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[6732c094] | 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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[16998db6] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[f207d239] | 7 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-http "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "f004aa5ddf2a30b5df96e06df416b0c9">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "58 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "624 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "14 SBU">
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[adb388a] | 13 |
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[d7b41a6] | 14 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-enigmail-version "1.0.1">
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[f207d239] | 15 |
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[56b9992] | 16 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-enigmail-download "http://www.mozilla-enigmail.org/download/source/enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.tar.gz">
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[d7b41a6] | 17 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-enigmail-md5sum "508ca9ab0396afb49e82eda88014924b">
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[a41f643] | 18 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-enigmail-size "1.1 MB">
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[16998db6] | 19 | ]>
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| 20 |
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[d1981e0] | 21 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;">
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[1c5e617] | 22 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <sect1info>
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| 25 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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[55329727] | 26 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[1c5e617] | 27 | </sect1info>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</title>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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| 32 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary>
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| 33 | </indexterm>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 36 | <title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para><application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone
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| 39 | mail/news client based on the <application>Mozilla</application>
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| 40 | codebase.</para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download size: &thunderbird-size;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | </itemizedlist>
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| 63 |
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[d7b41a6] | 64 | <para>To enable the <application>Enigmail</application> extension to the
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[1c5e617] | 65 | <application>Thunderbird</application> mail client, you'll need to download
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[adb388a] | 66 | the tarball shown below. The <application>Enigmail</application> extension
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[1c5e617] | 67 | allows users to access the authentication and encryption features provided
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[adb388a] | 68 | by the <application>GnuPG</application> package. The Enigmail extension
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[28655a5c] | 69 | will not operate correctly unless you have <xref linkend="gnupg"/> or
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[a41f643] | 70 | <xref linkend="gnupg2"/> installed.</para>
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[1c5e617] | 71 |
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| 72 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para><ulink url="&thunderbird-enigmail-download;"/></para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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[adb388a] | 77 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-enigmail-md5sum;</para>
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[1c5e617] | 78 | </listitem>
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[2f71e7b] | 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>Download size: &thunderbird-enigmail-size;</para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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[d7b41a6] | 82 | </itemizedlist>
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[1c5e617] | 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[adb388a] | 87 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="libidl"/>, and
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| 89 | <xref linkend="zip"/></para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>Note: <application>libjpeg</application> should have been installed
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| 92 | before <application>GTK+</application> and should exist on your system. If
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| 93 | for some reason you haven't installed <application>libjpeg</application>,
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| 94 | you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> option from the
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| 95 | <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file created below.</para>
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| 96 |
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[5ccc18d] | 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 98 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="nss"/> (if you will be installing
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| 99 | any other package that utilizes NSS/NSPR, such as
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| 100 | <application>Firefox</application>, <application>SeaMonkey</application>,
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[6067373] | 101 | <application>Evolution</application>, or
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[5ccc18d] | 102 | <application>OpenOffice</application>)</para>
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[1c5e617] | 103 |
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| 104 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[adb388a] | 105 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="unzip"/> and
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| 106 | <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (to build the gnomevfs extension)</para>
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[1c5e617] | 107 |
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[38e4f06] | 108 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[6c42d4e] | 109 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/></para>
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[38e4f06] | 110 |
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[1c5e617] | 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 114 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para>The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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[adb388a] | 117 | accomplished by creating a <filename>.mozconfig</filename> file containing
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| 118 | the desired configuration options. A default <filename>.mozconfig</filename>
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| 119 | is created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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| 120 | (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue
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[f207d239] | 121 | <command>./configure --help</command>. If you would prefer to download the
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| 122 | file instead of creating it by typing or cut-and-pasting, you can find it
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| 123 | at <ulink url="&files-anduin;/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;-mozconfig"/>
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[adb388a] | 124 | (the file must be installed in the root of the source tree
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[f207d239] | 125 | <filename class='directory'>comm-1.9.1</filename> directory, and named
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[adb388a] | 126 | <filename>.mozconfig</filename>). Create the file by issuing the following
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| 127 | command:</para>
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| 128 |
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[8e37798] | 129 | <screen><?dbfo keep-together="auto"?><userinput>cat > .mozconfig << "EOF"
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[adb388a] | 130 | <literal># This file contains the options used in the Thunderbird build. You may
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| 131 | # need to specify additional options for your specific build needs.
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| 132 | # Use the information provided by running './configure --help' to
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| 133 | # help you determine if you need to add any additional options.
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| 134 | # Some additional options can be added by uncommenting the examples
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| 135 | # in this file or adding options by inserting a line containing
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[f207d239] | 136 | # 'ac_add_options --some-option-you-need'. Be aware that some accepted
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| 137 | # options, such as '--with-system-bz2', do not affect the build.
