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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY mozilla-download-http "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/&seamonkey-version;/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY mozilla-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/&seamonkey-version;/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY mozilla-md5sum "2d78434affe9e4499e3cfceae2d8522f">
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10 | <!ENTITY mozilla-size "33.4 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY mozilla-buildsize "620 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY mozilla-time "17.1 SBU">
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13 |
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14 | <!ENTITY mozilla-enigmail-version "0.94.2">
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15 | <!ENTITY mozilla-enigmail-download "http://www.mozilla-enigmail.org/downloads/src/enigmail-&mozilla-enigmail-version;.tar.gz">
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16 | <!ENTITY mozilla-enigmail-md5sum "cc1ba2bec7c3a2ac408ef24fbf1884de">
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17 | ]>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1 id="seamonkey" xreflabel="SeaMonkey-&seamonkey-version;">
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="seamonkey.html" ?>
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21 |
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22 | <sect1info>
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23 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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24 | <date>$Date$</date>
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25 | </sect1info>
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26 |
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27 | <title>SeaMonkey-&seamonkey-version;</title>
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28 |
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29 | <indexterm zone="seamonkey">
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30 | <primary sortas="a-SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey</primary>
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31 | </indexterm>
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32 |
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33 | <sect2 role="package">
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34 | <title>Introduction to SeaMonkey</title>
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35 |
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36 | <para><application>SeaMonkey</application> is a browser suite, the Open
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37 | Source sibling of <application>Netscape</application>. It includes the
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38 | browser, composer, mail and news clients, and an
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39 | IRC client. It is the follow-on to the Mozilla browser suite.</para>
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40 |
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41 | <para>The Mozilla project also hosts two subprojects that aim to satisfy
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42 | the needs of users who don't need the complete browser suite or prefer to
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43 | have separate applications for browsing and e-mail. These subprojects are
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44 | <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</ulink>, (a
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45 | stand-alone browser based on the <application>Mozilla</application> source
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46 | code) and <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Mozilla
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47 | Thunderbird</ulink>, (a stand-alone mail/newsgroup client based on the
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48 | <application>Mozilla</application> source code). The build instructions for
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49 | these two applications are discussed in separate sections:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <itemizedlist>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para><xref linkend="firefox"/></para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para><xref linkend="thunderbird"/></para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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61 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mozilla-download-http;"/></para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mozilla-download-ftp;"/></para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | <listitem>
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69 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mozilla-md5sum;</para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | <listitem>
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72 | <para>Download size: &mozilla-size;</para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 | <listitem>
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75 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mozilla-buildsize;</para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>Estimated build time: &mozilla-time;</para>
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79 | </listitem>
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80 | </itemizedlist>
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81 |
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82 | <para>To enable the <application>Enigmail</application> extension to the
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83 | <application>SeaMonkey</application> mail client, you'll need to download
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84 | the tarball listed below. The <application>Enigmail</application> extension
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85 | allows users to access the authentication and encryption features provided
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86 | by the <application>GnuPG</application> package. The
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87 | <application>Enigmail</application> extension will not operate correctly
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88 | unless you have <xref linkend="gnupg"/> installed.</para>
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89 |
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90 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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91 | <listitem>
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92 | <para><ulink url="&mozilla-enigmail-download;"/></para>
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93 | </listitem>
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94 | <listitem>
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95 | <para>Download MD5 sum (Enigmail): &mozilla-enigmail-md5sum;</para>
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96 | </listitem>
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97 | </itemizedlist>
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98 |
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99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">SeaMonkey Dependencies</bridgehead>
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100 |
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101 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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102 | <para role="required">
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103 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="libidl"/>, and
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105 | <xref linkend="zip"/>
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106 | </para>
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107 |
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108 | <note>
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109 | <para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/> should have been installed before
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110 | <application>GTK+</application> and should exist on your system. If
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111 | for some reason you haven't installed <application>libjpeg</application>,
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112 | you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> option from the
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113 | <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file created below.</para>
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114 | </note>
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115 |
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116 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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117 | <para role="recommended">
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118 | <xref linkend="nss"/> (if you will be installing any other package that
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119 | utilizes NSS/NSPR, such as <application>Firefox</application>,
