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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY firefox-download-http "&mozilla-http;/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;esr/source/firefox-&firefox-version;esr.source.tar.xz">
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<!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp " ">
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<!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "72d8bf3644c4db2cced72fa3f712a4a1">
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<!ENTITY firefox-size "464 MB">
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<!-- NB with stylo, much of the build uses rust, and therefore cargo files.
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But the extra cached cargo files, if any, seem to be minimal -->
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<!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "7.1 GB (199 MB installed) without tests">
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<!-- editors: with ff63 and rust-1.29, ./mach build -j4 is probably the
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most practical way to get a timing on a machine with more cores, if taking
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cores offline is not practical. If in doubt, round up -->
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<!ENTITY firefox-time "24 SBU (on a typical 4-core machine) without tests">
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]>
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<sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
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<sect1info>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<!-- for 102.0 indicate this is the ESR variant,
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can revert to plain number when 102.1 appears
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<title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>-->
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<title>Firefox-&firefox-version;esr</title>
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<indexterm zone="firefox">
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<primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
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<para>
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<application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser based on the
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<application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
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</para>
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&lfs111_checked;
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download size: &firefox-size;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<!--<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Required patch:
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<ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;esr-gcc12_fix-1.patch"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Recommended patch:
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<ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;esr-disable_rust_test-1.patch"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>-->
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<note>
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<para>
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The directory name is firefox-&firefox-version;
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</para>
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<para>
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Extracting the tarball
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will reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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have permission to do that. If you do this in a directory where
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the sticky bit is set, such
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as <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> it will end with error
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messages:
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</para>
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<literallayout>tar: .: Cannot utime: Operation not permitted
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tar: .: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-t: Operation not permitted
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tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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</literallayout>
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<para>
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This does finish with non-zero status, but it does
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<emphasis>NOT</emphasis> mean there is a real problem.
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Do not untar as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
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in a directory where the sticky bit is set - that will unset it.
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</para>
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<para>
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As with other large packages which use C++ (or rust), the SBU times
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to build this vary more widely than you might expect. The build times
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will increase significantly if your machine has to swap.
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</para>
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<!-- commented, by 78.0 it seems to work reliably
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<para>
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The mach build system (Python scripts) can be somewhat unreliable: if
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the build fails and reports an Error, it can still return a status of
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success, causing a scripted build to try to install (which does not rerun
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the build), fail during the preparations for installing, but still exit
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with a status of success. Also, on occasion it may limit itself to only
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running one set of jobs - that will make the build take about 3 times as
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long as running with four sets of jobs.
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</para>-->
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<para>
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Although upstream prefer to use <application>PulseAudio</application>,
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for the moment <application>Alsa</application> can still be used. Both
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may need runtime configuration to get sound working.
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</para>
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</note>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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<para role="required">
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<xref linkend="autoconf213"/>,
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<xref linkend="cbindgen"/>,
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<xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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<xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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<xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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<xref linkend="llvm"/> (clang, used for bindgen even if using gcc),
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<xref linkend="nodejs"/>,
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<xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>
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(or
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<xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> if you edit the mozconfig;
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now deprecated by mozilla), in either case please read the
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Configuration Information,
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<!-- rustc is required by cbindgen so not needed here
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<xref linkend="rust"/>,-->
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<xref linkend="python3"/> (rebuilt after installing <xref linkend="sqlite"/>),
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<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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<xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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<xref linkend="yasm"/>, and
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<xref linkend="zip"/>
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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<para role="recommended">
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<xref linkend="icu"/>,
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<xref linkend="libevent"/>,
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<xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
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<xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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<xref linkend="nasm"/>,
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<xref linkend="nss"/>
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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If you don't install recommended dependencies, then internal copies of
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those packages will be used. They might be tested to work, but they can
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be out of date or contain security holes.
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</para>
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</note>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="curl"/>,
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<xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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<xref role="runtime" linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime, to play mov, mp3 or mp4 files),
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<!-- <phrase revision="sysv"><ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/liboauth/files/">liboauth</ulink></phrase> -->
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<xref linkend="liboauth"/>,
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<!--<xref linkend="openjdk"/>, Not seen in logs -->
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<xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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<xref linkend="wget"/>,
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<xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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<ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>
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</para>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Firefox</title>
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<para>
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The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished
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by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is
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created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
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(and an abbreviated description of some of them), issue <command>./mach
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configure && ./configure --help | less</command>. You may also
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wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired options.
