1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Introduction to <application>Mozilla</application></title>
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3 |
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4 | <para><application>Mozilla</application> is a browser suite, the Open Source
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5 | sibling of <application>Netscape</application>. It includes the browser,
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6 | composer, mail client and an <acronym>IRC</acronym> client. A
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7 | calendar component is also being built but it is not yet integrated into the
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8 | stable <application>Mozilla</application> releases.</para>
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9 |
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10 | <para>In this section we also mention the building of <application>Mozilla Firebird</application>,
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11 | (a stand-alone browser based on the Mozilla source code) and <application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application>,
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12 | (a stand-alone mail client based on the Mozilla source code). Since the build instructions
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13 | for <application>Mozilla Firebird</application> and <application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application>
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14 | are similar to <application>Mozilla</application>, only the changes required with respect to
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15 | the <application>Mozilla</application> instructions are mentioned.</para>
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16 |
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17 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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18 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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19 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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20 | url="&mozilla-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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21 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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22 | url="&mozilla-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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23 | <listitem><para>Download size: &mozilla-size;</para></listitem>
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24 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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25 | &mozilla-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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26 | <listitem><para>Estimated install size:
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27 | &mozilla-installsize;</para></listitem>
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28 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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29 | &mozilla-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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30 | </sect3>
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31 |
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32 | <sect3><title><application>Mozilla</application> dependencies</title>
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33 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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34 | <para><xref linkend="freetype2"/>, <xref linkend="xfree86"/>, <xref
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35 | linkend="zip"/>, <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="ATK"/>, <xref
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36 | linkend="Pango"/>, <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, <!-- <xref
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37 | linkend="fontconfig">, --> <xref linkend="GLib2"/>, <xref linkend="GTK2"/>,
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38 | <xref linkend="libIDL"/>, <xref linkend="lcms"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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39 | <xref linkend="libmng"/>, <xref linkend="libpng"/> and <xref linkend="which"/>
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40 | </para></sect4>
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41 | </sect3>
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42 | </sect2>
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43 |
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44 | <sect2><title>Additional Downloads and Information</title>
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45 | <para>Download the patch for various fixes to the build from
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46 | <ulink url="&hfile-root;"/>. The patches begin with
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47 | <filename>mozilla-&mozilla-version;</filename>. Note that none of the
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48 | patches are required, all are optional. Refer to the notes at the top
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49 | of the patch file to figure out if you need the patch.</para>
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50 |
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51 | <para>Note that the mozdev spellchecker instructions have been removed since the API
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52 | for spellchecker was changed and it is currently broken.</para>
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53 | <!--
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54 | <para>Download the spellchecker (a Mozdev project).
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55 | <screen><ulink url="&hfile-root;/mozilla-&mozilla-version;-spellchecker.tar.bz2"/></screen>
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56 | </para>
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57 | -->
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58 |
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59 | <para>If you have difficulties in building Mozilla, check out the Mozilla
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60 | hint for detailed information at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/"/>.
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61 | The instructions
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62 | that follow install the entire suite. To select specific components, refer
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63 | to the hint.
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64 | <!--
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65 | Also if you are looking to install some exotic extensions,
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66 | check <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/build-scripts"/>
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67 | if there are any instructions.
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68 | -->
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69 | </para>
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70 |
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71 | </sect2>
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