| 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para><screen><command>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &&
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| 5 | export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1"</command></screen>
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| 6 | Set some variables that affect what and how it is built. The first two exports
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| 7 | specify that we are building a distribution. The last export specifies that we
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| 8 | are ok with the <acronym>LGPL</acronym> versioned libart.</para>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <para><parameter>--prefix=&mozilla-prefix;</parameter>: Previously mozilla did
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| 11 | not support the make install option. Hence the package was installed in
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| 12 | <filename>/opt</filename>. The package now supports "make install" and follows
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| 13 | the <acronym>FHS</acronym> guidelines for installation. Hence the book now
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| 14 | recommends installation in a system wide prefix such as <filename>/usr
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| 15 | </filename>.</para>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para><screen><option>--enable-toolkit-gtk2</option></screen>Use gtk2
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| 18 | toolkit</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para><screen><option>--with-system-zlib --with-system-jpeg \
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| 21 | --with-system-png --with-system-mng"</option></screen>
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| 22 | Use the system versions for these packages.</para>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para><option>--enable-xft</option>: Enable the Xft support. You need
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| 25 | <application>fontconfig</application> or the latest <application>XFree86
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| 26 | </application> version to enable xft.</para>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para><option>--enable-crypto</option>: Enable the Personal
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| 29 | Security Manager to enable <acronym>SSL</acronym> connections.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para><screen><option>--disable-jsd --disable-accessibility \
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| 32 | --disable-tests --disable-debug \
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| 33 | --disable-dtd-debug \
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| 34 | --disable-logging --enable-reorder \
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| 35 | --enable-strip \
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| 36 | --enable-cpp-rtti</option></screen>
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| 37 | Various options that affect what components are built and some optimization
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| 38 | options. You can pick and choose from these options. More information on them
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| 39 | can be found in the <application>Mozilla</application> <command>configure
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| 40 | </command> script help. Not all options are used in the instructions given
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| 41 | above.</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para><option>--enable-extensions=...</option>: Enables extensions. If you
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| 44 | want, you can disable all extensions other than the browser by changing this
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| 45 | switch to <parameter>--enable-extensions="default,-venkman,-inspector,-irc"</parameter>.</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <para><screen><command>install -d &mozilla-prefix;/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/nss
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| 48 | cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
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| 49 | &mozilla-prefix;/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/nss</command></screen>
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| 50 | Copy the nss headers that are not copied by make install.</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <!--
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| 53 | <para><userinput>install -d &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/openoffice</userinput> :
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| 54 | Make a directory to store static libraries that openoffice needs during compilation.
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| 55 | These libraries are not installed by default.</para>
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| 56 | -->
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <para><command>ln -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; ...</command>:
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| 59 | <application>Mozilla</application> installs headers and libraries in version
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| 60 | specific directories. This link makes symbolic links so that applications that
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| 61 | depend on <application>Mozilla</application> (such as <application>OpenOffice
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| 62 | </application>, <application>Galeon</application>, etc.) don't need to know
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| 63 | which version of <application>Mozilla</application> is installed.</para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para><screen><command>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="&mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;" &&
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| 66 | export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="&mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;" &&
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| 67 | ./regxpcom &&
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| 68 | ./regchrome &&
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| 69 | touch `find &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-${VERSION} -name *.rdf`</command>
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| 70 | </screen>
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| 71 | Create the required component registries to enable multi-user installs.</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | </sect2>
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