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120 | <application>Thunderbird</application>,
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121 | <application>Evolution</application>, or
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122 | <application>OpenOffice</application>)
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123 | </para>
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124 |
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125 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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126 | <para role="optional">
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127 | <xref linkend="unzip"/> and
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128 | <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (to build the gnomevfs extension)
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129 | </para>
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130 |
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131 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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132 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/seamonkey"/></para>
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133 |
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134 | </sect2>
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135 |
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136 | <sect2 role="installation">
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137 | <title>Installation of SeaMonkey</title>
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138 |
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139 | <para>The configuration of <application>SeaMonkey</application> is
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140 | accomplished by creating a <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file containing
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141 | the desired configuration options. A default <filename>.mozconfig</filename>
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142 | file is created below. To see the entire list of available configuration
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143 | options (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue
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144 | <command>./configure --help</command>. Additional information can also be
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145 | found below in the section titled <xref linkend="add-mozconfig"/>. If you
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146 | are going to use system-installed versions of the
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147 | <application>NSS</application> and <application>NSPR</application>
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148 | libraries, ensure you uncomment the two lines near the bottom of the file. If
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149 | you would prefer to download the file instead of creating it by typing or
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150 | cut-and-pasting, you can find it at <ulink
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151 | url="&files-anduin;/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;-mozconfig"/>
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152 | (the file must be installed in the root of the source tree
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153 | <filename class='directory'>mozilla</filename> directory, and named
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154 | <filename>.mozconfig</filename>). Create the file by issuing the following
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155 | command:</para>
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156 |
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157 | <screen><userinput>cat > .mozconfig << "EOF"
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158 | <literal># This file contains the options used in the SeaMonkey build. You may
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159 | # need to specify additional options for your specific build needs.
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160 | # Use the information provided by running './configure --help' to
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161 | # help you determine if you need to add any additional options.
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162 | # Some additional options can be added by uncommenting the examples
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163 | # in this file or adding options by inserting a line containing
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164 | # 'ac_add_options --some-option-you-need'.
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165 |
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166 |
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167 | # Create an object directory and specify to build the package in that
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168 | # directory. If desired, modify the location of the object directory
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169 | # to a directory inside the source tree by removing '../' from the
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170 | # line below.
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171 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../seamonkey-build
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172 |
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173 | # This option is used to specify that the SeaMonkey suite is
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174 | # being built and to use all the default options for SeaMonkey.
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175 | ac_add_options --enable-application=suite
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176 |
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177 | # Specify the installation prefix. If you would prefer SeaMonkey
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178 | # installed in a different prefix, modify the line below to fit
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179 | # your needs. You'll also need to modify some of the instructions in
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180 | # the BLFS book to point to your desired prefix.
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181 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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182 |
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183 | # These options are used so that the SeaMonkey binaries are linked to
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184 | # the system-installed copies of the specified libraries instead of
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185 | # the source tree code which may not be the most recent versions.
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186 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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187 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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188 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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189 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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190 |
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191 | # This option specifies to include support for rendering the HTML
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192 | # <canvas></canvas> tag in the SeaMonkey browser.
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193 | ac_add_options --enable-canvas
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194 |
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195 | # This option is used so that the debugging symbols are removed from
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196 | # the installed binaries during the installation process. Comment out
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197 | # this option if you may have a need to retain the debugging symbols
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198 | # in the installed binaries. Note that this can substantially
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199 | # increase the size of the installed binaries.
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200 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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201 |
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202 | # This option is added so that test libraries and programs are not
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203 | # built. These would only be required for debugging purposes.
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204 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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205 |
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206 | # This option is added so that the Mozilla Installer program is not
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207 | # built or installed. The program is not required for a BLFS
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208 | # installation of SeaMonkey.
