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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
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"http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp
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"ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "80c3e5927274de7f181fb5f931ac5fd4">
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<!ENTITY firefox-size "75 MB">
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<!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "2.8 GB (31 MB installed)">
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<!ENTITY firefox-time "24 SBU (or 0.3 SBU if you're building against
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an installed Xulrunner)">
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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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&lfs71_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">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="alsa-lib"/>,
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<xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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<xref linkend="zip"/> and
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<xref linkend="unzip"/>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note: <application>libjpeg</application> and
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<application>libpng</application> (patched for apng support) should have
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been installed before <application>gdk-pixbuf</application> and should
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exist on your system. If for some strange reason you haven't installed
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them, you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> and
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<option>--with-system-png</option> options from the
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<filename>mozconfig</filename> file created below.
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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="yasm"/> or <xref linkend="libvpx"/>
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(to allow <application>Firefox</application> to play webm videos).
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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<xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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<ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://libevent.org/">Libevent</ulink>,
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<xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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<xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and
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<xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (for integration with the old version of
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<application>Gnome</application>),
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<xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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<xref linkend="nspr"/>, <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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<xref linkend="xulrunner"/> (linking against an installed xulrunner makes
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Firefox about 32 MB smaller, which is trivial compared to the size of
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xulrunner),
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<xref linkend="wireless_tools"/>,
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<ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
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the jemalloc code) and
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<xref linkend="wget"/>
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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 by
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creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
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configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created
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below. To see the entire list of available configuration options (and an
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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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# If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
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# several jobs at once, but if you have a single core, delete this line:
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mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"
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# If you have installed Yasm delete this option:
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ac_add_options --disable-webm
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# If you have installed DBus-Glib delete this option:
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ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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# If you have installed wireless-tools delete this option:
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ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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# If you have installed libnotify delete this option:
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ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
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# If you have installed xulrunner uncomment these two lines:
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# ac_add_options --with-system-libxul
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# ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-&xulrunner-version;
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# Uncomment these if you have installed them:
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# ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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# ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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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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mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir
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ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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# The rest of these options have no effect if you're
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# building against an already installed xulrunner:
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ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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ac_add_options --disable-debug
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ac_add_options --disable-installer
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ac_add_options --disable-static
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ac_add_options --disable-tests
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ac_add_options --disable-updater
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ac_add_options --enable-shared
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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 --with-pthreads
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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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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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<screen><userinput>sed -i '/fcntl.h/a#include <unistd.h>' \
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ipc/chromium/src/base/{file_util_linux,message_pump_libevent}.cc &&
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sed -i '/sys\/time\.h/a#include <unistd.h>' ipc/chromium/src/base/time_posix.cc &&
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sed -i 's# ""##' browser/base/Makefile.in &&
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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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If you have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked
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<application>Firefox</application> against an installed
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<application>Xulrunner</application>:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, if you
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have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked <application>Firefox</application>
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against an installed <application>Xulrunner</application>, install the
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package:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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tar -xvf firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-&firefox-version;.en-US.linux-$(uname -m).tar.bz2 \
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-C /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; --strip-components=1 &&
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ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/firefox /usr/bin &&
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mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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If you <emphasis>have</emphasis> linked against an already installed
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<application>Xulrunner</application>, as the
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<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir install &&
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rm /usr/bin/firefox &&
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cat > /usr/bin/firefox << "EOF" &&
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#!/bin/bash
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/usr/lib/xulrunner-&xulrunner-version;/xulrunner /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/application.ini "${@}"
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EOF
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chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox &&
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mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
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ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &&
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chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</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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<para>
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<command>sed -i '/fcntl.h/a#include <unistd.h>'
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ipc/chromium/src/base/{file_util_linux,message_pump_libevent}.cc
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&& sed -i '/sys\/time\.h/a#include <unistd.h>'
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ipc/chromium/src/base/time_posix.cc</command>: These seds fix bugs that
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would otherwise break the build if you're using
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<application>GCC 4.7</application>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>sed -i 's# ""##' browser/base/Makefile.in</command>: This sed
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removes an unprintable control character from the title bar.
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</para>
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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>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</command>: this
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creates a <application>Firefox</application> tarball similar to the ones
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you can download from Mozilla.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>tar -xfv firefox-build-dir/dist ...</command>: This untars
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<application>Firefox</application> in /usr/lib. The
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<option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
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'firefox' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it
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into a versioned directory. Untaring it (instead of running make install)
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prevents it installing
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<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-devel-&firefox-version;</filename>
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which contains about 430 MB of files. If you need any of those files,
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they're in <xref linkend="xulrunner"/>
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>make -C firefox-build-dir install</command>: This runs
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<command>make install</command> in firefox-build-dir.
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: this puts a symbolic link
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to the <command>firefox</command> executable in your ${PATH}.
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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;</command>: this
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makes a symbolic link to
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<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not
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really needed, <application>Firefox</application> checks
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<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by
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default, we make the symbolic link to keep all the plugins installed in
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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 deleted the <option>--disable-webm</option> option from your
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<filename>mozconfig</filename>, your <application>Firefox</application>
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can play most YouTube videos without the need for the flash plugin. To
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enable this, go to <ulink url="http://www.youtube.com/html5"/> and click
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on 'Join the HTML5 Trial' (needs cookies enabled).
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</para>
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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>cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF"
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[Desktop Entry]
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Encoding=UTF-8
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Type=Application
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Name=Firefox
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Comment=Browse The Web
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Icon=firefox
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Exec=firefox
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Categories=Network;GTK;Application;Browser;WebBrowser;
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StartupNotify=true
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Terminal=false
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EOF
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ln -sv -f /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/icons/mozicon128.png /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 Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>firefox</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
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<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>.
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</seg>
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<seg>/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</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 gtk2 internet browser that uses the 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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