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

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<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="GLib"/>, <xref linkend="GTK"/>,
<xref linkend="ORBit"/>, <xref linkend="lcms"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref linkend="libmng"/>, <xref linkend="libpng"/>. 
<xref linkend="which"/></screen>

<para>Download the patch for various minor fixes to the build.
<screen><ulink url="&ffile-root;/mozilla-1.0.1.patch.bz2"/></screen></para>

<para>Download the spellchecker (a Mozdev project). The above patch includes a
fix to add the spellchecker to the build.
<screen><ulink url="&ffile-root;/mozilla-1.0.1-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/"/>. 
Individual patches are also available at the same location. The instructions 
that follow install the entire suite. To select specific components, refer 
to the hint.</para>

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