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209 | ac_add_options --disable-installer
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210 |
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211 | # This option is used to disable the a11y support in the SeaMonkey
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212 | # binaries. Comment out this option if you require a11y support.
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213 | ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
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214 |
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215 | # This option is used to enable support for rendering SVG files in the
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216 | # SeaMonkey browser.
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217 | ac_add_options --enable-svg
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218 |
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219 | # This option is used to enable source tree included LDAP support in
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220 | # the SeaMonkey binaries.
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221 | ac_add_options --enable-ldap
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222 |
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223 | # These two options enable support for building SeaMonkey with
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224 | # system-installed versions of the Network Security Services (NSS)
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225 | # and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries. Uncomment both
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226 | # lines to enable support for system-installed NSS/NSPR.
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227 | #ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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228 | #ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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229 |
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230 | # Uncomment this option if you desire support for dual-monitor
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231 | # display of SeaMonkey using the X-Window Xinerama libraries.
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232 | #ac_add_options --enable-xinerama
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233 |
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234 | # Complex scripts such as Thai can only be rendered in SeaMonkey with the
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235 | # help of Pango. This option significantly slows rendering, so only use
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236 | # it if necessary.
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237 | #ac_add_options --enable-pango
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238 |
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239 | # This option identifies the default binary directory of the SeaMonkey
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240 | # installation and is used to locate SeaMonkey's installed files. This
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241 | # option is not required for end-user browsing, and is only used for
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242 | # development purposes.
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243 | #ac_add_options --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</literal>
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244 |
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245 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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246 |
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247 | <para>Now clean up one <filename>Makefile</filename> to
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248 | add required libraries to a build step. Note that the command
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249 | requires two separate lines as shown.</para>
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250 |
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251 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e '/MOZ_JS_LIBS/a\
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252 | \t\t$(MOZ_XFT_LIBS) \\' layout/build/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
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253 |
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254 | <para>Compile <application>SeaMonkey</application> by running the
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255 | following command:</para>
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256 |
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257 | <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk build</userinput></screen>
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258 |
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259 | <para>If you're building the <application>SeaMonkey</application>
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260 | mail/newsgroup client and plan to install the
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261 | <application>Enigmail</application> extension, issue the following
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262 | commands:</para>
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263 |
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264 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../enigmail-&mozilla-enigmail-version;.tar.gz -C mailnews/extensions &&
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265 |
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266 | pushd mailnews/extensions/enigmail &&
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267 | ./makemake -r &&
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268 | popd &&
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269 |
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270 | make -C ../seamonkey-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail &&
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271 | make -C ../seamonkey-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail xpi</userinput></screen>
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272 |
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273 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite. However, it
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274 | cn be launched fom the build directory before installing with the
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275 | command line:
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276 | <userinput>../seamonkey-build/dist/bin/seamonkey</userinput>.</para>
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277 |
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278 | <para>Install <application>SeaMonkey</application> by issuing the following
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279 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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280 |
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281 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install &&
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282 |
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283 | install -v -m644 ../seamonkey-build/dist/public/ldap-private/* \
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284 | /usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/ldap &&
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285 |
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286 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/defaults/isp/US &&
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287 | install -v -m644 mailnews/base/ispdata/movemail.rdf \
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288 | /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/defaults/isp &&
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289 | ln -v -s ../movemail.rdf /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/defaults/isp/US</userinput></screen>
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290 |
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291 | <para>If you built <application>SeaMonkey</application> utilizing
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292 | system-installed NSS and NSPR libraries, the
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293 | <filename>seamonkey-ns*.pc</filename> <application>pkgconfig</application>
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294 | files are broken as they point to the wrong directories where the actual
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295 | libraries and interface headers are located. Issue the following commands
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296 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to replace the
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297 | broken files with symbolic links to known good files:</para>
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298 |
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299 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -sf nss.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/seamonkey-nss.pc &&
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300 | ln -v -sf nspr.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/seamonkey-nspr.pc</userinput></screen>
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301 |
