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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;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "e4694b8b4a61211a4a7a34e8c6878ff3">
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10 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "508 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "6.7 GB (236 MB installed)">
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12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "22 SBU (on a 4-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;">
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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;</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 | &lfs120_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="autoconf213"/>,
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81 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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82 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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84 | <!--and <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,-->
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85 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> including clang, <!-- used by default if found -->
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86 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/> (or <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit
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88 | the mozconfig; although it is now deprecated by mozilla),
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89 | <xref linkend="python3"/> (rebuilt with the sqlite module),
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90 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="zip"/>, and
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92 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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93 | <!--<xref linkend="yasm"/>-->
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94 | </para>
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95 |
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96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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97 | <para role="recommended">
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98 | <!-- When using system ICU, a problem occurs where the calendar and mail
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99 | functions do not render correctly and it causes other strange
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100 | behavior to occur. See Ticket #18323 for more details, as well as
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101 | https://lore.kernel.org/distributions/075a20b1-869b-78f3-9ace-e106a4d43ac4@linuxlounge.net/T/#u -->
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102 | <!--<xref linkend="icu"/>,-->
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103 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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105 | <xref linkend="nasm"/>,
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106 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>, and
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107 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <note>
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111 | <para>
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112 | If you don't install recommended dependencies,
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113 | then internal copies of those packages will
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114 | be used. They might be tested to work, but
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115 | they can be out of date or contain security
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116 | holes.
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117 | </para>
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118 | </note>
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119 |
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120 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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121 | <para role="optional">
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122 | <!--<xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,-->
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123 | <!--<xref linkend="doxygen"/>,-->
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124 | <!--<xref linkend="GConf"/>,-->
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125 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="pciutils"/> (runtime),
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126 | <xref linkend="wget"/>,
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127 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>, and
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128 | <ulink url="https://facebook.github.io/watchman/">watchman</ulink>
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129 | </para>
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130 |
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131 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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132 | Editor Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/>
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133 | </para>
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134 | </sect2>
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135 |
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136 | <sect2 role="installation">
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137 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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138 |
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139 | <note>
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140 | <para>
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141 | The build process for Thunderbird can use 8GB+ of RAM when linking.
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142 | Make sure that you have adequate swap or RAM before continuing.
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143 | </para>
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144 | </note>
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145 |
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146 | <para>
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147 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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148 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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149 | the desired configuration options. A default
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150 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list
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151 | of available configuration options (and a brief description of each),
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152 | issue <command>./mach configure -- --help | less</command>. Create the file with
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153 | the following command:
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154 | </para>
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155 |
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156 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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157 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used.
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158 |
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159 | # If you have installed wireless-tools comment out this line:
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160 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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161 |
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162 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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163 | #ac_add_options --enable-audio-backends=alsa
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164 |
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165 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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166 | # recommended dependencies:
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167 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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168 | ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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169 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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170 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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171 |
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172 | # The elf-hack causes failed installs on some machines.
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173 | # It is supposed to improve startup time and it shrinks libxul.so
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174 | # by a few MB - comment this if you know your machine is not affected.
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175 | ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack
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176 |
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177 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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178 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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179 | ac_add_options --enable-application=comm/mail
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180 |
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181 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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182 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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183 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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184 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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185 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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186 |
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187 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O2
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188 | ac_add_options --enable-linker=gold
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189 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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190 | ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
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191 |
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192 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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193 |
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194 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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195 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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196 |
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197 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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198 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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199 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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200 |
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201 | # Using sandboxed wasm libraries has been moved to all builds instead
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202 | # of only mozilla automation builds. It requires extra llvm packages
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203 | # and was reported to seriously slow the build. Disable it.
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204 | ac_add_options --without-wasm-sandboxed-libraries</literal>
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205 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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206 | <!-- Fixed in 102.9
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207 | <para>
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208 | A change in cbindgen-0.24.2 causes a symbol to now be output by
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209 | cbindgen, but it has already been defined in a header. This sed
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210 | prevents the build from eventually failing:
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211 | </para>
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212 |
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213 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/ROOT_CLIP_CHAIN/d' gfx/webrender_bindings/webrender_ffi.h</userinput></screen>
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214 | -->
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215 | <!-- Not needed with clang
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216 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729459
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217 | <para>
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218 | If building on a 32 bit machine, the following sed works around
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219 | an issue with an incompatible <quote>double</quote> type in one
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220 | header file:
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221 | </para>
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222 |
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223 | <screen><userinput>case "$(uname -m)" in
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224 | i?86) sed -e '/typedef[ ]*double/s/double/long double/' \
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225 | -i modules/fdlibm/src/math_private.h ;;
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226 | esac</userinput></screen>
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227 | -->
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228 |
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229 | <para>
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230 | Fix an issue occurring when building with GCC-13:
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231 | </para>
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232 |
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233 | <screen><userinput>sed -e '/<exception>/i#include <cstdint>' \
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234 | -i comm/third_party/rnp/src/libsexp/include/sexp/sexp-error.h</userinput></screen>
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235 |
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236 | <para>
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237 | Now invoke the Python <command>mach</command> script to compile
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238 | <application>Thunderbird</application>:
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239 | </para>
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240 |
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241 | <note>
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242 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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243 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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244 |
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245 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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246 | href="../../xincludes/mozmach.xml"/>
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247 |
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248 | </note>
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249 |
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250 | <screen><userinput>export MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none &&
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251 | export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=./mozbuild &&
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252 | ./mach configure &&
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253 | ./mach build</userinput></screen>
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254 |
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255 | <para>
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256 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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257 | </para>
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258 |
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259 | <para>
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260 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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261 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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262 | </para>
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263 |
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264 | <screen role="root"><userinput>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none ./mach install</userinput></screen>
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265 | <!-- devs: For DESTDIR install, prepend DESTDIR=<dest> to the above -->
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266 | <para>
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267 | Empty the environment variables which were set above:
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268 | </para>
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269 |
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270 | <screen><userinput>unset MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH</userinput></screen>
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271 |
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272 | </sect2>
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273 |
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274 | <sect2 role="commands">
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275 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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276 |
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277 | <para>
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278 | <command>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=none</command>: Use the
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279 | system python to create a virtual environment for <command>mach</command>
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280 | without downloading any python wheels nor using the system python modules.
