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/usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1
Firefox is a stand-alone browser based on the Mozilla codebase.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5 platform.
Download (HTTP): http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0.1/source/firefox-27.0.1.source.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0.1/source/firefox-27.0.1.source.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: c8feb2c55294aa679e8755ac24844933
Download size: 124 MB
Estimated disk space required: 3.5 GB (54 MB installed) (or 874 MB and 5.3 MB if using Xulrunner)
Estimated build time: 34 SBU (0.4 SBU if using Xulrunner)
alsa-lib-1.0.27.2, GTK+-2.24.22, Zip-3.0, and UnZip-6.0
libevent-2.0.21, libvpx-1.3.0, NSPR-4.10.3, NSS-3.15.4, SQLite-3.8.3.1 and yasm-1.2.0
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 They might be tested to work, but they can be out of date or contain security holes.
cURL-7.35.0, dbus-glib-0.102, Doxygen-1.8.6, gst-plugins-good-0.10.31 and gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13, Hunspell, libnotify-0.7.6, startup-notification-0.12, Wget-1.15, Wireless Tools-29 and Xulrunner-27.0.1
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/firefox
There are two major methods for building Firefox. 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 Xulrunner-27.0.1. This is advantageous if
you are planning to build other related packages such as IcedTea-Web-1.4.2. With either build
method, you need to run the main build procedure below with the
appropriate options in the mozconfig
file. Then use the appropriate install instructions depending on
the chosen build method.
The configuration of Firefox is
accomplished by creating a mozconfig
file containing the desired configuration options. A default
mozconfig
is created below. To see
the entire list of available configuration options (and an
abbreviated description of each one), issue ./configure --help. You may also
wish to review the entire file and uncomment any other desired
options. Create the file by issuing the following command:
cat > mozconfig << "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 wireless-tools 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 installed GStreamer comment out this line: ac_add_options --disable-gstreamer # Uncomment these lines if you have installed optional dependencies: #ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell #ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification # Uncomment this line if you compiled Cairo with --enable-tee switch and want # to use it instead of the bundled one: #ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo # 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=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul) # Comment out following options if you have not installed # recommended dependencies: ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite ac_add_options --with-system-libevent ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx ac_add_options --with-system-nspr ac_add_options --with-system-nss # It is recommended not to touch anything below this line ac_add_options --prefix=/usr ac_add_options --enable-application=browser ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter ac_add_options --disable-installer ac_add_options --disable-updater ac_add_options --disable-debug ac_add_options --disable-tests ac_add_options --enable-optimize ac_add_options --enable-strip ac_add_options --enable-install-strip ac_add_options --enable-gio ac_add_options --enable-official-branding ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing ac_add_options --enable-url-classifier ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi ac_add_options --enable-system-pixman ac_add_options --with-pthreads ac_add_options --with-system-bz2 ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg ac_add_options --with-system-png ac_add_options --with-system-zlib mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir EOF
Compile Firefox by issuing the following commands:
If you are compiling Firefox in
chroot, prepend SHELL=/bin/bash
to the
first make command below.
sed -i 's@ ""@@' browser/base/Makefile.in && make -f client.mk
This package does not come with a test suite.
If you have not linked Firefox against an installed Xulrunner:
make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer
Now, as the root
user, if you have
not linked Firefox against an installed Xulrunner, install the package:
rm -rf /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1 && mkdir /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1 && tar -xvf firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-27.0.1.en-US.linux-$(uname -m).tar.bz2 \ -C /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1 --strip-components=1 && chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1 && ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-27.0.1/firefox /usr/bin && mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins && ln -sfv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1
If you have linked against
an already installed Xulrunner, as
the root
user:
make -C firefox-build-dir install && ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-27.0.1/firefox /usr/bin && ln -sfv ../xulrunner-27.0.1 /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1/xulrunner && mkdir -pv /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins && ln -sfv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1
sed -i 's@ ""@@' browser/base/Makefile.in: This sed removes an unprintable control character from the title bar.
make -f client.mk
...: Mozilla products are packaged to allow the use
of a configuration file which can be used to pass the configuration
settings to the configure command. make uses the client.mk
file to get initial configuration and
setup parameters.
make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer: this creates a Firefox tarball similar to the ones you can download from Mozilla.
tar -xfv firefox-build-dir/dist
...: This untars Firefox in /usr/lib. The --strip-components=1
option removes the leading
'firefox' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it
into a versioned directory.
make -C firefox-build-dir install: This runs make install in firefox-build-dir.
ln -sfv ...
/usr/bin/firefox: This puts a symbolic link to the
firefox executable in
your PATH
variable.
mkdir -p
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins: This checks that
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
exists.
ln -sv ...
/usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1: This command creates a
symbolic link to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
. It's not really needed,
as Firefox checks /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
by default, but the
symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in one
folder.
If you deleted the --disable-webm
option from your mozconfig
, your
Firefox can play most YouTube
videos without the need for the flash plugin. To enable this, go to
http://www.youtube.com/html5 and
click on 'Join the HTML5 Trial' (needs cookies enabled).
If you use a desktop environment like Gnome or KDE
you may like to create a firefox.desktop
file so that Firefox appears in the panel's menus. If you
didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
StartupNotify line to false. As the root
user:
mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
mkdir -pv /usr/share/pixmaps &&
cat > /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop << "EOF" &&
[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=application/xhtml+xml;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupNotify=true
EOF
ln -sfv /usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1/browser/icons/mozicon128.png \
/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png
/usr/lib/firefox-27.0.1
Last updated on 2014-02-20 11:59:37 -0800