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302 | <para>If you did <emphasis role="strong">NOT</emphasis> build
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303 | <application>seamonkey</application> utilizing system-installed NSS and
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304 | NSPR libraries, issue the following commands as the
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305 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the NSS
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306 | interface headers:</para>
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307 |
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308 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/nss &&
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309 | cp -v -Lf ../seamonkey-build/dist/{private,public}/nss/*.h \
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310 | /usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/nss</userinput></screen>
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311 |
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312 | <para>If you built the <application>Enigmail</application> extension,
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313 | issue the following commands as the <systemitem
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314 | class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the
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315 | <filename>.xpi</filename> file into the
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316 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</filename>
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317 | directory:</para>
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318 |
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319 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store &&
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320 | install -v -m644 ../seamonkey-build/dist/bin/enigmail-&mozilla-enigmail-version;-*.xpi \
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321 | /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store</userinput></screen>
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322 |
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323 | <para>There are two methods you can use to install the
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324 | <application>Enigmail</application> extension. Both are shown here and
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325 | provide similar functionality with one major difference. The first
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326 | method will install the extension system-wide and all users of SeaMonkey
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327 | will have an Enigmail-enabled mail client. The method shown later only
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328 | installs it on a per-user basis. The first method must be accomplished
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329 | now (before the object directory is removed) and uses the conventional
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330 | <command>make install</command> command to install the
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331 | <application>Enigmail</application> files straight from the distribution
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332 | directory of the object directory. The alternate method is shown as it
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333 | installs using the <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file
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334 | created earlier and can be done later (at any time you desire) as the
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335 | file used to install <application>Enigmail</application> was copied into
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336 | <filename
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337 | class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store</filename>
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338 | in the previous step. This method can be used to install any
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339 | downloaded <application>Mozilla</application> extension distributed in a
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340 | <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file. There are many
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341 | extensions available for <application>SeaMonkey</application>. A list
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342 | containing many of them can be found at
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343 | <ulink url="http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/"/>.</para>
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344 |
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345 | <para>If you want to install the <application>Enigmail</application>
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346 | extension now, which offers system-wide access, issue the following
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347 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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348 |
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349 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C ../seamonkey-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail install</userinput></screen>
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350 |
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351 | <para>To install an extension from a created or download
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352 | <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file, you simply need to
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353 | <quote>open</quote> the <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file
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354 | using the <quote>Open File</quote> option of the <quote>File</quote>
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355 | menu of the browser window. You can browse to find the file (for example,
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356 | the <application>Enigmail</application>
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357 | <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file is located in
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358 | <filename
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359 | class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/xpi_store</filename>),
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360 | select it, then follow the prompts to install the extension.</para>
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361 |
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362 | <note>
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363 | <para>You should run <command>/usr/bin/seamonkey</command> once as the
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364 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user (or any user with
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365 | write privileges) to create some necessary additional files in the
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366 | <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> hierarchy. Also do this
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367 | each time you install additional system-wide extensions.</para>
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368 | </note>
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369 |
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370 | </sect2>
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371 |
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372 | <sect2 role="commands" id="add-mozconfig"
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373 | xreflabel="Additional .mozconfig Options">
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374 |
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375 | <title>Additional .mozconfig Options</title>
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376 |
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377 | <para>Information about some of the additional options which can be added
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378 | to the <filename>.mozconfig</filename> configuration file is shown below.
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379 | Note that this is just a few of the options. You may wish to run
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380 | <command>./configure --help</command> and review each of the listed options
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381 | to discover what affect they have on the build. Feel free to add or remove
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382 | options to tailor the build to your desires. Listed below are some common
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383 | options not in the default <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file but can be
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384 | added in order to have the described effect on the SeaMonkey compile.</para>
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385 |
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386 | <para><option>ac_add_options --enable-elf-dynstr-gc</option>: Removes
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387 | un-referenced strings from ELF shared objects generated during the build.
