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TITLE:          Compiling Mozilla and Installing Plugins

LFS VERSION:    LFS-4.0

AUTHOR:         Tushar Teredesai <Tushar@LinuxFromScratch.Org>

SYNOPSIS:
        How to compile 'Mozilla from Scratch' and install some relevant plugins.

HINT:

Primary Location of this hint:
        http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/
The latest version of the hint and any relevant patches are available at that
site. Please refer to the primary location before submitting
bug-reports/enhancements to this hint.

You may freely copy this document or create derivate works or distribute the
document in any format. At your discretion, you may give credit to the original
author:)

Use the hint at your own risk. Neither the author, nor the Linux From Scratch
project accepts any reponsibility for anything that happens when using these
documents or associated files.

An appropriate place to discuss this hint is blfs-support MailingList/NewsGroup
at LinuxFromScratch.Org.

Change Log:
[2002-12-25]
        * Changed primary location and e-mail address.
[2002-11-29]
        * Added fontconfig and Xft2 support for gtk2 builds (unstable).
        * Upgrade to mozilla-1.2.
[2002-11-13]
        * Upgraded to gtk2.
        * Added triple install (mozilla-1.0.1, mozilla-1.2b, phoenix).
[2002-09-28]
        * Added instructions for Phoenix.
[2002-09-23]
        * Added spellchecker, enigmail and easysearch extensions.
[2002-09-22]
        * Added modifications required for OpenOffice.
[2002-09-12]
        * Changed location of nss headers from nss to security.
[2002-09-09]
        * Added lcms dependency.
[2002-09-08]
        * Added notes for Galeon suggested by Scot Mc Pherson.
[2002-08-30]
        * Added comment on LD_LIBRARY_PATH and /etc/ld.so.conf.
        * Added comment on dowloading gcc2 libraries for precompiled mozilla.
[2002-08-14]
        * Added warning regarding stripping mozilla-bin.
        * Added Problems and workarounds section.
[2002-08-07]
        * Made individual patches.
[2002-07-12]
        * Added link netscape -> mozilla.
[2002-06-20]
        * Changed the CFLAGS I use.
[2002-06-19]
        * Added alternate site for hint.
[2002-06-17]
        * Added "make install" option.
        * Added MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH.
        * Added warning for GTK2 option.
[2002-05-14]
        * Added explanations for configure options.
        * Added options to build only the browser.
[2002-04-28]
        * Add gtk2 toolkit option.
        * Added a section to list of relevant URLs.
[2002-04-24]
        * Added hack to ignore autocomplete=off attribute used by some websites.
        * Added some useful preference settings.
[2002-04-22]
        * Fixed some typos, again!
        * Renamed hint to mozilla.
        * Added warning for CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS.
        * Added warning for QT and XLib toolkits.
        * Added info about pre-compiled distributions.
        * Added MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to .mozconfig.
        * Added instructions to copy man page, header files and idl files.
[2002-03-28]
        * Fixed some typos.
        * Environment variable to speed up Mozilla.
        * First version as mozcompile.

Pre-requisites (Post-LFS):
        * X 4.2.0
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/xfree86/>
        * which
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/which/>
        * GLib
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/glib/>
        * GTK+
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtk/>
        * libIDL
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/libidl/>
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/orbit/>
        * libjpeg
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/libjpeg/>
        * libpng
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/libpng/>
        * libmng
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/libmng/>
        * LCMS
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/lcms/>
        * Info Zip >=2.3
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/zip/>
Installation of all these packages is covered in the BLFS book at
<http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org>. As per the BLFS book, I have all packages
installed in /usr, so if you install in a non-standard location, you are on your
own.

Packages to download:
        * iCal [Optional]
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/libical/>
        * Mozilla:)
                <http://freshmeat.net/projects/mozilla/>
        * Mozilla SpellChecker
                <http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html>
        * FontConfig
                <http://fontconfig.org>

Which Mozilla version?

