Install mozilla by running the following commands (don't forget to bunzip2 the patch file first): export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" && export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" && export MOZ_INTERNAL_LIBART_LGPL="1" && cd extensions && rm -rf spellcheck && tar -xjf ../../mozilla-&mozilla-version;-spellchecker.tar.bz2 && cd .. && patch -Np1 -i ../mozilla-&mozilla-version;.patch && ./configure --prefix=&mozilla-prefix; \ --enable-default-mozilla-five-home \ --with-x --with-system-zlib \ --with-system-jpeg --with-system-png --with-system-mng \ --enable-xft --enable-crypto \ --enable-java-supplement \ --disable-jsd --disable-accessibility \ --disable-tests --disable-debug \ --enable-optimize=-O3 --disable-dtd-debug \ --disable-logging --enable-reorder \ --enable-strip --enable-elf-dynstr-gc \ --enable-cpp-rtti --enable-extensions=all,spellcheck \ --enable-svg make && make install && install -d &mozilla-prefix;/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/security && cp -Lf dist/private/security/*.h dist/public/security/*.h \ &mozilla-prefix;/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/security && install -d &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/openoffice && cp -f dist/lib/libembed_base_s.a dist/lib/liblber50.a \ dist/lib/libmozreg_s.a &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/openoffice && ln -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; &mozilla-prefix;/include/mozilla && ln -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla && ln -sf mozilla &mozilla-prefix;/bin/netscape && cd &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version; && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="&mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;" && export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="&mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;" && ./regxpcom && ./regchrome && touch `find &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version; -name *.rdf` Each of these switches can be added to the configure line in order to have the described effect on the mozilla compile. --disable-mailnews: Disable the mail and news clients. --disable-ldap: Disable LDAP Support, recommended if mail is disabled. --enable-calendar: Build the calendar client. You will need to download the calendar source via cvs since it is not included with the release source. (Warning, this option is not yet stable). --enable-xterm-updates: This option is for enabling the xterm title with the current command when compiling. --enable-plaintext-editor-only: Disable support for HTML editing. --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2: In theory mozilla now supports both gtk 1.2 and gtk 2.0. To enable gtk2 support, use this option. People have however had problems getting a usable gtk2 built even with this and patches. There is also support for other toolkits available but this support is known to be unstable. If you want to try one, we suggest doing a normal build first and then only trying the other toolkits when you know you can get a standard build to work. According to the financial institutions, the following hack makes your browser insecure. You have been warned. Many sites use an MS-IE specific tag (autocomplete=off) to prevent autocomplete from working in some forms. This tag is now supported in mozilla to appease the financial institutions. As per the requirements of the financial institutions, they will not even accept a solution where this a preference option. However our opinion is that it should be in the hands of the user. To enable autocomplete to bypass this restriction, we need to make a slight modification in the code. Open the file extensions/wallet/src/wallet.cpp in the mozilla source tree and search for the line: #define WALLET_DONT_CACHE_ALL_PASSWORDS Then delete or comment out the line. If anyone tells you MS-IE is user friendly, give them this example! Note that unlike the patch referred to in the hint, the patch on the BLFS website does not contain this hack so you will need to enable it manually if you want it use it or download it from the hint site.