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

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<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><userinput>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
export MOZ_INTERNAL_LIBART_LGPL="1"</userinput>
Set some variables that affect what and how it is built. The first two exports
specify that we are building a distribution. The last export specifies that we
are ok with the LGPL versioned libart.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>--with-system-zlib --with-system-jpeg \
--with-system-png --with-system-mng"</userinput></screen>
Use the system versions for these packages.</para>

<para><userinput>--enable-xft</userinput>: Enable the Xft
support.</para>

<para><userinput>--enable-crypto</userinput>: Enable the Personal
Security Manager to enable SSL connections.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>--disable-jsd --disable-accessibility \
--disable-tests --disable-debug \
--enable-optimize=-O3 --disable-dtd-debug \
--disable-logging --enable-reorder \
--enable-strip --enable-elf-dynstr-gc \
--enable-cpp-rtti</userinput></screen>
Disable all debugging options and enable all optimization options. You can
pick and choose from these options.  More information on them can be found
in the mozilla configure script help.</para>

<para><userinput>--enable-extensions=...</userinput>: Enables
extensions.  If you want, you can disable all extensions other than the
browser by changing this switch to
<userinput>--enable-extensions="default,-venkman,-inspector,-irc"</userinput>.</para>

<para><userinput>--enable-svg</userinput>: Enable SVG (Scalable Vector
Graphics) support.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>install -d &mozilla-prefix;/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/security
cp -Lf dist/private/security/*.h dist/public/security/*.h \
   &mozilla-prefix;/include/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/security</userinput></screen>
Copy the nss headers that are not copied by make install.</para>

<para><userinput>install -d &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;/openoffice</userinput>:
Make a directory to store static libraries that openoffice needs during compilation.
These libraries are not installed by default.</para>

<para><userinput>ln -nsf mozilla-&mozilla-version; ...</userinput>:
Mozilla installs headers and libraries in version specific directories. This
link makes symbolic links so that applications that depend on Mozilla (such as
OpenOffice, Galeon, etc.) can use a non version specific path for installation.
</para>

<para><userinput>ln -sf mozilla &mozilla-prefix;/bin/netscape</userinput>: Since 
many applications expect the browser to be named netscape, make a symbolic 
link for convenience.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="&mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;" &amp;&amp;
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="&mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-&mozilla-version;" &amp;&amp;
./regxpcom &amp;&amp;
./regchrome &amp;&amp;
touch `find &mozilla-prefix;/lib/mozilla-${VERSION} -name *.rdf`</userinput></screen>
Create the required component registries to enable multi-user installs.</para>

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