I use Mozilla-1.2 for regular use. But I also install a copy of Mozilla-1.0.1
since it is the stable version and hence useful for experimenting with packages
such as japhar, openoffice, sun-jdk. I also use Phoenix browser for general
browsing. I have Mozilla-1.2 and Phoenix-0.4 installed in the system wide
prefix /usr and Mozilla-1.0.1 installed in /opt/mozilla.

The Mozilla instructions below are, for the most part, applicable to both
Mozilla-1.0.1 and Mozilla-1.2. Instructions for Phoenix are in the latter part
of the hint.

GLIb & GTK+:

I use the GTK2 as the default toolkit. But if you want to play it safe, use
GTK1.

libIDL:

You may use the latest libIDL (0.8.0), also known as libIDL2. Mozilla-1.2
automatically utilizes libIDL2. But for Mozilla-1.0.1 you will need to do the
following so that libIDL2 is properly recognized. This is assuming that you
don't have Orbit1 or libIDL-0.6.x installed.
        export LIBIDL_CONFIG=/usr/bin/libIDL-config-2
        ln -sf libIDL-2.so /usr/lib/libIDL.so
The variable LIBIDL_CONFIG needs only to be set when configuring Mozilla. You
may unset it latter.

CVS:

If you plan to install the calendar component or any mozdev projects, you will
need a CVS client to download the relevant code. See the BLFS-book for
instructions to install a CVS client.


Preparations for installing Calendar component:

libical is only required if you want to play around with calendar. I had
problems building Mozilla calendar, YMMV. Also, mozilla requires the libical
that is available from mozilla's CVS (dubbed 0.23a).
        cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co \
                mozilla/other-licenses/libical &&
        cd mozilla/other-licenses/libical &&
        ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --disable-python-bindings &&
        make &&
        make install

The released source tarballs don't include the calendar component. Download it
using the following instructions:
        cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co \
                mozilla/calendar
After you untar mozilla tarball, move this directory to where the mozilla source
code is.
        rm -rf $MOZ_SRC/calendar
        mv mozilla/calendar $MOZ_SRC


Preparations for installing mozdev projects:
(Spellchecker, Protozilla, Enigmail, Easysearch)

All these mentioned projects are part of mozdev. Spellchecker aims to provide
spellchecking for composer and mail. Protozilla allows extending the protocols
supported by mozilla. Enigmail provides authentication and encryption features
(via GNU PG or PGP). Easy Search bar provides a search bar (similar to the
Google bar). For further information on mozdev, check out <http://mozdev.org>.

Enigmail requires that you have GNU Privacy Guard or PGP installed. Installation
of GNU PG (available at http://www.gnupg.org) is the usual ./configure dance
routine which now you must be really familiar with:) Enigmail also depends on
Protozilla.

You will need to download the code for these applications via CVS. The password
for anonymous cvs access is "guest".

        cd $MOZ_SRC
        mkdir mozdev
        export CVSROOT=":pserver:guest@mozdev.org:/cvs"
        cvs login
        cvs co spellchecker/spellcheck
        cvs co protozilla/ipc
        cvs co protozilla/pipella
        cvs co enigmail/src
        cvs co easysearch/www/download

Except for the easysearch, all other packages are to be built within the mozilla
source tree. Also, there is a difference in the way these projects are built.
Spellchecker can be built along with mozilla as extensions. Protozilla and
Enigmail need to be built after building the entire mozilla build. Easy Search
is added after installing mozilla.

First lets move the files to the appropriate locations.
        mv spellchecker/spellcheck $MOZ_SRC/extensions
        mv protozilla/ipc $MOZ_SRC/extensions
        mv protozilla/pipella $MOZ_SRC/extensions
        mv enigmail/src $MOZ_SRC/extensions/enigmail


Installing FontConfig and Xft:

Fontconfig is needed to enable xft support in Mozilla. 1.0.x versions use an
internal copy of fontconfig, but it has been removed since the 1.1 series.