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Create the file by issuing the following command:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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<literal># If you have a multicore machine, all cores will be used by default.
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# If you have installed (or will install) wireless-tools, and you wish
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# to use geolocation web services, comment out this line
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ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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# API Keys for geolocation APIs - necko-wifi (above) is required for MLS
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# Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Mozilla Location Service
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#ac_add_options --with-mozilla-api-keyfile=$PWD/mozilla-key
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# Uncomment the following line if you wish to use Google's geolocaton API
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# (needed for use with saved maps with Google Maps)
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#ac_add_options --with-google-location-service-api-keyfile=$PWD/google-key
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# startup-notification is required since firefox-78
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# Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
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#ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
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# or uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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#ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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# Comment out following options if you have not installed
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# recommended dependencies:
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ac_add_options --with-system-icu
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ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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ac_add_options --with-system-webp
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# Unlike with thunderbird, although using the gold linker can
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# save four megabytes in the installed file it does not make
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# the build faster.
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# libdavid (av1 decoder) requires nasm. Uncomment this if nasm
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# has not been installed.
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#ac_add_options --disable-av1
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# You cannot distribute the binary if you do this
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ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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# Stripping is now enabled by default.
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# Uncomment these lines if you need to run a debugger:
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#ac_add_options --disable-strip
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#ac_add_options --disable-install-strip
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# Disabling debug symbols makes the build much smaller and a little
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# faster. Comment this if you need to run a debugger. Note: This is
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# required for compilation on i686.
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ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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# The elf-hack is reported to cause failed installs (after successful builds)
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# on some machines. It is supposed to improve startup time and it shrinks
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# libxul.so by a few MB - comment this if you know your machine is not affected.
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ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack
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# The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
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ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
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ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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ac_add_options --disable-updater
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# enabling the tests will use a lot more space and significantly
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# increase the build time, for no obvious benefit.
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ac_add_options --disable-tests
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# The default level of optimization again produces a working build with gcc.
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ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
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ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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ac_add_options --with-system-png
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ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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# Using sandboxed wasm libraries has been moved to all builds instead
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# of only mozilla automation builds. It requires extra llvm packages
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# and was reported to seriously slow the build. Disable it.
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ac_add_options --without-wasm-sandboxed-libraries
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# The following option unsets Telemetry Reporting. With the Addons Fiasco,
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# Mozilla was found to be collecting user's data, including saved passwords and
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# web form data, without users consent. Mozilla was also found shipping updates
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# to systems without the user's knowledge or permission.
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# As a result of this, use the following command to permanently disable
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# telemetry reporting in Firefox.
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unset MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING
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mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
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commands:
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</para>
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<!--<para>
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First apply a patch which works around unexplained failures on some machines
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(a message that a python check on libgkrust.a identified 1 networking
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function, getsockname) in the rust static library.
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;esr-disable_rust_test-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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Now apply a patch which allows the build to complete when using gcc-12 or later.
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;esr-gcc12_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>-->
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<para>
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A change in cbindgen-0.24.2 causes a symbol to now be output by
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cbindgen, but it has already been defined in a header. This sed
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prevents the build eventually failing:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -i '/ROOT_CLIP_CHAIN/d' gfx/webrender_bindings/webrender_ffi.h</userinput></screen>
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<!-- applying this for 11.1: upstream haven't made their mind yet
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1729459
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Still applies in 102.0, 32-bit build NOT tested for that. -->
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<para>
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If building on a 32 bit machine, the following sed works around
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an issue with an incompatible <quote>double</quote> type in one
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header file:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>case "$(uname -m)" in
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i?86) sed -e '/typedef[ ]*double/s/double/long double/' \
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-i modules/fdlibm/src/math_private.h ;;
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esac</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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If the geolocation APIs are needed:
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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<!-- Taken from Arch Linux - an immensely helpful link - Thanks -->
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The Google and Mozilla API Keys below are specific to LFS. If using
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these instructions for another distro, or if you intend to distribute
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binary copies of the software using these instructions, please obtain
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your own keys following the instructions located at
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<ulink url="http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys"/> and
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<ulink url="https://location.services.mozilla.com/api"/> respectively.