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[adb388a] | 138 |
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[f207d239] | 139 | # specify that we want to build thunderbird
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| 140 | ac_add_options --enable-application=mail
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[adb388a] | 141 |
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[f207d239] | 142 | # sepcify that we want to build the Lightning calendar extension as per the
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| 143 | # Mozilla distributed Thunderbird.
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| 144 | ac_add_options --enable-calendar
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[adb388a] | 145 |
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| 146 | # Create an object directory and specify to build the package in that
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| 147 | # directory. If desired, modify the location of the object directory
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| 148 | # to a directory inside the source tree by removing '../' from the
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| 149 | # line below.
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| 150 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../thunderbird-build
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| 151 |
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[f207d239] | 152 | # Specify the installation prefix. If you would prefer Xulrunner
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[adb388a] | 153 | # installed in a different prefix, modify the line below to fit
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[f207d239] | 154 | # your needs (the config will always be written to /etc/gre.d)
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[adb388a] | 155 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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| 156 |
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[f207d239] | 157 | # apply a minimal level of optimization (-O)
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| 158 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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| 159 |
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| 160 | # These options are used so that the Xulrunner binaries are linked to
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[adb388a] | 161 | # the system-installed copies of the specified libraries instead of
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| 162 | # the source tree code which may not be the most recent versions.
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[f207d239] | 163 | # With the exception of libsqlite3, the libraries are statically linked.
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| 164 |
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| 165 | # (Options to use system installed libraries)
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| 166 | # Using the shipped version of libsqlite3 has been reported to cause
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| 167 | # problems with other applications which were using sqlite3.
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| 168 | # Only comment this line if you know exactly what you are doing!
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| 169 | ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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| 170 |
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| 171 | # Comment this only if you want to use whatever patched version of cairo
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| 172 | # is in the shipped mozilla tree, together with the system headers.
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[adb388a] | 173 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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| 174 |
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[f207d239] | 175 | # Comment this if you have not installed lcms.
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| 176 | ac_add_options --enable-system-lcms
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[adb388a] | 177 |
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[f207d239] | 178 | # Comment this if you did not build libjpeg before GTK+-2.
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| 179 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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[adb388a] | 180 |
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[f207d239] | 181 | # These two options enable support for building Thunderbird with
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| 182 | # system-installed versions of the Network Security Services (NSS)
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| 183 | # and Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) libraries. Comment them if
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| 184 | # you wish to use the included copies (not recommended).
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| 185 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 186 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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[adb388a] | 187 |
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[f207d239] | 188 | # Comment this if you have not built png with the apng patch.
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| 189 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 190 |
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| 191 | # The pthreads option is only used when building nspr
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| 192 | # Uncomment this if you build the included nspr.
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| 193 | #ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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| 194 |
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| 195 | # zlib is included in LFS. Do not comment this line.
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| 196 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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| 197 |
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| 198 | # (Options to disable parts of the package)
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| 199 | # This option is used to disable the a11y support in the Xulrunner
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| 200 | # binaries. Comment out this option if you require a11y support.
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| 201 | ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
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| 202 |
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| 203 | # Uncomment this if you did not build curl.
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| 204 | #ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 205 |
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| 206 | # Comment this if you have built dbus-glib.
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| 207 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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| 208 |
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| 209 | # Comment this if you have gnome-vfs and libgnomeui, and wish to
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| 210 | # integrate thunderbird into your gnome desktop
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| 211 | ac_add_options --disable-gnomevfs
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[adb388a] | 212 |
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| 213 | # This option is added so that the Mozilla Installer program is not
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| 214 | # built or installed. The program is not required for a BLFS
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[f207d239] | 215 | # installation of Xulrunner.
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[adb388a] | 216 | ac_add_options --disable-installer
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| 217 |
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[f207d239] | 218 | # Enable the build of static internal libs (this is currently required, until
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| 219 | # Thunderbird 3.1, DO NOT COMMENT, see note below about XulRunner).
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| 220 | ac_add_options --enable-static
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| 221 |
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| 222 | # This option is added so that test libraries and programs are not
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| 223 | # built. These would only be required for debugging purposes.
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| 224 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 225 |
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| 226 | # Disable the updater, which is not appropriate if you build from source
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| 227 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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| 228 |
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| 229 | # (options to add extra parts of the package)
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| 230 | # This option causes the installed binaries to have the official
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| 231 | # Thunderbird name embedded in them. Due to license restrictions, you
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| 232 | # may not distribute binaries created using this option. It also
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| 233 | # means you get a popup EULA when you first run thunderbird.
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| 234 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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[adb388a] | 235 |
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| 236 | # This option is used to enable source tree included LDAP support in
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[f207d239] | 237 | # the Firefox binaries. This used to be required for mozab support in
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[d7b41a6] | 238 | # OpenOffice, however, is now deprecated.