Fontconfig and Xft are going to be incorporated into X-4.3. Till then they are
available as seperate packages. Installing these packages in the standard X
prefix (/usr/X11R6) caused me a lot of problems with many GNOME2 packages. Hence
I installed these with a seperate prefix and renamed the Xft lib to Xft2. That
way the apps that have not yet been upgraded to Xft2 can still continue to link
against libXft.so while apps such as mozilla can link against libXft2.so.

Download the fontconfig package from the URL mentioned above and install it as
follows. Remember to add /opt/xft/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf.
        cd fontconfig
        ./configure --prefix=/opt/xft
        make
        make install
        ln -sf /opt/xft/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig
        cd ..
        cd Xft
        for i in xft.pc.in xft-config.in
        do
                cp $i $i.orig
                sed -e "s:\-lXft:\-lXft2:g" $i.orig > $i
        done
        export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -L/opt/xft/lib"
        export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -L/opt/xft/lib"
        export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/xft/include"
        ./configure --prefix=/opt/xft
        make
        make install
        mv /opt/xft/lib/libXft.so /opt/xft/lib/libXft2.so
        ln -sf /opt/xft/pkgconfig/xft.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig

WARNING: Though I got the build to compile, I got runtime errors. I don't know
whether it was a problem with Mozilla or incorrect configuration of fontconfig.
So use the Xft option at your own risk.


Compiling Mozilla:

Apply patches that you think are useful from the site mentioned above. Some of
the patches are specific to the Mozilla version. For Galeon users, it is better
to stick with Mozilla 1.0.x for now. The VERSION variable refers to the Mozilla
version.

One option is to pass the options to configure. Alternatively, these options can
be placed in a file .mozconfig that is read by Mozilla's configure script. I
prefer latter method (useful for recompiles).

First we will set the flags so that we can build a distribution rather than
having to run Mozilla from the directory we compiled.
        export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
        export BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
        export MOZ_INTERNAL_LIBART_LGPL=1
The third export specifies that you accept the LGPL License for libart. This is
required for SVG support and is recommended.

Set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS based on your needs. I have had no problems setting both
CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to "-O3 -march=i686 -fforce-addr -funroll-loops
-frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4
-fomit-frame-pointer". YMMV. Though, for my default build I use "-O3 -march=i686
-fomit-frame-pointer -fexpensive-optimizations -s -w".

First try
        cd $MOZ_SRC &&
        ./configure --help
to understand all the options that are available to you.

Now create the .mozconfig file containing the options you want. The .mozconfig
file can be in various locations (home directory of the user compiling, or in a
hierarchy above the mozilla source directory). Since I use MSB's package user
hint, I prefer to keep the file in the home directory.

There are options that you can use to install just the browser and skip all the
additional baggage that comes along with mozilla. These are some of the common
options along with short descriptions.

Mozilla now supports the "make install" option:) I prefer installing mozilla in
one of the standard locations such as /usr. You may prefer to install it in
/opt/mozilla. I will refer to this as MOZ_PREFIX.
        echo ac_add_options --prefix=$MOZ_PREFIX >> .mozconfig

The --enable-default-mozilla-five-home is not relevant anymore since mozilla
installs in the standard locations.

Redundant but here for the sake of completeness:)
        echo ac_add_options --with-x >> .mozconfig

Use the packages we have installed as against using the ones available with
mozilla.
        echo ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --with-system-zlib >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --with-system-png >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --with-system-mng >> .mozconfig

Build the calendar client (optional).
        echo ac_add_options --enable-calendar >> .mozconfig

Disable the mail and news client (optional).
        echo ac_add_options --disable-mailnews >> .mozconfig

Disable LDAP Support, recommended if mail is disabled.
        echo ac_add_options --disable-ldap >> .mozconfig

Enable the Xft support (this is unstable).
        echo ac_add_options --enable-xft >> .mozconfig

Enable the Personal Security Manager to enable SSL connections.
        echo ac_add_options --enable-crypto >> .mozconfig

Disable all debugging options and enable all optimization options. Pick and
choose.
        echo ac_add_options --disable-accessibility >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --disable-tests >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --disable-debug >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O3 >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --disable-logging >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --enable-reorder >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --enable-strip >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --enable-elf-dynstr-gc >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --enable-cpp-rtti >> .mozconfig
Among the above options, --disable-accessibility and --disable-logging cause
problems in a GTK2 build.