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<!-- BLFS Devs, register an account at Google with your
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@linuxfromscratch.org email address, and I'll make you an administrator
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for the 'Google APIs for LFS' project (where the API and OAuth keys
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were created for use in the book).-->
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</para>
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</note>
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<screen><userinput>echo "AIzaSyDxKL42zsPjbke5O8_rPVpVrLrJ8aeE9rQ" > google-key
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echo "613364a7-9418-4c86-bcee-57e32fd70c23" > mozilla-key</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="../../xincludes/mozshm.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="../../xincludes/mozmach.xml"/>
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</note>
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<!--
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<para>
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If you are building on i686, apply a fix to prevent Internal Compiler
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Errors in GCC-7+:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="pre">case $(uname -m) in
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i?86) sed -i "562 s/mips64/i386/" gfx/skia/skia/third_party/skcms/src/Transform_inl.h ;;
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esac</userinput></screen>
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-->
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<!--<para>
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Apply a patch to allow this to be compiled with <xref linkend="rust"/>:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -p1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;esr-rustc1470-1.patch</userinput></screen>-->
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<para>
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Now invoke the Python <command>mach</command> script to compile the package.
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>export MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=system &&
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export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild &&
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./mach configure &&
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./mach build</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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The <filename>mozconfig</filename> above disables the tests because
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they use a lot more time and disk space for no obvious benefit. If
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you have nevertheless enabled them, you can run the tests by executing
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<command>./mach gtest</command>. This will require a network connection,
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and to be run from within an Xorg session - there is a popup dialog
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when it fails to connect to ALSA (that does not create a failed test).
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One or two tests will fail. To see the details of the failure(s) you
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will need to log the output from that command so that you can review it.
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</para>
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<para>
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Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=system ./mach install</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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Empty the environment variables which were set above:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>unset MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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href="../../xincludes/SIOCGSTAMP.xml"/>-->
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<para>
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<command>export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${PWD}/mozbuild</command>: The build
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is now supposed to tell you that it intends to create <filename
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class="directory">~/.mozbuild</filename>, and offer you an option to
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press <ENTER> to accept this, or Ctrl-C to cancel and restart the
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build after specifying the directory. In practice, the message may not
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appear until after <ENTER> is keyed, i.e. the build stalls.
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</para>
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<para>
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That directory is used for a (probably random) telemetry identifier.
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Creating this in the build directory, and deleting that after the
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installation, prevents it being used. If you wish to participate in
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telemetry, export MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH to point to its default directory
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and remove the entry from the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>MACH_BUILD_PYTHON_NATIVE_PACKAGE_SOURCE=system</command>: Use the
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system python to create a virtual environment for <command>mach</command>
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without downloading any python wheels.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>./mach configure</command>: This validates the supplied
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dependencies and the <filename>mozconfig</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<option>./mach build --verbose</option>: Use this alternative if you
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need details of which files are being compiled, together with any C or
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C++ flags being used. But do not add '--verbose' to the install command,
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it is not accepted there.
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</para>
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<para>
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<option>./mach build -jN</option>: The build should, by default, use
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all the online CPU cores. If using all the cores causes the build to swap
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because you have insufficient memory, using fewer cores can be faster.
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</para>
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<para>
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<parameter><envar>CC=gcc CXX=g++</envar></parameter>: BLFS used to
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prefer to use gcc and g++ instead of upstream's defaults of the
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<application>clang</application> programs. With the release of
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gcc-12 the build takes longer with gcc and g++, primarily because
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of extra warnings, and is bigger. Set these environment variables
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<emphasis>before you run the configure script</emphasis>
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if you wish to continue to use gcc, g++.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Firefox</title>
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<para>
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If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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<application>KDE</application> you may want to create a
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<filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
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<application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus.