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388 | Note that this option breaks the build on alpha.</para>
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389 |
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390 | <para><option>ac_add_options --disable-mailnews</option>: Disables the mail
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391 | and news clients.</para>
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392 |
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393 | <para><option>ac_add_options --disable-ldap</option>: Disables LDAP support,
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394 | recommended if mail is disabled.</para>
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395 |
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396 | <para><option>ac_add_options --enable-xterm-updates</option>: Displays the
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397 | current command in the <command>xterm</command> window title during the
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398 | compilation.</para>
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399 |
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400 | <para><option>ac_add_options --enable-plaintext-editor-only</option>:
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401 | Disables support for HTML editing. Do not use this switch if you are
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402 | building the mail-news component.</para>
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403 |
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404 | </sect2>
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405 |
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406 | <sect2 role="commands">
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407 | <title>.mozconfig Option Explanations</title>
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408 |
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409 | <para>To simplify reading the options below, they are labeled without
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410 | <parameter>ac_add_options</parameter> inserted at the beginning of the
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411 | option. These options are also described in the
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412 | <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file created earlier.</para>
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413 |
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414 | <para><parameter>mk_add_options
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415 | MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../seamonkey-build</parameter>: Creates an object
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416 | directory and specifies to build the package in that directory. If desired,
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417 | modify the location of the object directory to a directory inside the
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418 | source tree by removing <quote>../</quote> from the line.</para>
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419 |
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420 | <para><parameter>--enable-application=suite</parameter>: Identifies the
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421 | build as a <application>SeaMonkey</application> suite build.</para>
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422 |
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423 | <para><parameter>--with-system-zlib --with-system-png
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424 | --with-system-jpeg --enable-system-cairo</parameter>: Uses the
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425 | system-installed versions of these packages.</para>
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426 |
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427 | <para><parameter>--enable-xinerama --enable-reorder --enable-strip
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428 | --enable-cpp-rtti --disable-accessibility --disable-tests --disable-logging
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429 | --disable-pedantic --disable-installer</parameter>: Various options that
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430 | affect what components are built and some optimization options. You can
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431 | pick and choose from these options. More information on them, and many
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432 | other available options, can be found by running
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433 | <command>./configure --help</command>.</para>
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434 |
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435 | </sect2>
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436 |
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437 | <sect2 role="commands">
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438 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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439 |
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440 | <para><command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are
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441 | packaged to allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to
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442 | pass the configuration settings to the <command>configure</command>
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443 | command. <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename>
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444 | file to get initial configuration and setup parameters, then depending on
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445 | the target parameter (<parameter>build</parameter> or
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446 | <parameter>install</parameter>), either runs the
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447 | <command>configure</command> script and compiles the package or installs
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448 | the package.</para>
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449 |
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450 | <para><command>./makemake -r</command>: This command is used to recursively
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451 | create <filename>Makefile</filename>s in the appropriate subdirectory
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452 | of seamonkey-build.</para>
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453 |
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454 | <para><command>make -C ... xpi</command>: This command builds the
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455 | <application>Enigmail</application>
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456 | <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file which can be used to
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457 | install <application>Enigmail</application>.</para>
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458 |
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459 | <para><command>install .../movemail.rdf ...</command>: This
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460 | command is used to install a file inadvertently left out of the
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461 | installation script.</para>
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462 |
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463 | </sect2>
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464 |
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465 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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466 | <title>Configuring SeaMonkey</title>
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467 |
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468 | <para>No specific configuration is required as long as the
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469 | <command>seamonkey</command> script is in the user's path. If
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470 | <application>SeaMonkey</application> is installed in a non-standard location,
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471 | then make a symlink to the <command>seamonkey</command> script in the
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472 | <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> directory.</para>
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473 |
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474 | <para>Many applications look for <command>netscape</command> when they need
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475 | to open a browser. You may make the following symlink for convenience (as
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476 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user).</para>
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477 |
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478 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -sf seamonkey /usr/bin/netscape</userinput></screen>
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479 |
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480 | <para>For installing various <application>SeaMonkey</application> plugins,
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481 | refer to <ulink url="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html">Mozdev's
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482 | PluginDoc Project</ulink>. If you have <xref linkend="jdk"/> already
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483 | installed, create the following link as the
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484 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to utilize the
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485 | <application>JAVA</application> plugin: </para>
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486 |
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487 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
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488 | /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
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489 |
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490 | <para>Some packages install SeaMonkey plugins into the default system-wide
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491 | directory <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>.