Some features are only required for developer of webapplications (Optional):
        echo ac_add_options --disable-jsd >> .mozconfig
        echo ac_add_options --disable-dtd-debug >> .mozconfig

The following option is for enabling the xterm title with the current command
when compiling.
        echo ac_add_options --enable-xterm-updates >> .mozconfig

Disable support for HTML editing (optional).
        echo ac_add_options --enable-plaintext-editor-only >> .mozconfig

Enable extensions you want. I prefer to enable all the extensions:)
        echo ac_add_options --enable-extensions="all" >> .mozconfig
If you want to include spellchecker, then change the above line to:
        echo ac_add_options \
                --enable-extensions="all,spellcheck" >> \
                .mozconfig
You may also pick and choose the extensions you want. To disable everything
other than the browser, use the following.
        echo ac_add_options \
                --enable-extensions="default,-venkman,-inspector,-irc" >> \
                .mozconfig

Enable SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) support.
        echo ac_add_options --enable-svg >> .mozconfig

Mozilla now supports both gtk 1.2 and gtk 2.0. To enable gtk2 support:
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-toolkit-gtk2" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2" >> .mozconfig

The QT and XLib toolkit support are not stable and may (!) fail to compile. Try
compiling without these first and if all goes well, experiment with the other
toolkits. If you would like to help out with the QT port of Mozilla, check out
the Mozilla Developer NGs since they are looking for developers.

<WARNING>
According to the financial institutions, the following hack makes your browser
insecure. IMO, it is no more insecure than using MS-IIS (along with its security
history) as the server for financial sites;) You have been warned. Many sites
use an MS-IE specific tag (autocomplete=off) to prevent autocomplete from
working in some forms. This tag is now supported in mozilla to appease the
financial institutions. As per the requirements of the financial institutions,
they will not even accept a solution where this a preference option. My opinion
is that it should be in the hands of the user. To enable autocomplete to bypass
this restriction, we need to make a slight modification in the code. Note that
this modification is also available as a patch.
</WARNING>

<HACK>
Open the file $MOZ_SRC/extensions/wallet/src/wallet.cpp and search for
the line 
        #define WALLET_DONT_CACHE_ALL_PASSWORDS
and delete or comment out the line.
</HACK>

If anyone tells you MS-IE is user friendly, give them this example and explain
to them the distinction between corporate friendly and user friendly:)

Now configure the package as usual. If there are problems run configure again by
removing the offending option.
        ./configure

If you have enabled xft support, mozilla needs Xft2 headers but in the
Makefiles, /usr/X11R6/include appears before /opt/fontconfig/include and hence
the build picks up Xft headers installed by X (i.e. Xft1) and the build craps
out. The easiest fix is to sed in the Xft2 headers to appear before X11 headers.
        cd config
        cp autoconf.mk autoconf.mk.orig
        sed -e "s:\-I\/usr\/X11R6\/include:\-I\/opt\/xft\/include \
                \-I\/usr\/X11R6\/include:g" autoconf.mk.orig > autoconf.mk
        cd ..

Now do the usual build stuff.
        make
This will take a few hours to compile. Watch your favorite Startrek movie.

If you plan to include Enigmail, then you will need to compile it since it needs
to be built after the entire mozilla is built. Also since it depends on
Protozilla, Protozilla is built first.
        cd extensions
        for subdir in ipc pipella enigmail
        do
                cd $subdir
                ./makemake
                make
                cd ..
        done
The makemake command generates the Makefile. make compiles the package:)

You have two options, installing mozilla in the standard locations or making a
distribution that can be installed on various computers.

Installing mozilla on top of an existing installation creates some problems. So
I usually delete the previous installation before installing a new one. There is
no need to delete your profile, just delete the installed package.