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As the &root; user:
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</para>
|
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<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
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MIMETYPE="text/xml;text/mml;text/html;" &&
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MIMETYPE+="application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;" &&
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MIMETYPE+="x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https" &&
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cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << EOF &&
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<literal>[Desktop Entry]
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Encoding=UTF-8
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Name=Firefox Web Browser
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Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
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GenericName=Web Browser
|
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Exec=firefox %u
|
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Terminal=false
|
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Type=Application
|
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Icon=firefox
|
|
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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MimeType=$MIMETYPE
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StartupNotify=true</literal>
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EOF
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|
|
|
unset MIMETYPE &&
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|
|
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ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png \
|
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/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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|
|
|
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The application settings for firefox are accessible by keying
|
|
<command>about:config</command> in the address bar.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Occasionally, getting working sound in
|
|
<application>firefox</application> can be a problem. Although upstream
|
|
prefers pulseaudio,
|
|
on balance using <application>Alsa</application> may be easier.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
If you enabled <application>Alsa</application> for sound, you may need
|
|
to alter one variable to get working sound. If you run
|
|
<command>firefox</command> from a term and try to play something with
|
|
sound you might encounter error messages like:
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
<literal>Sandbox: seccomp sandbox violation: pid 3941, tid 4030,
|
|
syscall 16, args 48 2147767296 139909894784796 0 0 0.</literal>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
That was on x86_64, on i686 the syscall number is 54. To allow this
|
|
syscall, in <command>about:config</command> change
|
|
<command>security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist</command> to 16
|
|
(or 54 if using i686).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
If you use <command>pulseaudio</command> in a Desktop Environment, it
|
|
might already be started by that DE. But if it is not, although
|
|
firefox-57 managed to start it, firefox-58 did not. If you run
|
|
<command>firefox</command> from a term and this problem is present,
|
|
trying to play sound will
|
|
encounter error messages warning <literal>Can't get cubeb
|
|
context!</literal>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The fix for this is to close firefox, start pulseaudio to check it
|
|
does start (if not, read the information on Configuring in <xref
|
|
linkend="pulseaudio"/>) and restart firefox to check it is working.
|
|
If it now works, add the following to your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:
|
|
<phrase revision="sysv">
|
|
<literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=syslog&</literal></phrase>
|
|
<phrase revision="systemd">
|
|
<literal>pulseaudio --verbose --log-target=journald&</literal></phrase>
|
|
(unfortunately, on some systems this does not work).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
You may wish to use multiple profiles within firefox. To do that, invoke
|
|
firefox as <command>firefox --ProfileManager</command>. You can also
|
|
check which profile is currently in use from
|
|
<command>about:profiles</command>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Although WebRender (using the GPU for compositing) is not used by
|
|
default, it now appears to work well on supported hardware (ATI, Nvidia
|
|
and Intel GPUs with Mesa-18 or later. For an explanation, please see
|
|
<ulink
|
|
url="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/10/the-whole-web-at-maximum-fps-how-webrender-gets-rid-of-jank/">hacks.mozilla.org</ulink>.
|
|
The only downside seems to be that on a machine with limited RAM it might
|
|
use more RAM.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
To check if WebRender is being used, look in about:support. In the Graphics
|
|
section Compositing will either show 'Basic' (i.e. not in use) or
|
|
'WebRender'. To enable it, go to about:config and change gfx.webrender.all
|
|
to True. You will need to restart firefox.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
It may be useful to mention the processes from firefox which can appear in
|
|
<command>top</command> - as well as firefox itself, there may be multiple
|
|
Web Content processes, and now an RDD Process (Remote Data Decoder) which
|
|
appears when playing web videos encoded with av1 (libdav1d). If WebRender
|
|
has been enabled, a GPU Process will also appear when firefox has to
|
|
repaint (e.g. scrolling, opening a new tab, or playing a video).
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect3>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 role="content">
|
|
<title>Contents</title>
|
|
|
|
<segmentedlist>
|
|
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
|
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
|
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
|
|
|
|
<seglistitem>
|
|
<seg>
|
|
firefox
|
|
</seg>
|
|
<seg>
|
|
Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
|
|
helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox
|
|
</seg>
|
|
<seg>
|
|
/usr/lib/firefox
|
|
</seg>
|
|
</seglistitem>
|
|
</segmentedlist>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
|
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
|
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
|
|
<term><command>firefox</command></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
|
|
the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine
|
|
</para>
|
|
<indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
|
|
<primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|