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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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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 seamonkey-download-http
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8 | "http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/&seamonkey-version;/source/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY seamonkey-download-ftp
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10 | "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/&seamonkey-version;/source/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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11 | <!ENTITY seamonkey-md5sum "44f9bd3c68951f2f21ab0f1fea123383">
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12 | <!ENTITY seamonkey-size "93.5 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY seamonkey-buildsize "3 GB (46 MB installed)">
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14 | <!ENTITY seamonkey-time "26.6 SBU">
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="seamonkey" xreflabel="SeaMonkey-&seamonkey-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="seamonkey.html" ?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>SeaMonkey-&seamonkey-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="seamonkey">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to SeaMonkey</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para><application>SeaMonkey</application> is a browser suite, the Open
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35 | Source sibling of <application>Netscape</application>. It includes the
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36 | browser, composer, mail and news clients, and an IRC client. It is the
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37 | follow-on to the Mozilla browser suite.</para>
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38 |
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39 | <para>The Mozilla project also hosts two subprojects that aim to satisfy
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40 | the needs of users who don't need the complete browser suite or prefer
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41 | to have separate applications for browsing and e-mail. These subprojects
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42 | are <xref linkend="firefox"/> and <xref linkend="thunderbird"/>. Both are
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43 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> source code.
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44 | <!-- if you delete the - -enable-application=suite option,
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45 | <application>Thunderbird</application> will be built from this source
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46 | tarball...--></para>
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47 |
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48 | &lfs70_checked;
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49 |
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50 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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51 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&seamonkey-download-http;"/></para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&seamonkey-download-ftp;"/></para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &seamonkey-md5sum;</para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Download size: &seamonkey-size;</para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &seamonkey-buildsize;</para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>Estimated build time: &seamonkey-time;</para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">SeaMonkey Dependencies</bridgehead>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>, <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
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76 | <xref linkend="zip"/> and <xref linkend="unzip"/></para>
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77 |
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78 | <note>
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79 | <para><application>libjpeg</application> and
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80 | <application>libpng</application> (patched for apng support) should have
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81 | been installed before <application>gdk-pixbuf</application> and should
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82 | exist on your system. If for some strange reason you haven't
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83 | installed them, you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option>
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84 | and <option>--with-system-png</option> options from the
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85 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> file created below.</para>
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86 | </note>
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87 |
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88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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89 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="yasm"/> or
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90 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/> (to allow <application>Seamonkey</application> to
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91 | play webm videos).</para>
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92 |
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93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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94 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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95 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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96 | <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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97 | <ulink url="http://libevent.org/">Libevent</ulink>,
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98 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and
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99 | <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (for gnome integration),
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100 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>, <xref linkend="nspr"/>, <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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102 | <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
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103 | the jemalloc code) and <xref linkend="wget"/></para>
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104 |
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105 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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106 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/seamonkey"/></para>
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107 | </sect2>
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108 |
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109 | <sect2 role="installation">
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110 | <title>Installation of SeaMonkey</title>
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111 |
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112 | <para>The configuration of <application>SeaMonkey</application> is
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113 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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114 | the desired configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename>
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115 | file is created below. To see the entire list of available configuration
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116 | options (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue
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117 | <command>./configure --help</command>. You may also wish to review the
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118 | entire file and uncomment any other desired options. Create the file by
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119 | issuing the following command:</para>
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120 |
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121 | <screen><?dbfo keep-together="auto"?><userinput>cat > .mozconfig << "EOF"
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122 | # If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
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123 | # several jobs at once, but if you have a single core, delete this line:
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124 | mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"
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125 |
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126 | # If you have installed Yasm delete this option:
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127 | ac_add_options --disable-webm
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128 |
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129 | # If you have installed DBus-Glib delete this option:
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130 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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131 |
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132 | # If you have installed wireless-tools delete this option:
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133 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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134 |
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135 | # If you have installed libnotify delete this option:
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136 | ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
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137 |
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138 | # Uncomment these if you have installed them:
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139 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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140 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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141 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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142 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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143 | # ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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144 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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145 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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146 |
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147 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/moz-build-dir
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148 | ac_add_options --enable-application=suite
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149 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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150 | ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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151 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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152 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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153 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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154 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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155 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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156 | ac_add_options --enable-shared
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157 | ac_add_options --disable-static
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158 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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159 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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160 | ac_add_options --disable-installer
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161 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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162 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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163 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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164 |
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165 | <para>Compile <application>SeaMonkey</application> by running the
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166 | following command:</para>
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167 |
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168 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's#VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_PARTITION#VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_FRAGMENTS#' \
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169 | mozilla/configure &&
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170 | make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
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171 |
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172 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite. However, it
