| 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 opensource
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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 Mozilla releases.</para>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 11 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 12 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 13 | url="&mozilla-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 14 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 15 | url="&mozilla-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 16 | <listitem><para>Download size: &mozilla-size;</para></listitem>
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| 17 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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| 18 | &mozilla-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 19 | <listitem><para>Estimated install size:
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| 20 | &mozilla-installsize;</para></listitem>
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| 21 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 22 | &mozilla-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 23 | </sect3>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect3><title><application>Mozilla</application> dependencies</title>
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| 26 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 27 | <para><xref linkend="freetype2"/>, <xref linkend="xfree86"/>, <xref
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| 28 | linkend="zip"/>, <xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="ATK"/>, <xref
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| 29 | linkend="Pango"/>, <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, <!-- <xref
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| 30 | linkend="fontconfig">, --> <xref linkend="GLib2"/>, <xref linkend="GTK2"/>,
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| 31 | <xref linkend="libIDL"/>, <xref linkend="lcms"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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| 32 | <xref linkend="libmng"/>, <xref linkend="libpng"/> and <xref linkend="which"/>
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| 33 | </para></sect4>
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| 34 | </sect3>
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| 35 | </sect2>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <sect2><title>Additional Downloads and Information</title>
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| 38 | <para>Download the patch for various fixes to the build from
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| 39 | <filename><ulink url="&hfile-root;"/></filename>. The patches begin with
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| 40 | <filename>mozilla-&mozilla-version;</filename>. Note that none of the
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| 41 | patches are required, all are optional. Refer to the notes at the top
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| 42 | of the patch file to figure out if you need the patch.</para>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>Note that the mozdev spellchecker instructions have been removed since the API
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| 45 | for spellchecker was changed and it is currently broken.</para>
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| 46 | <!--
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| 47 | <para>Download the spellchecker (a Mozdev project).
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| 48 | <screen><ulink url="&hfile-root;/mozilla-&mozilla-version;-spellchecker.tar.bz2"/></screen>
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 | -->
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>If you have difficulties in building Mozilla, check out the Mozilla
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| 53 | hint for detailed information at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/"/>.
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| 54 | The instructions
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| 55 | that follow install the entire suite. To select specific components, refer
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| 56 | to the hint.
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| 57 | <!--
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| 58 | Also if you are looking to install some exotic extensions,
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| 59 | check <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/build-scripts"/>
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| 60 | if there are any instructions.
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| 61 | -->
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect2>
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