1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Introduction to mozilla</title>
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3 |
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4 | <screen>
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5 | Download location (HTTP): <ulink url="&mozilla-download-http;"/>
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6 | Download location (FTP): <ulink url="&mozilla-download-ftp;"/>
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7 | Version used: &mozilla-version;
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8 | Package size: &mozilla-size;
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9 | Estimated Disk space required: &mozilla-buildsize;
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10 | Estimated Build time: &mozilla-buildtime;
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11 | Estimated Install size: &mozilla-installsize;</screen>
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12 |
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13 | <para>Mozilla is a browser suite, the opensource sibling of
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14 | Netscape. It includes the browser, composer, mail client and an IRC client. A
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15 | calendar component is also being built but it is not yet integrated into the
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16 | stable mozilla releases.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <screen>mozilla depends on:
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19 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>, <xref linkend="xfree86"/>, <xref linkend="zip"/>, <xref linkend="GLib"/>, <xref linkend="GTK"/>,
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20 | <xref linkend="ORBit"/>, <xref linkend="lcms"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref linkend="libmng"/>, <xref linkend="libpng"/>.
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21 | <xref linkend="which"/></screen>
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22 |
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23 | <para>Download the patch for various minor fixes to the build.
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24 | <screen><ulink url="&ffile-root;/mozilla-1.0.1.patch.bz2"/></screen></para>
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25 |
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26 | <para>Download the spellchecker (a Mozdev project). The above patch includes a
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27 | fix to add the spellchecker to the build.
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28 | <screen><ulink url="&ffile-root;/mozilla-1.0.1-spellchecker.tar.bz2"/></screen>
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29 | </para>
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30 |
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31 | <para>If you have difficulties in building mozilla, check out the mozilla
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32 | hint for detailed information at <ulink url="http://tushar.lfsforum.org"/>.
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33 | Individual patches are also available at the same location. The instructions
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34 | that follow install the entire suite. To select specific components, refer
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35 | to the hint.</para>
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36 |
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37 | </sect2>
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