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[adb388a] | 239 | ac_add_options --enable-ldap
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| 240 |
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[f207d239] | 241 | # This option is used so that the debugging symbols are removed from
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| 242 | # the installed binaries during the installation process. Comment out
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| 243 | # this option if you may have a need to retain the debugging symbols
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| 244 | # in the installed binaries (the resulting binaries will be about 7MB
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| 245 | # bigger).
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| 246 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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[adb388a] | 247 |
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| 248 | # Uncomment this option if you desire support for dual-monitor
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[f207d239] | 249 | # display using the X-Window Xinerama libraries.
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[adb388a] | 250 | #ac_add_options --enable-xinerama
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| 251 |
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[f207d239] | 252 | # Enable strong cryptography (This is explicitly required if you plan to use
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| 253 | the enigmail extension for Thunderbird).
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| 254 | ac_add_options --enable-crypto
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[adb388a] | 255 |
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[f207d239] | 256 | # Point to the xulrunner libraries - comment these for a standalone client
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| 257 | # DO NOT UNCOMMENT THESE - System XULRunner is broken until Thunderbird
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| 258 | # development catches up with XULRunner-1.9.2 (TB-3.1, est. April 6, 2010).
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| 259 | #ac_add_options --with-system-libxul
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| 260 | #ac_add_options --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-&xulrunner-version;</literal>
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[adb388a] | 261 |
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| 262 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 263 |
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[1c5e617] | 264 | <para>Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by
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[adb388a] | 265 | issuing the following commands:</para>
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| 266 |
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[f207d239] | 267 | <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk build</userinput></screen>
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[99a80f7] | 268 |
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[bc6cf88] | 269 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 270 |
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[d7b41a6] | 271 | <para>If you're building the <application>Enigmail</application> extension,
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[adb388a] | 272 | issue the following commands:</para>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.tar.gz -C mailnews/extensions &&
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[95a5b485] | 275 | ( cd mailnews/extensions/enigmail && ./makemake -r ) &&
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[adb388a] | 276 |
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| 277 | make -C ../thunderbird-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail &&
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[bc6cf88] | 278 | make -C ../thunderbird-build/mailnews/extensions/enigmail \
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[2f71e7b] | 279 | XPIFILE=enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.xpi xpi</userinput></screen>
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[99a80f7] | 280 |
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[f207d239] | 281 | <para>Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the
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| 282 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 283 | user:</para>
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[99a80f7] | 284 |
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[d7b41a6] | 285 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install</userinput></screen>
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[adb388a] | 286 |
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| 287 | <para>If you built the <application>Enigmail</application> extension,
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[1c5e617] | 288 | issue the following commands as the <systemitem
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[adb388a] | 289 | class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the
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| 290 | <filename>.xpi</filename> file:</para>
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| 291 |
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[d7b41a6] | 292 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D ../thunderbird-build/mozilla/dist/bin/enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.xpi \
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[2f71e7b] | 293 | /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/xpi_store/enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.xpi</userinput></screen>
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[adb388a] | 294 |
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| 295 | <para>If you want to install <application>Enigmail</application> globally
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| 296 | so that all users who run <application>Thunderbird</application> will have
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| 297 | access to the extension, issue the command shown below. Note that this
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| 298 | procedure starts an instance of <application>Thunderbird</application> and
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| 299 | you must have an X server running. Issue the following command as the
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| 300 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/bin/thunderbird -install-global-extension \
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[2f71e7b] | 303 | /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/xpi_store/enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;.xpi</userinput></screen>
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[adb388a] | 304 |
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| 305 | <para>Global installation of other extensions can be done using the same
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[fe54bfc8] | 306 | basic method as the <application>Enigmail</application> extension.</para>
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[adb388a] | 307 |
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[dfff7ace] | 308 | </sect2>
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| 309 |
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| 310 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 311 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 312 |
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[adb388a] | 313 | <para><command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are
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[6473e74] | 314 | packaged to allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to
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[adb388a] | 315 | pass the configuration settings to the <command>configure</command>
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| 316 | command. <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename>
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| 317 | file to get initial configuration and setup parameters, then depending on
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| 318 | the target parameter (<parameter>build</parameter> or
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| 319 | <parameter>install</parameter>), either runs the
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| 320 | <command>configure</command> script and compiles the package or installs
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| 321 | the package.</para>
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| 322 |
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[f207d239] | 323 | <!--
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[95a5b485] | 324 | <para><command>( cd mailnews/... && ./makemake -r )</command>:
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| 325 | This command is used to recursively create <filename>Makefile</filename>s
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| 326 | in the <filename class='directory'>enigmail</filename> directory.</para>
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[adb388a] | 327 |
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| 328 | <para><command>make -C ... xpi</command>: This command builds the
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| 329 | <application>Enigmail</application>
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| 330 | <filename class='extension'>.xpi</filename> file which is used to install
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| 331 | <application>Enigmail</application>.</para>
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[f207d239] | 332 | -->
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[b0ddfae5] | 333 |
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| 334 | </sect2>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 337 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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| 339 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 340 |
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[adb388a] | 341 | <para>No specific configuration is required as long as the
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| 342 | <command>thunderbird</command> script is in the user's path. If
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| 343 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is installed in a non-standard
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| 344 | location, then make a symlink to the <command>thunderbird</command>
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| 345 | script in the <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>
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| 346 | directory.</para>
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[f207d239] | 347 | <!--
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[adb388a] | 348 | <para>If you don't have privileges to install extensions globally, or
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| 349 | you prefer to not install global extensions, you can configure
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| 350 | <application>Thunderbird</application> on an individual user basis for
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| 351 | access to extensions. For example, if you built the
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| 352 | <application>Enigmail</application> extension and did not install it
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| 353 | globally, it can be installed on an as-needed basis for each user of the
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| 354 | system who may use <application>Thunderbird</application>. It is
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| 355 | accomplished through the <application>Thunderbird</application>
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| 356 | <quote>Tools</quote> menu. Choose the <quote>Extensions</quote> –
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| 357 | <quote>Install</quote> option and fill in the <quote>Look in:</quote>
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| 358 | field with <filename
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| 359 | class='directory'>/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/xpi_store</filename>.