If you would like to install in the standard locations do the standard:
        cd $MOZ_SRC
        make install
The nss headers are not installed by default, so do the following.
        install -d $MOZ_PREFIX/include/mozilla-$VERSION/nss
If you are installing Mozilla-1.0.1, do
        cp -Lf dist/private/security/*.h dist/public/security/*.h \
                $MOZ_PREFIX/include/mozilla-$VERSION/nss
If you are installing Mozilla-1.2, do
        cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
                $MOZ_PREFIX/include/mozilla-$VERSION/nss

Also, if you are installing mozilla-1.0, then all header files may not copied
and hence packages (such as Galenon) that depend on mozilla cannot be compiled.
So do the following to verify that all header files are copied.
        cp -Lur dist/include/* $MOZ_PREFIX/include/

Now we make some symlinks so that apps (OpenOffice, Gnome) that depend on
Mozilla don't need to know the mozilla version that is installed to use the
headers and libraries installed by Moz.
        ln -nsf mozilla-${VERSION} ${MOZ_PREFIX}/include/mozilla
        ln -nsf mozilla-${VERSION} ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/mozilla

Also if you plan on compiling OpenOffice and link it to Mozilla address book,
then you will need to copy some static libraries that are not installed by "make
install".
        install -d ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/mozilla-${VERSION}/openoffice
        cp -f dist/lib/libembed_base_s.a dist/lib/liblber50.a \
                dist/lib/libmozreg_s.a \
                ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/mozilla-${VERSION}/openoffice

If you want to install the easysearch toolbar, do the following: (There was no
way I could fit the following in a 80 column width)
        cd $MOZ_SRC/mozdev/easysearch/www/download
        unzip -qq -o easysearch_e0983.xpi
        cp -a easysearch.jar $MOZ_PREFIX/lib/mozilla-${VERSION}/chrome
        echo \
'content,install,url,jar:resource:/chrome/easysearch.jar!/content/easysearch/' \
                >> chrome/installed-chrome.txt
        echo \
'locale,install,url,jar:resource:/chrome/easysearch.jar!/locale/en-US/easysearch/' \
                >> chrome/installed-chrome.txt

There are many search engines that you can add to the easysearch toolbar.
Download the easysearch plugins tarball from the project's homepage and copy the
engines you need to ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/mozilla-${VERSION}/searchplugins.

Do the following to register the components (else the build segfaults if the
user running mozilla does not have write access to the installation directories.
Note that the MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are not relevant anymore
when running mozilla.
        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/mozilla-$VERSION:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
        export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/X11R6/mozilla-$VERSION
        rm -rf chrome/overlayinfo chrome/*.rdf
        mkdir chrome/overlayinfo
        $MOZ_PREFIX/lib/mozilla-$VERSION/regxpcom
        $MOZ_PREFIX/lib/mozilla-$VERSION/regchrome
        touch `find $MOZ_PREFIX/lib/mozilla-$VERSION -name *.rdf`

Some apps look for netscape for starting the browser (RMS has started a movement
so that these apps start recognizing the BROWSER env variable). Till then it is
better to do a symlink.
        ln -sf mozilla netscape
in the directory where the mozilla startup script is installed (/usr/X11R6/bin).

To make a distribution that you would like to install on other machines:
        cd xpinstall/packager &&
        make &&
        cd /opt &&
        tar -xzf $MOZ_SRC/dist/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz &&
        cd $MOZ_SRC/dist &&
        cp -LfR man /opt/mozilla &&
        cp -LfR idl /opt/mozilla &&
        cp -LfR include /opt/mozilla &&
        mkdir /opt/mozilla/include/security &&
        cp -Lf private/security/*.h /opt/mozilla/include/security &&
        cp -Lf public/security/*.h /opt/mozilla/include/security &&
        install -d /opt/mozilla/openoffice
        cp -f lib/libembed_base_s.a lib/liblber50.a lib/libmozreg_s.a \
                /opt/mozilla/openoffice
        cd /opt &&
        tar -cvzf mozilla-dist.tar.gz mozilla/
The above commands create a binary distribution, installs it in /opt/mozilla,
copies the man pages and header files to the installation and then creates a
distribution that can be untarred on other machines.