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281 | This prevent version mismatches between system modules and bundled ones.
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282 | </para>
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283 |
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284 | <para>
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285 | <command>./mach configure</command>: This validates the supplied
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286 | dependencies and the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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287 | </para>
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288 |
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289 | <para>
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290 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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291 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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292 | C++ flags being used.
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293 | </para>
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294 |
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295 | <para>
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296 | <option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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297 | all the online CPU cores. If using all the cores causes the build to swap
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298 | because you have insufficient memory, using fewer cores can be faster.
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299 | </para>
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300 |
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301 | <para>
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302 | <option><envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar></option>: BLFS used to
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303 | prefer to use gcc and g++ instead of upstream's defaults of the
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304 | <application>clang</application> programs. With the release of
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305 | gcc-12 the build takes longer with gcc and g++, primarily because
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306 | of extra warnings, and is bigger. Set these environment variables
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307 | <emphasis>before you run the configure script</emphasis>
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308 | if you wish to continue to use gcc, g++. Building
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309 | with GCC on i?86 is currently broken.
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310 | </para>
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311 |
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312 | </sect2>
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313 |
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314 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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315 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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316 |
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317 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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318 |
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319 | <para>
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320 | If your Window Manager or Desktop Environment does not allow you to
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321 | configure a default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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322 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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323 | you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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324 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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325 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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326 | </para>
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327 |
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328 | <para>
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329 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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330 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote> and then scroll down
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331 | to the bottom of the page. Then, click the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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332 | button. Click on the <quote>I accept the risk!</quote> button.
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333 | This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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334 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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335 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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336 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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337 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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338 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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339 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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340 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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341 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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342 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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343 | </para>
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344 |
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345 | <para>
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346 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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347 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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348 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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349 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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350 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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351 | </para>
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352 | <!-- Bad URL
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353 | <tip>
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354 | <para>
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355 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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356 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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357 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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358 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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359 | </para>
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360 | </tip>
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361 | -->
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362 | <para>
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363 |
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364 | If you use a desktop environment such as <application>GNOME</application>
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365 | or <application>KDE</application>, a desktop file
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366 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> may be created, in order to
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367 | include a <quote><application>Thunderbird</application></quote> entry in
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368 | the menu. <!--If you didn't enable
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369 | <application>startup-notification</application> in your mozconfig, then
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370 | change the StartupNotify line to false.--> Run the following commands as the
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371 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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372 |
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373 | </para>
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374 |
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375 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/{applications,pixmaps} &&
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376 |
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377 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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378 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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379 | Name=Thunderbird Mail
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380 | Comment=Send and receive mail with Thunderbird
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381 | GenericName=Mail Client
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382 | Exec=thunderbird %u
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383 | Terminal=false
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384 | Type=Application
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385 | Icon=thunderbird
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386 | Categories=Network;Email;
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387 | MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
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388 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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389 | EOF
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390 |
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391 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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392 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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393 | </sect3>
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394 | </sect2>
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395 |
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396 | <sect2 role="content">
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397 | <title>Contents</title>
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398 |
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399 | <segmentedlist>
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400 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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401 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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402 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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403 |
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404 | <seglistitem>
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405 | <seg>
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406 | thunderbird
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407 | </seg>
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408 | <seg>
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409 | Numerous libraries and modules in the /usr/lib/thunderbird directory
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410 | </seg>
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411 | <seg>
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412 | /usr/lib/thunderbird
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413 | </seg>
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414 | </seglistitem>
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415 | </segmentedlist>
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416 |
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417 | <variablelist>
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418 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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419 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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420 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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421 |
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422 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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423 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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424 | <listitem>
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425 | <para>
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426 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client
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427 | </para>
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428 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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429 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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430 | </indexterm>
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431 | </listitem>
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432 | </varlistentry>
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434 | </variablelist>
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436 | </sect2>
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437 |
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438 | </sect1>
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