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[b0ddfae5] | 360 | You'll then see the
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| 361 | <filename>enigmail-&thunderbird-enigmail-version;-linux-????.xpi</filename>
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[bccbdaea] | 362 | file listed. Choose this file and click on <quote>Open</quote>, then
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[b0ddfae5] | 363 | click on <quote>Install now</quote>. The
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| 364 | <application>Enigmail</application> extension will install and you will
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| 365 | be prompted to restart <application>Thunderbird</application>.</para>
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[f207d239] | 366 | -->
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[adb388a] | 367 | <para>If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure
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[6473e74] | 368 | a default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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[adb388a] | 369 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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| 370 | when you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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| 371 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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| 372 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the
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| 373 | parameters.</para>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <para>First, open the configuration dialog by opening the
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| 376 | <quote>Edit</quote> drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote>
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| 377 | and then click on the <quote>Advanced</quote> icon on the top menu
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[f207d239] | 378 | bar. Choose the <quote>Advanced</quote> tab and click on the
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[adb388a] | 379 | <quote>Config Editor</quote> button. This will display a list of the
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| 380 | configuration preferences and information related to each one. You can
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| 381 | use the <quote>Filter:</quote> bar to enter search criteria and narrow
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| 382 | down the listed items. Changing a preference can be done using two
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| 383 | methods. One, if the preference has a boolean value (True/False), simply
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| 384 | double-click on the preference to toggle the value and two, for other
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| 385 | preferences simply right-click on the desired line, choose
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| 386 | <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change the value. Creating new
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| 387 | preference items is accomplished in the same way, except choose
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| 388 | <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the desired data into the
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| 389 | fields when prompted.</para>
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| 390 |
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| 391 | <para>The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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| 392 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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| 393 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should
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| 394 | be set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.,
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| 395 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.</para>
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| 396 |
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| 397 | <tip>
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| 398 | <para>There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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[f207d239] | 399 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive, but
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| 400 | not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at <ulink
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[adb388a] | 401 | url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.</para>
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| 402 | </tip>
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| 403 |
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[b0ddfae5] | 404 | </sect3>
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[dfff7ace] | 405 |
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[1c5e617] | 406 | </sect2>
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| 407 |
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| 408 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 409 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | <segmentedlist>
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[b0ddfae5] | 412 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[1c5e617] | 413 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 414 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 415 |
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| 416 | <seglistitem>
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[dfff7ace] | 417 | <seg>thunderbird and thunderbird-config</seg>
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[1c5e617] | 418 | <seg>Numerous libraries, email/newsgroups components, plugins,
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| 419 | extensions, and helper modules installed in <filename
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| 420 | class='directory'>/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>
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| 421 | </seg>
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[dfff7ace] | 422 | <seg>/usr/include/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;,
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[1c5e617] | 423 | /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;, and
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| 424 | /usr/share/idl/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</seg>
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| 425 | </seglistitem>
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| 426 | </segmentedlist>
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| 427 |
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| 428 | <variablelist>
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| 429 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 430 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 431 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 432 |
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| 433 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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| 434 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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| 435 | <listitem>
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| 436 | <para>is <application>Mozilla</application>'s next-generation
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| 437 | email and newsgroup client.</para>
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| 438 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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| 439 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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| 440 | </indexterm>
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| 441 | </listitem>
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| 442 | </varlistentry>
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| 443 |
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| 444 | </variablelist>
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| 445 |
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| 446 | </sect2>
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[167dc1dc] | 447 |
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| 448 | </sect1>
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