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492 | If desired, create symbolic links in the <application>SeaMonkey</application>
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493 | plugin directory
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494 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/plugins</filename>
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495 | to the files in the default plugin directory (you should link to the actual
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496 | files and not other links). Alternatively, you can move or copy the files
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497 | in the default plugin directory to the
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498 | <application>SeaMonkey</application> plugin directory. An example of creating
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499 | a symbolic link is shown below. Create the links as the
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500 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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501 |
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502 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s ../../seamonkey/plugins/<replaceable><plugin.so></replaceable> \
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503 | /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/plugins</userinput></screen>
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504 |
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505 | <para>Along with using the <quote>Preferences</quote> menu to configure
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506 | <application>SeaMonkey</application>'s options and preferences to suit
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507 | individual tastes, finer grain control of many options is only available
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508 | using a tool not available from the general menu system. To access this
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509 | tool, you'll need to open a browser window and enter
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510 | <systemitem role='url'>about:config</systemitem> in the
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511 | address bar. This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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512 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote> bar
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513 | to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing a
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514 | preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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515 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to toggle
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516 | the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on the desired
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517 | line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change the value.
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518 | Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same way, except
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519 | choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the desired data into
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520 | the fields when prompted.</para>
|
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521 |
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522 | <tip>
|
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523 | <para>There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
|
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524 | customize <application>SeaMonkey</application>. A very extensive and
|
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525 | up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at <ulink
|
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526 | url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.</para>
|
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527 | </tip>
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528 |
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529 | </sect2>
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530 |
|
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531 | <sect2 role="content">
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532 | <title>Contents</title>
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533 |
|
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534 | <segmentedlist>
|
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535 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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536 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
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537 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
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538 |
|
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539 | <seglistitem>
|
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540 | <seg>seamonkey and seamonkey-config</seg>
|
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541 | <seg>Numerous libraries, browser, and email/newsgroup components,
|
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542 | plugins, extensions, and helper modules installed in <filename
|
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543 | class='directory'>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</filename></seg>
|
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544 | <seg>/usr/include/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;,
|
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545 | /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;, and
|
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546 | /usr/share/idl/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</seg>
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547 | </seglistitem>
|
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548 | </segmentedlist>
|
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549 |
|
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550 | <variablelist>
|
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551 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
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552 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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553 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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554 |
|
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555 | <varlistentry id="seamonkey-prog">
|
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556 | <term><command>seamonkey</command></term>
|
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557 | <listitem>
|
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558 | <para>is a browser/email/newsgroup/chat client suite. The
|
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559 | various components such as the Composer, mail-news client,
|
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560 | IRC chat client, and address book can be accessed from the menu after
|
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561 | <command>seamonkey</command> starts or via command-line switches to
|
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562 | the <command>seamonkey</command> script. Issue
|
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563 | <command>man seamonkey</command> for additional information.</para>
|
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564 | <indexterm zone="seamonkey seamonkey-prog">
|
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565 | <primary sortas="b-seamonkey">seamonkey</primary>
|
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566 | </indexterm>
|
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567 | </listitem>
|
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568 | </varlistentry>
|
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569 |
|
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570 | </variablelist>
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571 |
|
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572 | </sect2>
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573 |
|
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574 | </sect1>
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