glfs/xsoft/graphweb/mozilla/mozilla-intro.xml

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Mozilla</application></title>

<para><application>Mozilla</application> is a browser suite, the Open Source 
sibling of <application>Netscape</application>. It includes the browser, 
composer, mail client, a calendar client and an <acronym>IRC</acronym> client.</para>

<para>The Mozilla project also hosts two subprojects that aim to cater to the needs
of users who don't need the complete browser suite or like to have seperate applications
for browsing and e-mail. These subprojects are
<ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/">Mozilla Firebird</ulink>,
(a stand-alone browser based on the Mozilla source code) and
<ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/">Mozilla Thunderbird</ulink>,
(a stand-alone mail client based on the Mozilla source code). The build instructions
for these two applications are discussed in this section instead of having a
seperate section since the build instructions are very similar to those for
<application>Mozilla</application>. In addition, because of the similarity,
only the changes required with respect to
the <application>Mozilla</application> instructions are mentioned.
The source for these
projects can be downloaded from their homepages mentioned above. Note that it is
not possible to interchange the source, that is <application>Mozilla Firebird</application>
or <application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application> cannot be built from
<application>Mozilla</application> source code.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&mozilla-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&mozilla-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &mozilla-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&mozilla-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&mozilla-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Mozilla</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="zip"/>, <xref linkend="GTK2"/>, 
<xref linkend="libIDL"/>, <xref linkend="libmng"/> and
<xref linkend="which"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Recommended</title>
<para><xref linkend="gnupg"/> (for Enigmail extension)
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/">Enigmail Extension</ulink>
(Useful only if Mozilla Mail is built): <ulink
url="http://downloads.mozdev.org/enigmail/src/enigmail-&enigmail-version;.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/">Inter Process Communicaton Extension</ulink>
(Needed for Enigmail): <ulink
url="http://downloads.mozdev.org/enigmail/src/ipc-&ipc-version;.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

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