Firefox-9.0.1

Installation of Firefox

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:

patch -p1 < ../firefox-9.0.1-libpng-1.5-1.patch &&
cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
# If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
# several jobs at once, but if you have a single core, delete this line:
mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"

# If you have installed Yasm delete this option:
ac_add_options --disable-webm

# If you have installed DBus-Glib delete this option:
ac_add_options --disable-dbus

# If you have installed wireless-tools delete this option:
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi

# If you have installed libnotify delete this option:
ac_add_options --disable-libnotify

# If you have installed xulrunner uncomment these two lines:
# ac_add_options --with-system-libxul
# ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=/usr/lib/xulrunner-devel-9.0.1

# Uncomment these if you have installed them:
# ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
# ac_add_options --with-system-nss
# ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
# ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
# ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
# ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
# ac_add_options --with-system-libevent

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-build-dir
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
ac_add_options --prefix=/usr

# The rest of these options have no effect if you're
# building against an already installed xulrunner:
ac_add_options --with-pthreads
ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
ac_add_options --with-system-png
ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
ac_add_options --enable-shared
ac_add_options --disable-static
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --disable-tests
EOF

Compile Firefox by issuing the following commands:

sed -i 's# ""##' browser/base/Makefile.in &&
make -f client.mk

If you have not linked Firefox against an installed Xulrunner:

make -C firefox-build-dir/browser/installer

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, if you have not linked Firefox against an installed Xulrunner, as the root user, install the package:

mkdir /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1 &&
tar -xvf firefox-build-dir/dist/firefox-*.tar.bz2 -C /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1 --strip-components=1 &&
ln -sfv ../lib/firefox-9.0.1/firefox /usr/bin/firefox &&
mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1 &&
chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1

If you have linked against an already installed Xulrunner, as the root user:

make -C firefox-build-dir install &&
rm /usr/bin/firefox &&
cat > /usr/bin/firefox << "EOF" &&
#!/bin/bash
/usr/lib/xulrunner-9.0.1/xulrunner /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1/application.ini "${@}"
EOF
chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox &&
mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins &&
ln -sv ../mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1 &&
chown -R -v root:root /usr/lib/firefox-9.0.1