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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 thunderbird-download-http "&mozilla-http;/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;esr/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "8e7045e3a71edc639cc946d6fd03424f">
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10 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "641 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "7.8 GB (256 MB installed)">
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12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "15 SBU (on a 8-core machine)">
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13 | <!-- Removed the -j1 time because python and rust do not obey it, although
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14 | the C/C++ code appears to obey it.
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15 |
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16 | Version 102.3.3: I disabled all but 4 cores. SBU was 20 (2019 seconds)
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17 | -->
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18 | ]>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;esr">
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21 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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22 |
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23 |
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24 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;esr</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>
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34 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
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35 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase. It uses the
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36 | Gecko rendering engine to enable it to display and compose HTML emails.
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37 | </para>
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38 |
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39 | &lfs122_checked;
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40 |
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41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>
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45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
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46 | </para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>
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50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
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51 | </para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>
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55 | Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
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56 | </para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>
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60 | Download size: &thunderbird-size;
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61 | </para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>
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65 | Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
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66 | </para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | <listitem>
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69 | <para>
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70 | Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
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71 | </para>
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72 | </listitem>
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73 | </itemizedlist>
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74 |
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75 |
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76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
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77 |
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78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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79 | <para role="required">
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80 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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81 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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82 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> including clang, <!-- used by default if found -->
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83 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/> (or <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit
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85 | the mozconfig; although it is now deprecated by mozilla),
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86 | <xref linkend="python3"/> (rebuilt with the sqlite module),
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87 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
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88 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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89 | <!--<xref linkend="yasm"/>-->
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90 | </para>
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91 |
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92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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93 | <para role="recommended">
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94 | <!-- When using system ICU, a problem occurs where the calendar and mail
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95 | functions do not render correctly and it causes other strange
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96 | behavior to occur. See Ticket #18323 for more details, as well as
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97 | https://lore.kernel.org/distributions/075a20b1-869b-78f3-9ace-e106a4d43ac4@linuxlounge.net/T/#u -->
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98 | <!--<xref linkend="icu"/>,-->
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99 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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100 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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102 | <xref linkend="nasm"/>,
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103 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>, and
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104 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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105 | </para>
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106 |
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107 | <note>
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108 | <para>
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109 | If you don't install recommended dependencies,
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110 | then internal copies of those packages will
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111 | be used. They might be tested to work, but
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112 | they can be out of date or contain security
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113 | holes.
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114 | </para>
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115 | </note>
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116 |
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117 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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118 | <para role="optional">
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119 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="pciutils"/> (runtime),
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120 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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121 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>, and
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122 | <ulink url="https://facebook.github.io/watchman/">watchman</ulink>
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123 | </para>
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124 |
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125 | </sect2>
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126 |
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127 | <sect2 role="installation">
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128 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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129 |
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130 | <note>
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131 | <para>
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132 | The build process for Thunderbird can use 8 GB or more of RAM when
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133 | linking. Make sure that you have adequate swap or RAM before
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134 | continuing.
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135 | </para>
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136 | </note>
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137 |
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138 | <!-- Restore after Python 3.12 is usable for this package again
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139 | <para>
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140 | The building system ships several internal copies of the Python 3
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141 | modules <application>setuptools</application> and
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142 | <filename>six.py</filename>. The shipped copies are too old
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143 | to work well with Python 3.12 or later. Replace them with the
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144 | symlinks to the LFS <application>setuptools</application> package and
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145 | <xref linkend='six'/> already installed on the system, and adapt the
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146 | building system for these updated Python modules. We also need to
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147 | rewrite the code based on the <filename>imp</filename> module removed
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148 | in Python 3.12 and later using the <filename>importlib</filename>
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149 | module:
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150 | </para>
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151 |
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152 | <screen><userinput>(for i in $(find -name six.py); do
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153 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/six.py $i
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154 | [ $? = 0 ] || exit $?