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173 | can be launched from the build directory before installing with the
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174 | command line:
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175 | <userinput>moz-build-dir/mozilla/dist/seamonkey/seamonkey</userinput></para>
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176 |
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177 | <para>Install <application>SeaMonkey</application> by issuing the following
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178 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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179 |
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180 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C moz-build-dir install &&
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181 | mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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182 | ln -svf ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version; &&
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183 | cp -v moz-build-dir/mozilla/dist/man/man1/seamonkey.1 /usr/share/man/man1</userinput></screen>
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184 | </sect2>
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185 |
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186 | <sect2 role="commands">
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187 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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188 |
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189 | <para><command>sed -i 's#VPX_CODEC_USE ...</command>: This fixes
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190 | mozilla's <command>configure</command> script to properly detect
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191 | libvpx-v1.0.0. This sed is not needed if you have libvpx-v0.9.7 or earlier
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192 | installed or if you've not installed <xref linkend="libvpx"/>.</para>
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193 |
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194 | <para><command>make -f client.mk</command>: Mozilla products are
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195 | packaged to allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to
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196 | pass the configuration settings to the <command>configure</command>
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197 | command. <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename>
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198 | file to get initial configuration and setup parameters.</para>
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199 |
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200 | <para><command>make -C moz-build-dir install</command>: this runs
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201 | <command>make install</command> inside the moz-build-dir
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202 | directory.</para>
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203 |
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204 | <para><command>ln -s ../mozilla/plugins
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205 | /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</command>: this creates a symlink to
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206 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> for the
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207 | sake of compatibility, to keep all your plugins in the place mozilla
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208 | plugins are normally found.</para>
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209 | </sect2>
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210 |
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211 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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212 | <title>Configuring SeaMonkey</title>
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213 |
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214 | <para>If you deleted the <option>--disable-webm</option> option from your
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215 | <filename>mozconfig</filename>, your <application>Seamonkey</application>
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216 | can play most youtube videos without the need for the flash plugin. To
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217 | enable this, go to <ulink
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218 | url="http://www.youtube.com/html5">http://www.youtube.com/html5</ulink>
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219 | and click on 'Join the HTML5 Trial' (needs cookies enabled).</para>
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220 |
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221 | <para>For installing various <application>SeaMonkey</application> plugins,
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222 | refer to <ulink url="http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html">Mozdev's
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223 | PluginDoc Project</ulink>.</para>
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224 |
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225 | <para>Along with using the <quote>Preferences</quote> menu to configure
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226 | <application>SeaMonkey</application>'s options and preferences to suit
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227 | individual tastes, finer grain control of many options is only available
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228 | using a tool not available from the general menu system. To access this
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229 | tool, you'll need to open a browser window and enter
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230 | <systemitem role="url">about:config</systemitem> in the
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231 | address bar. This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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232 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote> bar
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233 | to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing a
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234 | preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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235 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to toggle
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236 | the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on the desired
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237 | line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change the value.
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238 | Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same way, except
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239 | choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the desired data into
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240 | the fields when prompted.</para>
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241 |
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242 | <tip>
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243 | <para>There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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244 | customize <application>SeaMonkey</application>. A very extensive list
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245 | of these parameters can be found at <ulink
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246 | url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.</para>
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247 | </tip>
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248 |
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249 | <para>If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application>
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250 | or <application>KDE</application> you may wish to create a
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251 | seamonkey.desktop file so that <application>Seamonkey</application>
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252 | appears in the panel's menus. If you didn't enable
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253 | startup-notification in your mozconfig change the StartupNotify line to
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254 | false. As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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255 |
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256 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /usr/share/applications/seamonkey.desktop << "EOF"
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257 | [Desktop Entry]
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258 | Encoding=UTF-8
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259 | Type=Application
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260 | Name=Seamonkey
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261 | Comment=The Mozilla Suite
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262 | Icon=seamonkey
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263 | Exec=seamonkey
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264 | Categories=Network;GTK;Application;Email;Browser;WebBrowser;News;
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265 | StartupNotify=true
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266 | Terminal=false
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267 | EOF
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268 | ln -sv -f /usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;/chrome/icons/default/seamonkey.png /usr/share/pixmaps</userinput></screen>
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269 | </sect2>
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270 |
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271 | <sect2 role="content">
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272 | <title>Contents</title>
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273 |
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274 | <segmentedlist>
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275 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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276 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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277 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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278 |
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279 | <seglistitem>
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280 | <seg>seamonkey</seg>
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281 | <seg>Numerous libraries, browser, and email/newsgroup components,
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282 | plugins, extensions, and helper modules installed in <filename
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283 | class="directory">/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</filename></seg>
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284 | <seg>/usr/lib/seamonkey-&seamonkey-version;</seg>
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285 | </seglistitem>
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286 | </segmentedlist>
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287 |
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288 | <variablelist>
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289 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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290 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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291 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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292 |
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293 | <varlistentry id="seamonkey-prog">
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294 | <term><command>seamonkey</command></term>
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295 | <listitem>
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296 | <para>is a browser/email/newsgroup/chat client suite. The
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297 | various components such as the Composer, mail-news client,
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298 | IRC chat client, and address book can be accessed from the menu after
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299 | <command>seamonkey</command> starts or via command-line switches to
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300 | the <command>seamonkey</command> script. Issue
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301 | <command>man seamonkey</command> for additional information.</para>
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302 | <indexterm zone="seamonkey seamonkey-prog">
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303 | <primary sortas="b-seamonkey">seamonkey</primary>
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304 | </indexterm>
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305 | </listitem>
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306 | </varlistentry>
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307 | </variablelist>
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308 | </sect2>
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309 | </sect1>
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