilla</command> and the <application>Mozilla</application> 
libraries and plugins. The various components such as the Composer, 
mail-news client, calendar, <acronym>IRC</acronym> chat client and 
address book can be accessed from the menu after <command>mozilla</command> 
starts or via command-line switches to the <command>mozilla</command> script. 
Issue <command>man mozilla</command> for additional information.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>