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

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to mozilla</title>

<screen>Download location (HTTP):       <ulink url="&mozilla-download-http;"/>
Download location (FTP):        <ulink url="&mozilla-download-ftp;"/>
Version used:                   &mozilla-version;
Package size:                   &mozilla-size;
Estimated Disk space required:  &mozilla-buildsize;
Estimated Build time:           &mozilla-buildtime;
Estimated Install size:         &mozilla-installsize;</screen>

<para>Mozilla is a browser suite, the opensource sibling of
Netscape. It includes the browser, composer, mail client and an IRC client. A
calendar component is also being built but it is not yet integrated into the
stable mozilla releases.</para>

<screen>mozilla depends on:
<xref linkend="freetype2"/>, <xref linkend="xfree86"/>,	<xref linkend="zip"/>,
<xref linkend="expat"/>, <xref linkend="ATK"/>, <xref linkend="Pango"/>,
<xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>, <!-- <xref linkend="fontconfig">, -->
<xref linkend="GLib2"/>, <xref linkend="GTK2"/>, <xref linkend="libIDL"/>,
<xref linkend="lcms"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref linkend="libmng"/>,
<xref linkend="libpng"/> and <xref linkend="which"/></screen>

<para>Download the patch for various fixes to the build from
<userinput><ulink url="&hfile-root;"/></userinput>. The patches begin with
<userinput>mozilla-&mozilla-version;</userinput>. Note that none of the
patches are required, all are optional. Refer to the notes at the top
of the patch file to figure out if you need the patch.</para>

<para>Note that the mozdev spellchecker instructions have been removed since the API
for spellchecker was changed and it is currently broken.</para>
<!--
<para>Download the spellchecker (a Mozdev project).
<screen><ulink url="&hfile-root;/mozilla-&mozilla-version;-spellchecker.tar.bz2"/></screen>
</para>
-->

<para>If you have difficulties in building mozilla, check out the mozilla
hint for detailed information at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/"/>. 
The instructions 
that follow install the entire suite. To select specific components, refer 
to the hint.
<!--
Also if you are looking to install some exotic extensions,
check <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/build-scripts"/>
if there are any instructions.
-->
</para>

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