Changeset 01ce75f8

Timestamp:

11/29/2011 04:24:22 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Andrew Benton <andy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gimp3, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/for-12.3, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/spidermonkey128, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

8a5832a

Parents:

89c9c781

Message:

Instructions for installing Firefox both with
and without Xulrunner

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@9034 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml

@@ -9 +9 @@
   <!ENTITY firefox-md5sum        "b7d09b082e88a74860a51a8e04e29333">
   <!ENTITY firefox-size          "67 MB">
-  <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize     "3 GB">
-  <!ENTITY firefox-time          "24 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY firefox-buildsize     "3 GB (or 495 MB if you're building against an
+    installed Xulrunner)">
+  <!ENTITY firefox-time          "24 SBU (or 0.3 SBU if you're building against
+    an installed Xulrunner)">
 ]>
 
@@ -116 +118 @@
 ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
 
-# If you have installed nss uncomment these two lines:
+# If you have installed nss and nspr uncomment these two lines:
 # ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
 # ac_add_options --with-system-nss
@@ -154 +156 @@
 <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>If you have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked
+    <application>Firefox</application> against an installed
+    <application>Xulrunner</application>:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
 
-    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
-    install the package:</para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer &amp;&amp;
-tar -xfv firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-*.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib &amp;&amp;
+    <para>Now, if you have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked
+    <application>Firefox</application> against an installed
+    <application>Xulrunner</application>, as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, install the
+    package:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xfv firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-*.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib &amp;&amp;
 ln -sfv ../lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox &amp;&amp;
 mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
 ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox &amp;&amp;
-chown -R -v root:root /usr/{include,lib,share/idl}/firefox-*</userinput></screen>
+chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>If you have installed <application>Firefox</application> linked
+    against an already installed <application>Xulrunner</application>, as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir install &amp;&amp;
+rm /usr/bin/firefox &amp;&amp;
+cat &gt; /usr/bin/firefox &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
+#!/bin/bash
+/usr/lib/xulrunner-&xulrunner-version;/xulrunner /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/application.ini "${@}"
+EOF
+chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox &amp;&amp;
+mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
+ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;
+chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -181 +206 @@
 
     <para><command>tar -xfv firefox-build-dir/dist ...</command>: This untars
-    <application>Firefox</application> in /usr/lib.</para>
+    <application>Firefox</application> in /usr/lib. Untaring it (instead of
+    running make install) prevents it installing
+    /usr/lib/firefox-devel-&firefox-version; which contains about 430 MB of
+    files. If you need any of those files, they're in
+    <xref linkend="xulrunner"/></para>
+
+    <para><command>make -C firefox-build-dir install</command>: This runs
+    <command>make install</command> in firefox-build-dir.</para>
 
     <para><command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: this puts a symbolic
@@ -207 +239 @@
         <seg>Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
         helper modules installed in <filename
-        class='directory'>/usr/lib/firefox</filename></seg>
+        class='directory'>/usr/lib/firefox</filename> or <filename
+        class='directory'>/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>
+        (depending whether you untared it or ran make install)</seg>
         <seg>/usr/lib/firefox</seg>
       </seglistitem>