Now we make some environment settings.

If you install mozilla in a non-standard location, make sure that the location
is in your PATH. Also you may add the man page to your MANPATH.
        export PATH=$PATH:/opt/mozilla
        export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/mozilla/man
In addition, if you plan on using Galeon, then you will need to export
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME, though it is not required for running Mozilla. There is no
need to add the mozilla libraries to /etc/ld.so.conf since the startup script
automatically adjusts the library paths that it requires (such as the Mozilla
libraries, the plugin directories, etc.).

To make your Mozilla build go faster, add:
        export XPCOM_CHECK_THREADSAFE=0
in .bash_profile or in run-mozilla.sh. This apparently only affects debug
builds, but no harm in setting it for optimized builds.

I use a different location for the Mozilla plugins so that I can keep remove and
reinstall mozilla without affecting the plugins. If you do this set the
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH to the appropriate directory. I use:
        export MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/opt/mozilla-plugins

Please note that you shouldn't need any modifications with /etc/ld.so.conf
and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable. The mozilla wrapper scripts takes care of
adding all the required libraries to LD_LIBRARY_PATH before running mozilla-bin.
So don't modify either LD_LIBRARY_PATH or /etc/ld.so.conf. IMO, /etc/ld.so.conf
should only list the standard system wide library locations.

Enzoy:)


Installing Phoenix:

Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component written using the XUL
user interface language and designed to be cross-platform.

You will need do download the Phoenix code using CVS. I won't discuss the
options since they have alreay been discussed before. Most of the options
discussed above apply (such as the wallet hack and creating the registry for
multi user installs) apply when building phoenix.

One problem with Phoenix is that the source tar balls for each version are not
available, so the only way to install is to use cvs. There is a bug report to
make source tarballs available for Phoenix (Bug # 175934).

In the following PHOENIX_SRC refers to the directory where you want to compile
Phoenix source code.
        cd $PHOENIX_SRC
        cd ..
        export CVSROOT=":pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot"
        cvs co mozilla
        cvs co mozilla/toolkit
        cvs co mozilla/browser
        cd  $PHOENIX_SRC
        export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
        export BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
        export MOZ_INTERNAL_LIBART_LGPL=1
        export MOZ_PHOENIX=1
        echo "ac_add_options --prefix=${MOZ_PREFIX}" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-default-mozilla-five-home" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --with-x" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --with-system-zlib" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --with-system-png" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --with-system-mng" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-mailnews" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-ldap" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-xft" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-crypto" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-java-supplement" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-jsd" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-accessibility" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-tests" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-debug" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O3" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-dtd-debug" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --disable-logging" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-reorder" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-strip" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-elf-dynstr-gc" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-cpp-rtti" >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options \
                --enable-extensions=default,-venkman,-inspector,-irc" \
                >> .mozconfig
        echo "ac_add_options --enable-svg" >> .mozconfig
        ./configure
        make
If we use make install, it will overwrite the mozilla installation, hence do the
following to copy phoenix.
        install -d ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/phoenix-${VERSION}
        cp -LfR dist/bin/* ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/phoenix-${VERSION}
        ln -sf ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/phoenix-${VERSION}/phoenix ${MOZ_PREFIX}/bin/phoenix
        cd ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/phoenix-${VERSION}
        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/phoenix-${VERSION}"
        export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/phoenix-${VERSION}"
        rm -rf chrome/overlayinfo chrome/*.rdf
        mkdir chrome/overlayinfo
        ./regxpcom
        ./regchrome
        touch `find ${MOZ_PREFIX}/lib/phoenix-${VERSION} -name *.rdf`


Installing a pre-compiled distribution:

An alternative is to install a pre-compiled Mozilla distribution. Though against
"the spirit of LFS", the reasons you may wish to do so:
        1. Chicken and egg problem:) You are having problems compiling Mozilla
           and till you resolve them, you need a browser to get support with the
           debugging.
        2. You don't want to spend 5 hours (thats how long it takes on my P-II
           350) compiling.
        3. You are content with the options used by the pre-compiled
           distribution.
        4. You have a GCC3 CVS and you would like to use a GCC2 compiled mozilla
           so that commercial plugins can work without problems. Though I am
           using all the plugins (except for Real) mentioned below without
           problems.