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155 | done) &&
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156 |
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157 | sed '/ConfigParser/s/Safe//' \
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158 | -i testing/mozbase/mozprofile/mozprofile/prefs.py &&
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159 |
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160 | (for i in setuptools distutils-precedence.pth \
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161 | pkg_resources _distutils_hack; do
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162 | rm -rf third_party/python/setuptools/$i &&
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163 | ln -sv /usr/lib/python&python3-majorver;/site-packages/$i \
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164 | third_party/python/setuptools
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165 | [ $? = 0 ] || exit $?
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166 | done) &&
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167 |
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168 | sed 's/distutils/setuptools._&/' \
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169 | -i python/mozbuild/mozbuild/nodeutil.py &&
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170 |
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171 | sed -e '/^import/s/imp$/importlib.util/' \
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172 | -e 's/imp.new_module/__import__/' \
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173 | -e "s/imp.load_source\(.*\)/spec = \
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174 | importlib.util.spec_from_file_location\1; \
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175 | mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec); \
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176 | spec.loader.exec_module(mod)/" -i python/mach/mach/main.py &&
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177 | sed '/import imp/d' -i netwerk/dns/prepare_tlds.py
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178 | </userinput></screen>
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179 | -->
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180 |
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181 | <para>
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182 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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183 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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184 | the desired configuration options. A default
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185 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list
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186 | of available configuration options (and a brief description of each),
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187 | issue <command>./mach configure -- --help | less</command>. Create the file with
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188 | the following command:
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189 | </para>
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190 |
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191 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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192 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used.
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193 |
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194 | # If you have installed wireless-tools comment out this line:
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195 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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196 |
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197 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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198 | #ac_add_options --enable-audio-backends=alsa
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199 |
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200 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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201 | # recommended dependencies:
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202 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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203 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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204 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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205 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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206 | ac_add_options --with-system-webp
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207 |
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208 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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209 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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210 | ac_add_options --enable-application=comm/mail
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211 |
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212 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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213 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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214 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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215 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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216 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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217 |
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218 | # This enables SIMD optimization in the shipped encoding_rs crate.
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219 | ac_add_options --enable-rust-simd
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220 |
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221 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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222 | ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
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223 |
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224 | # You cannot distribute the binary if you do this.
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225 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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226 |
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227 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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228 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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229 |
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230 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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231 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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232 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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233 |
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234 | # Using sandboxed wasm libraries has been moved to all builds instead
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235 | # of only mozilla automation builds. It requires extra llvm packages
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236 | # and was reported to seriously slow the build. Disable it.
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237 | ac_add_options --without-wasm-sandboxed-libraries</literal>
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238 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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239 |
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240 | <!-- https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D219025 -->
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241 | <!--
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242 | <para>
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243 | Adapt two files for compatibility with cbindgen-0.27.0 or later:
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244 | </para>
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245 |
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246 | <screen><userinput>sed 's/input.try/&_parse/' \
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247 | -i servo/components/style_traits/values.rs &&
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248 | sed '0,/"Keyframe"/{//d}' -i servo/ports/geckolib/cbindgen.toml</userinput></screen>
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249 | -->
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250 |
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251 | <para>
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252 | Now invoke the Python <command>mach</command> script to compile
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253 | <application>Thunderbird</application>:
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254 | </para>
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255 |
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256 | <note>
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257 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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258 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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259 | </note>
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260 |
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261 | <screen><userinput>export MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none &&
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262 | export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=$(pwd)/mozbuild &&
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263 | ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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264 |
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265 | <para>
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266 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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267 | </para>
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268 |
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269 | <para>
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270 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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271 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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272 | </para>
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273 |
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274 | <screen role="root"><userinput>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none ./mach install</userinput></screen>
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275 | <!-- devs: For DESTDIR install, prepend DESTDIR=<dest> to the above -->
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276 |
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277 | <para>
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278 | Empty the environment variables which were set above:
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279 | </para>
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280 |
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281 | <screen><userinput>unset MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE &&
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282 | unset MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH</userinput></screen>
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283 |
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284 | </sect2>
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285 |
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286 | <sect2 role="commands">
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287 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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288 |
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289 | <para>
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290 | <command>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none</command>: Use the
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291 | system python to create a virtual environment for <command>mach</command>
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292 | without downloading any python wheels nor using the system python modules.
