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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 "613738e76b7a3b8dd28b945fce4d9dbf">
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10 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "342 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "10.9 GB (172 MB installed)">
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12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "43 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 |
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17 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>
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35 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
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36 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase. It uses the
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37 | Gecko rendering engine to enable it to display and compose HTML emails.
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38 | </para>
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39 |
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40 | &lfs91_checked;
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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>
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46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
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47 | </para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>
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51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
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52 | </para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>
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56 | Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
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57 | </para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>
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61 | Download size: &thunderbird-size;
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62 | </para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>
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66 | Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
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67 | </para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>
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71 | Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
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72 | </para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 | </itemizedlist>
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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="alsa-lib"/>, no mention in log -->
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81 | <xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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82 | <xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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84 | both <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
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85 | and <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="llvm"/>, <!-- Searched for and used a few times -->
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87 | <xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/> (or <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit
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89 | the mozconfig; although it is now deprecated by mozilla),
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90 | <xref linkend="python3"/> (rebuilt with the sqlite module),
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91 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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92 | <!-- When thunderbird moves to 78.0 it will want python3 built against
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93 | sqlite3, as firefox already does. Please add here and update the
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94 | 'required if building firefox' in (BLFS) python3. -->
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95 | <!-- rust is required by cbindgen
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96 | <xref linkend="rust"/>, -->
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97 | <xref linkend="zip"/>,
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98 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>, and
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99 | <xref linkend="yasm"/>
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100 | </para>
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101 |
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102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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103 | <para role="recommended">
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104 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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105 | <xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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106 | <!-- Fails to build with version 1.8.0
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107 | <xref linkend="libvpx"/>,-->
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108 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>, and
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109 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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110 | </para>
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111 |
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112 | <note>
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113 | <para>
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114 | If you don't install recommended dependencies,
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115 | then internal copies of those packages will
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116 | be used. They might be tested to work, but
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117 | they can be out of date or contain security
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118 | holes.
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119 | </para>
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120 | </note>
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121 |
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122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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123 | <para role="optional">
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124 | <!-- <xref linkend="curl"/>, not in build log-->
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125 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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126 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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127 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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128 | <!--<xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/> (with
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129 | <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-good"/> and
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130 | <xref linkend="gst10-libav"/> at runtime),-->
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131 | <!-- <xref linkend="openjdk"/>, not in build log -->
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132 | <!--<xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,-->
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133 | <xref linkend="wget"/>, and
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134 | <xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>
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135 | </para>
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136 |
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137 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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138 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/>
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139 | </para>
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140 | </sect2>
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141 |
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142 | <sect2 role="installation">
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143 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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144 |
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145 | <note>
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146 | <para>
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147 | The build process for Thunderbird can use 8GB+ of RAM when linking.
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148 | Make sure that you have adequate swap or RAM before continuing.
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149 | </para>
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150 | </note>
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151 |
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152 | <para>
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153 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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154 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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155 | the desired configuration options. A default
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156 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list
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157 | of available configuration options (and a brief description of each),
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158 | issue <command>mozilla/configure --help</command>. Create the file with
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159 | the following command:
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160 | </para>
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161 |
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162 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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163 | <literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used.
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164 |
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165 | # If you have installed wireless-tools comment out this line:
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166 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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167 |
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168 | # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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169 | #ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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170 | # and uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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171 | #ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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172 |
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173 | # If you want to compile the Mozilla Calendar, uncomment this line:
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174 | #ac_add_options --enable-calendar
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175 |
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176 | # Comment out following options if you have not installed
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177 | # recommended dependencies:
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178 | ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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179 | ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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180 | ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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181 | ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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182 | <!--Not with libvpx-1.8.0 or later
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183 | ac_add_options - -with-system-libvpx
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184 | ====
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185 | These do not seem to be needed any more
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186 | # Set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to prevent segfaults due to aggressive
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187 | # optimizations in GCC-6:
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188 | export CFLAGS+=" -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -fno-lifetime-dse -fno-schedule-insns2"
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189 | export CXXFLAGS+=" -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -fno-lifetime-dse -fno-schedule-insns2"
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190 | -->
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191 | # The elf-hack causes failed builds on clang-9.0.1 with some CFLAGS including
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192 | # -march=native on Ryzen. It is supposed to improve startup time and it shrinks
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193 | # libxul.so by a few MB - Uncomment this if your build is affected.
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194 | #ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack
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195 |
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196 | # The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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197 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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198 | ac_add_options --enable-application=comm/mail
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199 |
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200 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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201 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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202 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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203 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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204 |
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205 | ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O2
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206 | ac_add_options --enable-strip
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207 | ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
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208 |
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209 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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210 |
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211 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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212 | ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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213 |
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214 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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215 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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216 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib</literal>
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217 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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218 |
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219 | <para>
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220 | Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by issuing the following
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221 | commands:
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222 | </para>
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223 |
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224 | <note>
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225 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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226 | href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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227 |
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228 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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229 | href="../../xincludes/mozmach.xml"/>
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230 |
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231 | </note>
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232 | <!--
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233 | <para>
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234 | First, disable failure caused by undocumented rust macros:
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235 | </para>
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236 |
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237 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e '/#!\[deny(missing_docs)\]/d' servo/components/style/lib.rs &&
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238 | sed -i -e 's/#!\[deny(unsafe_code, missing_docs)\]/#!\[deny(unsafe_code)\]/g' servo/components/style_traits/lib.rs</userinput></screen>
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239 |
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240 | <para>
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241 | Remove a function definition, which is incompatible with the one in
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242 | glibc-2.30:
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243 | </para>
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244 |
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245 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e '/pid_t gettid/s@^@//@' tools/profiler/core/platform.h</userinput></screen>
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246 |
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247 | <para>
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248 | Next, build the package:
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249 | </para>
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250 | -->
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251 | <screen><userinput>./mach build</userinput></screen>
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252 |
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253 | <para>
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254 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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255 | </para>
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256 |
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257 | <para>
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258 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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259 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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260 | </para>
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261 |
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262 | <screen role="root"><userinput>./mach install</userinput></screen>
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263 |
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264 | <!-- thunderbuild directory does not exist anymore. Leaving as comment,
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265 | in case an editor figures out how to install the development environment.
