1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Introduction to mozilla</title>
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3 |
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4 | <screen>Download location (HTTP): <ulink url="&mozilla-download-http;"/>
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5 | Download location (FTP): <ulink url="&mozilla-download-ftp;"/>
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6 | Version used: &mozilla-version;
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7 | Package size: &mozilla-size;
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8 | Estimated Disk space required: &mozilla-buildsize;
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9 | Estimated Build time: &mozilla-buildtime;
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10 | Estimated Install size: &mozilla-installsize;</screen>
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11 |
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12 | <para>Mozilla is a browser suite, the opensource sibling of
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13 | Netscape. It includes the browser, composer, mail client and an IRC client. A
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14 | calendar component is also being built but it is not yet integrated into the
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15 | stable mozilla releases.</para>
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16 |
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17 | <screen>mozilla depends on:
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18 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>, <xref linkend="xfree86"/>, <xref linkend="zip"/>,
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19 | <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="ATK"/>, <xref linkend="Pango"/>,
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20 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, <!-- <xref linkend="fontconfig">, -->
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21 | <xref linkend="GLib2"/>, <xref linkend="GTK2"/>, <xref linkend="libIDL"/>,
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22 | <xref linkend="lcms"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref linkend="libmng"/>,
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23 | <xref linkend="libpng"/> and <xref linkend="which"/></screen>
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24 |
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25 | <para>Download the patch for various fixes to the build from
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26 | <userinput><ulink url="&hfile-root;"/></userinput>. The patches begin with
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27 | <userinput>mozilla-&mozilla-version;</userinput>. Note that none of the
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28 | patches are required, all are optional. Refer to the notes at the top
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29 | of the patch file to figure out if you need the patch.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <para>Note that the mozdev spellchecker instructions have been removed since the API
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32 | for spellchecker was changed and it is currently broken.</para>
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33 | <!--
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34 | <para>Download the spellchecker (a Mozdev project).
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35 | <screen><ulink url="&hfile-root;/mozilla-&mozilla-version;-spellchecker.tar.bz2"/></screen>
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36 | </para>
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37 | -->
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38 |
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39 | <para>If you have difficulties in building mozilla, check out the mozilla
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40 | hint for detailed information at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/"/>.
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41 | The instructions
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42 | that follow install the entire suite. To select specific components, refer
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43 | to the hint.
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44 | <!--
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45 | Also if you are looking to install some exotic extensions,
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46 | check <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/build-scripts"/>
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47 | if there are any instructions.
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48 | -->
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49 | </para>
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50 |
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51 | </sect2>
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