glfs/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml
Ken Moffat 5be3a74ca0 firefox-31.0
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!-- <!ENTITY firefox-download-http
"http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">-->
<!ENTITY firefox-download-http
"http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY firefox-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/&firefox-version;/source/firefox-&firefox-version;.source.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY firefox-md5sum "499b70a9f08a2291d528e87eaf8804a3">
<!ENTITY firefox-size "141 MB">
<!-- measured on LFS-7.5, x86_64 -->
<!ENTITY firefox-buildsize "5.0 GB (62 MB installed) (or 963 MB and 7.0 MB if using Xulrunner)">
<!ENTITY firefox-time "48 SBU (0.3 SBU if using Xulrunner)">
]>
<sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Firefox-&firefox-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="firefox">
<primary sortas="a-Firefox">Firefox</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Firefox</title>
<para>
<application>Firefox</application> is a stand-alone browser based on the
<application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
</para>
&lfs75_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-http;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download (FTP): <ulink url="&firefox-download-ftp;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download MD5 sum: &firefox-md5sum;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download size: &firefox-size;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated disk space required: &firefox-buildsize;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated build time: &firefox-time;
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Firefox Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
<xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
<xref linkend="zip"/>, and
<xref linkend="unzip"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
<xref linkend="icu"/>,
<xref linkend="libevent"/>,
<xref linkend="libvpx"/>,
<xref linkend="nspr"/>,
<xref linkend="nss"/>,
<xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
<xref linkend="yasm"/>
</para>
<note>
<para>
If you don't install recommended dependencies,
then internal copies of those packages will
be used. They might be tested to work, but
they can be out of date or contain security
holes.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
With <application>firefox-31.0</application> and later versions, you
must have installed <application>openssl</application> before
<application>Python 2</application>, or the build system will quickly
fail with output including "ImportError: cannot import name
HTTPSHandler". If you are in any doubt about this (e.g. upgrading
from an older version of firefox), check if
<filename>/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_ssl.so</filename> exists.
If it does not, reinstall <xref linkend="python2"/> (after
installing <xref linkend="openssl"/> - the latest version of any
<emphasis>currently maintained</emphasis> version of openssl should
be satisfactory if already installed - if that package has not already
been installed).
</para>
</note>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend="curl"/>,
<xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
<xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
<xref linkend="gst-plugins-base"/> (with
<xref linkend="gst-plugins-good"/> and
<xref linkend="gst-ffmpeg"/> at runtime), or
<xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/> (with
<xref linkend="gst10-plugins-good"/> and
<xref linkend="gst10-libav"/> at runtime),
<ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
<xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
<xref linkend="openjdk"/>,
<xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
<xref linkend="wget"/>,
<xref linkend="wireless_tools"/> and
<xref linkend="xulrunner"/>
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/firefox"/>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Firefox</title>
<para>
There are two major methods for building
<application>Firefox</application>. In the standard case, the entire suite
of libraries is built and installed. In the other, most of the system is
built using the procedures found in <xref linkend="xulrunner"/>. This is
advantageous if you are planning to build other related packages such as
<xref linkend="icedtea-web"/>. With either build method, you need to run
the main build procedure below with the appropriate options in the
<filename>mozconfig</filename> file. Then use the appropriate install
instructions depending on the chosen build method.
</para>
<para>
The configuration of <application>Firefox</application> is accomplished by
creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing the desired
configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created
below. To see the entire list of available configuration options (and an
abbreviated description of each one), issue <command>./configure
--help</command>. You may also wish to review the entire file and
uncomment any other desired options.
Create the file by issuing the following command:
</para>
<screen><userinput>cat &gt; mozconfig &lt;&lt; "EOF"