If so, head over to mozilla.org and download the "talkback enabled full
installer" and read the installation instructions in the release notes.
Remember to follow the instructions for multi-user installs in the notes, else
a core dump may occur at startup.

If your system is gcc3 based, and the precompiled distro is linked against gcc2,
download the libraries from <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~timothy/misc/> and
move it to where mozilla can find it (such as the MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME).


Relevant URLs:

Visit the following sites to find help and find extensions to mozilla.
        * http://www.mozdev.org/projects.html
          Some really cool extensions to mozilla such as google bar.
        * http://www.mozilla.org/projects/
          Projects related to mozilla, some of them are already integrated into
          the current release, some are yet to mature.
        * http://www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/
          The unofficial Mozilla FAQ.
        * http://www.themes.org/skins/mozilla/
          Theme park for Mozilla.


Changing Preferences:

Whether to follow the settings in the current section is entirely at your
discretion. Would just like to mention some changes in the preferences I like:
        * Appearance -> Colors -> Enable Use System Colors.
        * Appearance -> Theme -> Select Modern Theme. Way better than Classic.
        * Navigator -> Smart Browsing -> Enable Internet Keywords.
        * Navigator -> Search Engine -> Search Using Google:)
        * Navigator -> Tabbed Browsing -> Enable all options under Open Tabs
          instead of windows. Tabs are cool.
        * Privacy & Security -> Cookies -> Enable Ask me before storing a
          cookie. Bye bye Doubleclick.
        * Privacy & Security -> Images -> Enable Ask me before downloading an
          image. Do this only if you are on a slow connection. Otherwise it is
          more of a hassle. I usually set it because it prevents the user
          tracking images from loading.
        * Advanced -> Scripts & Windows -> Disable Open Unrequested Windows,
          Move or resize existing windows, Raise or lower windows. Bye bye X10.
        * Advanced -> Cache -> Disk Cache = 8192KB. I had some problems in an
          older version when the disk cache became very large (although that was
          on Windows 2000:D). Anyways 50 MB sounds a bit too much.


Installing Adobe Acrobat Plugin:

Download the Acrobat Reader from Adobe's website.
        http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Install Acrobat in /opt/acrobat. Now link the plugin.
        cd $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH &&
        ln -s /opt/acrobat/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so


Installing Java Plugin:

Download SUN JRE 1.4 from
        http://java.sun.com/j2se/

Install JDK in /opt/j2sdk and then link the plugin.
        cd $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH &&
        ln -s ${JAVA_HOME}/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Some alternative java plugins:
        http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/
        http://www.blackdown.org/

I have succesfully managed to compile Java 2 SDK 1.4 that is linked against
GCC3. Check out the "Java From Scratch" hint.


Installing Macromedia Flash Player:

Download the Flash Player from Macromedia's website.
        http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/alternates/#linux

Untar the files.
        cp libflashplayer.so ShockwaveFlash.class $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH


Installing RealPlayer:

Download the plugin from Real Networks.
        http://forms.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html

Install RealPlayer in /opt/RealPlayer8 and then copy the plugin to mozilla's
plugin directory.
        cp rpnp.so raclass.zip $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH


CodeWeaver's CrossOver Plugin:

If you are interested in using Windows plugins, this commercial product will
allow you to do it. Check out:
        http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/
for more info.

Problems and Workarounds:

* If you are using the gcc2 compatible patch when compiling for gcc3, avoid
stripping the mozilla-bin binary. If you follow the instructions mentioned
above, the binaries are stripped of debugging information. So no need to strip
further. Credit for the problem and the workaround goes to Kelledin.


Have fun mozzing around.

Don't forget to send me bug reports and enhancements so that I can keep the hint
updated.