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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;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.xz">
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<!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp " ">
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<!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "73175f850d4ff6068c6af674df20477c">
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<!ENTITY firefox-size "204 MB">
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<!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "4.8 GB (95 MB installed)">
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<!ENTITY firefox-time "16 SBU (with parallelism=4)">
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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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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</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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&lfs80_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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Optional patch to allow system versions of <xref linkend="graphite2"/>
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and <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/> - this should be regarded as experimental
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<ulink url="&patch-root;/firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-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 tarball <emphasis>firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.xz</emphasis>
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will untar to <emphasis>firefox-&firefox-version;</emphasis> directory.
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It will also reset the permissions of the current directory to 0755 if you
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have permisison 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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</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="cargo"/>,
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both <xref linkend="gtk3"/> and
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<xref linkend="gtk2"/> (you can omit gtk3 if you change the mozconfig where indicated),
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<xref linkend="nss"/>,
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<xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
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(or
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<xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> which is now deprecated by mozilla, if you
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edit the mozconfig),
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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"/>, and
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<xref linkend="sqlite"/>
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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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<note>
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<para>
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With <application>Firefox-31.0</application> and later versions, you
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must have installed <application>Openssl</application> before
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<application>Python 2</application> or the build system will quickly
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fail with output including "ImportError: cannot import name
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HTTPSHandler". If you are in any doubt about this (e.g. upgrading from
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an older version of Firefox), check if
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<filename>/usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/lib-dynload/_ssl.so</filename>
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exists. If it does not, reinstall <xref linkend="python2"/> (after
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installing <xref linkend="openssl"/>). The latest version of any
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<emphasis>currently maintained</emphasis> version of Openssl should be
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satisfactory if already installed.
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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="dbus-glib"/>,
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<xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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<xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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<xref linkend="ffmpeg"/> (runtime),
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<xref linkend="libwebp"/>,
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<xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
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<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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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://hunspell.github.io/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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<phrase revision="sysv"><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/liboauth/files/">liboauth</ulink></phrase>
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<phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="liboauth"/></phrase>,
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<ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>,
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and (with the patch)
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<xref linkend="graphite2"/> and
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<xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>
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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 each one), issue <command>./configure
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--help</command>. You may also wish to review the entire file and
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uncomment any other desired options. Create the file by issuing the
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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 desired, you can reduce the number of cores used, e.g. to 1, by
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# uncommenting the next line and setting a valid number of CPU cores.
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#mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j1"
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# If you have installed dbus-glib, comment out this line:
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ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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# If you have installed dbus-glib, and you have installed (or will install)
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# wireless-tools, and you wish to use geolocation web services, comment out
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# this line
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ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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# Uncomment this option if you wish to build with gtk+-2
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#ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=cairo-gtk2
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# Uncomment these lines if you have installed optional dependencies:
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#ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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#ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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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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# and uncomment this if you installed alsa-lib instead of PulseAudio
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#ac_add_options --enable-alsa
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# If you have installed GConf, comment out this line
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ac_add_options --disable-gconf
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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 --enable-system-sqlite
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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-icu
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# If you are going to apply the patch for system graphite
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# and system harfbuzz, uncomment these lines:
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#ac_add_options --with-system-graphite2
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#ac_add_options --with-system-harfbuzz
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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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# 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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ac_add_options --disable-tests
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ac_add_options --enable-optimize
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ac_add_options --enable-gio
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ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
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ac_add_options --enable-url-classifier
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# From firefox-40, using system cairo causes firefox to crash
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# frequently when it is doing background rendering in a tab.
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#ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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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-pthreads
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ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
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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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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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If you have installed system versions of graphite2 and harfbuzz and wish
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firefox to use those instead of its shipped versions, apply the patch and
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uncomment the appropriate entries in the <filename>mozconfig</filename>
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file. This also ensures that the system versions linked by
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<filename>libmozgtk.so</filename> match those used in
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<filename>libxul.so</filename>:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../firefox-&firefox-version;-system_graphite2_harfbuzz-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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If you have installed version 2.1.8 or newer of libevent, fix a file:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>sed -e s/_EVENT_SIZEOF/EVENT__SIZEOF/ \
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-i ipc/chromium/src/base/message_pump_libevent.cc</userinput></screen>
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<note><para>
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If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, make
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sure you have <envar>$SHELL</envar> environment variable set or prepend
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<envar>SHELL=/bin/sh</envar>.
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</para></note>
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<screen><userinput>make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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This package does not come with a test suite.
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</para>
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<para>
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Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install INSTALL_SDK= &&
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chown -R 0:0 /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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ln -sfv ../../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser</userinput></screen>
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<!--
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<para>
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Set environment variables back to their values:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>export CFLAGS=$CFLAGS_HOLD &&
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export CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS_HOLD &&
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unset CFLAGS_HOLD CXXFLAGS_HOLD</userinput></screen>
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-->
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para>
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<command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
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allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
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configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
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<command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
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get initial configuration and setup parameters.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This checks
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that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>
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exists.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser</command>:
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This command creates a symbolic link to <filename
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class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not really
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needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks <filename
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class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by default, but the
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symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in one folder.
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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 like 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. If you
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didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
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StartupNotify line to false. As the
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> 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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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
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Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
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MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
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StartupNotify=true</literal>
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EOF
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ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser/icons/mozicon128.png \
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/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>
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firefox
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</seg>
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<seg>
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Numerous libraries, browser components, plugins, extensions, and
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helper modules installed in /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;
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</seg>
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<seg>
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/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; and /usr/lib/mozilla
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</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="firefox-prog">
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<term><command>firefox</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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is a <application>GTK+-3</application> internet browser that uses
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the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="firefox firefox-prog">
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<primary sortas="b-firefox">firefox</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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