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293 | This prevent version mismatches between system modules and bundled ones.
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294 | </para>
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295 |
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296 | <!--
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297 | <para>
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298 | <command>./mach configure</command>: This validates the supplied
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299 | dependencies and the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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300 | </para>
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301 | -->
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302 |
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303 | <para>
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304 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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305 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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306 | C++ flags being used.
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307 | </para>
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308 |
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309 | <para>
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310 | <option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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311 | all the online CPU cores. If using all the cores causes the build to swap
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312 | because you have insufficient memory, using fewer cores can be faster.
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313 | </para>
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314 |
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315 | <para>
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316 | <option><envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar></option>: BLFS used to
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317 | prefer to use gcc and g++ instead of upstream's defaults of the
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318 | <application>clang</application> programs. With the release of
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319 | gcc-12 the build takes longer with gcc and g++, primarily because
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320 | of extra warnings, and is bigger. Set these environment variables
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321 | <emphasis>before you run the configure script</emphasis>
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322 | if you wish to continue to use gcc, g++. Building
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323 | with GCC on i?86 is currently broken.
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324 | </para>
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325 |
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326 | </sect2>
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327 |
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328 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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329 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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330 |
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331 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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332 |
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333 | <para>
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334 | If your Window Manager or Desktop Environment does not allow you to
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335 | configure a default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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336 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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337 | you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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338 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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339 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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340 | </para>
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341 |
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342 | <para>
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343 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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344 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Settings</quote> and then scroll down
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345 | to the bottom of the page. Then, click the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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346 | button. Click on the <quote>I accept the risk!</quote> button.
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347 | This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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348 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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349 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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350 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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351 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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352 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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353 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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354 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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355 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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356 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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357 | </para>
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358 |
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359 | <!-- Doesn't seem to be present anymore in 128.0
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360 | <para>
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361 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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362 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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363 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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364 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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365 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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366 | </para>
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367 | -->
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368 | <!-- Bad URL
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369 | <tip>
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370 | <para>
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371 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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372 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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373 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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374 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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375 | </para>
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376 | </tip>
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377 | -->
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378 | <para>
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379 |
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380 | If you use a desktop environment such as <application>GNOME</application>
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381 | or <application>KDE</application>, a desktop file
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382 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> may be created, in order to
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383 | include a <quote><application>Thunderbird</application></quote> entry in
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384 | the menu. <!--If you didn't enable
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385 | <application>startup-notification</application> in your mozconfig, then
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386 | change the StartupNotify line to false.--> Run the following commands as the
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387 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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388 |
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389 | </para>
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390 |
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391 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/{applications,pixmaps} &&
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392 |
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393 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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394 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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395 | Name=Thunderbird Mail
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396 | Comment=Send and receive mail with Thunderbird
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397 | GenericName=Mail Client
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398 | Exec=thunderbird %u
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399 | Terminal=false
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400 | Type=Application
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401 | Icon=thunderbird
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402 | Categories=Network;Email;
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403 | MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
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404 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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405 | EOF
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406 |
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407 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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408 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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409 | </sect3>
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410 | </sect2>
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411 |
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412 | <sect2 role="content">
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413 | <title>Contents</title>
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414 |
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415 | <segmentedlist>
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416 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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417 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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418 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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419 |
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420 | <seglistitem>
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421 | <seg>
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422 | thunderbird
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423 | </seg>
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424 | <seg>
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425 | Numerous libraries and modules in the /usr/lib/thunderbird directory
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426 | </seg>
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427 | <seg>
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428 | /usr/lib/thunderbird
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429 | </seg>
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430 | </seglistitem>
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431 | </segmentedlist>
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432 |
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433 | <variablelist>
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434 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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435 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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436 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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437 |
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438 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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439 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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440 | <listitem>
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441 | <para>
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442 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client
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443 | </para>
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444 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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445 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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446 | </indexterm>
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447 | </listitem>
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448 | </varlistentry>
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449 |
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450 | </variablelist>
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451 |
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452 | </sect2>
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453 |
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454 | </sect1>
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