# If you have a multicore machine, firefox will now use all the cores by
# default. Exceptionally, you can reduce the number of cores, e.g. to 1,
# by uncommenting the next line and setting a valid number of CPU cores.
#mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j1"
# If you have installed DBus-Glib comment out this line:
ac_add_options --disable-dbus
# If you have installed dbus-glib, and you have installed (or will install)
# wireless-tools, and you wish to use geolocation web services, comment out
# this line
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
# If you have installed libnotify comment out this line:
ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
# GStreamer is necessary for H.264 video playback in HTML5 Video Player;
# to be enabled, also remember to set "media.gstreamer.enabled" to "true"
# in about:config. If you have GStreamer 0.x.y, uncomment this line:
#ac_add_options --enable-gstreamer
# or uncomment this line, if you have GStreamer 1.x.y
#ac_add_options --enable-gstreamer=1.0
# Uncomment these lines if you have installed optional dependencies:
#ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
#ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
# Comment out following option if you have PulseAudio installed
ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
# If you have not installed Yasm then uncomment this line:
#ac_add_options --disable-webm
# If you have installed xulrunner uncomment the next two ac_add_options lines
# and check that the sdk will be set by running pkg-config in a subshell
# and has not become hardcoded or empty when you created this file
#ac_add_options --with-system-libxul
#ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul)
# Comment out following options if you have not installed
# recommended dependencies:
ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
ac_add_options --with-system-nss
ac_add_options --with-system-icu
# The BLFS editors recommend not changing anything below this line:
ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --enable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
ac_add_options --enable-gio
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
ac_add_options --enable-url-classifier
ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman
ac_add_options --with-pthreads
ac_add_options --with-system-bz2
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
ac_add_options --with-system-png
ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>
Compile <application>Firefox</application> by issuing the following
commands:
</para>
<note><para>
If you are compiling <application>Firefox</application> in chroot, prepend
<envar>SHELL=/bin/bash</envar> to the first make command below.
</para></note>
<screen><userinput>make -f client.mk</userinput></screen>
<para>
This package does not come with a test suite.
</para>
<!-- <para>
If you have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked
<application>Firefox</application> against an installed
<application>Xulrunner</application>:
</para>
<screen><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer</userinput></screen>
-->
<para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, if you
have <emphasis>not</emphasis> linked <application>Firefox</application>
against an installed <application>Xulrunner</application>, install the
package:
</para>
<!--<screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;
mkdir /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;
tar -xvf firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-&firefox-version;.en-US.linux-$(uname -m).tar.bz2 \
-C /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; -\-strip-components=1 &amp;&amp;
chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/firefox /usr/bin &amp;&amp;-->
<screen role="root"><userinput>make -f client.mk install INSTALL_SDK= &amp;&amp;
mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>
If you <emphasis>have</emphasis> linked against an already installed
<application>Xulrunner</application>, as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make -C firefox-build-dir install &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/firefox /usr/bin &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../xulrunner-&firefox-version; /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/xulrunner &amp;&amp;
mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &amp;&amp;
ln -sfv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para>
<command>ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi</command>: If you remove
this command, you will enable opt-in support for geolocation web services
when you are using a wifi connection.
</para>
<para>
<command>make -f client.mk ...</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
<command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
get initial configuration and setup parameters.
</para>
<para>
<command>make -C firefox-build-dir install</command>: This runs
<command>make install</command> in firefox-build-dir.
</para>
<para>
<command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: This puts a symbolic link
to the <command>firefox</command> executable in your <envar>PATH</envar>
variable.
</para>
<para>
<command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This checks
that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>
exists.
</para>
<para>
<command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</command>: This
command creates a symbolic link to
<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not
really needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks
<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by
default, but the symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in
one folder.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring Firefox</title>
<para>
If you deleted the <option>--disable-webm</option> option from your
<filename>mozconfig</filename>, your <application>Firefox</application>
can play most YouTube videos without the need for the flash plugin. To
enable this, go to <ulink url="http://www.youtube.com/html5"/> and click
on 'Join the HTML5 Trial' (needs cookies enabled).
</para>
<para>
If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
<application>KDE</application> you may like to create a
<filename>firefox.desktop</filename> file so that
<application>Firefox</application> appears in the panel's menus. If you
didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
StartupNotify line to false. As the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &amp;&amp;
mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &amp;&amp;
cat &gt; /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop &lt;&lt; "EOF" &amp;&amp;
<literal>[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox Web Browser
Comment=Browse the World Wide Web
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=firefox %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=firefox
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupNotify=true</literal>
EOF
ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;/browser/icons/mozicon128.png \
/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png</userinput></screen>
</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
<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</filename>
</seg>
<seg>
/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;
</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+ 2</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>