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266 | <para>
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267 | The above instruction just installs the parts you need to run
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268 | <application>Thunderbird</application>. Alternatively, if you want to
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269 | install the full <application>Thunderbird</application> development
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270 | environment, run the following command as the
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271 | <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>make -C thunderbuild install</userinput></screen>
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275 | -->
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276 | </sect2>
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277 |
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278 | <sect2 role="commands">
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279 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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280 | <!-- might be necessary
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281 | <para>
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282 | <command>test $(uname -m) = "i686" && sed ...</command>: On this
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283 | version of thunderbird, an old bug has reappeared in 32-bit builds. With
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284 | optimization, the install fails with a Python error. This command will
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285 | fix i686 builds and preserve the optimization on x86_64.
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286 | </para>
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287 |
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288 | <para>
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289 | <command>export CFLAGS= ... export CXXFLAGS= ...</command>: These
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290 | settings work around code which gcc6 would otherwise regard as
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291 | out-of-specification and allow it to produce a working program.
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292 | </para>-->
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293 |
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294 | <para>
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295 | <command>./mach build</command>: <application>Thunderbird</application>
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296 | now uses this <application>python3</application> script to run the
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297 | build and install.
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298 | </para>
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299 |
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300 | <para>
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301 | <option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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302 | need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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303 | C++ flags being used.
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304 | </para>
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305 |
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306 | </sect2>
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307 |
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308 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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309 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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310 |
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311 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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312 |
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313 | <para>
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314 | If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure a
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315 | default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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316 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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317 | you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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318 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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319 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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320 | </para>
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321 |
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322 | <para>
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323 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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324 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote> and then scroll down
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325 | to the bottom of the page. Then, click the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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326 | button. Click on the <quote>I accept the risk!</quote> button.
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327 | This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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328 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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329 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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330 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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331 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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332 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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333 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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334 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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335 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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336 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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337 | </para>
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338 |
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339 | <para>
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340 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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341 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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342 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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343 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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344 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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345 | </para>
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346 |
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347 | <tip>
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348 | <para>
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349 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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350 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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351 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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352 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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353 | </para>
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354 | </tip>
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355 |
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356 | <para>
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357 |
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358 | If you use a desktop environment such as <application>GNOME</application>
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359 | or <application>KDE</application>, a desktop file
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360 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> may be created, in order to
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361 | include a <quote><application>Thunderbird</application></quote> entry in
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362 | the menu. <!--If you didn't enable
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363 | <application>startup-notification</application> in your mozconfig, then
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364 | change the StartupNotify line to false.--> Run the following commands as the
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365 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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366 |
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367 | </para>
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368 |
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369 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/{applications,pixmaps} &&
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370 |
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371 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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372 | <literal>[Desktop Entry]
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373 | Name=Thunderbird Mail
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374 | Comment=Send and receive mail with Thunderbird
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375 | GenericName=Mail Client
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376 | Exec=thunderbird %u
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377 | Terminal=false
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378 | Type=Application
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379 | Icon=thunderbird
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380 | Categories=Network;Email;
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381 | MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;x-scheme-handler/mailto;
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382 | StartupNotify=true</literal>
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383 | EOF
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384 |
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385 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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386 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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387 | </sect3>
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388 | </sect2>
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389 |
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390 | <sect2 role="content">
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391 | <title>Contents</title>
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392 |
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393 | <segmentedlist>
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394 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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395 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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396 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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397 |
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398 | <seglistitem>
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399 | <seg>
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400 | thunderbird
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401 | </seg>
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402 | <seg>
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403 | libldap60.so, libldif60.so, liblgpllibs.so, libmozgtk.so,
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404 | libmozsandbox.so, libmozsqlite3.so, libmozwayland.so,
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405 | libprldap60.so, libnrp.so, and libxul.so, all in the
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406 | /usr/lib/thunderbird directory
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407 | </seg>
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408 | <seg>
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409 | /usr/lib/thunderbird
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410 | </seg>
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411 | </seglistitem>
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412 | </segmentedlist>
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413 |
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414 | <variablelist>
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415 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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416 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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417 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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418 |
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419 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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420 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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421 | <listitem>
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422 | <para>
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423 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client.
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424 | </para>
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425 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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426 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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427 | </indexterm>
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428 | </listitem>
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429 | </varlistentry>
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430 |
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431 | </variablelist>
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433 | </sect2>
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435 | </sect1>
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