Mozilla Firefox is a stand-alone browser based on the Mozilla codebase.
Download (HTTP): http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.8/firefox-source-0.8.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.8/firefox-source-0.8.tar.bz2
Download size: 30 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 550 MB
Estimated build time: 10.14 SBU
The configuration of Mozilla Firefox is very similar to Mozilla-1.6 and hence the options will not be discussed. Refer to the Mozilla-1.6 for explanations and additional configuration information.
Compile and install Mozilla Firefox by running the following commands:
export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &&
export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &&
export MOZ_PHOENIX="1" &&
./configure --prefix=/opt/firefox-0.8 \
--enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 \
--with-x --with-system-zlib \
--with-system-jpeg --with-system-png --with-system-mng \
--enable-xft --enable-crypto \
--disable-accessibility \
--disable-tests --disable-debug \
--disable-logging --enable-reorder \
--enable-strip --disable-pedantic \
--enable-cpp-rtti --enable-extensions=all \
--disable-calendar --disable-mailnews &&
make &&
make install &&
ln -sf /opt/firefox-0.8/bin/firefox /usr/bin/MozillaFirefox
To enable multi-user operation, execute the following:
cd /opt/firefox-0.8/lib/mozilla-* &&
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD" &&
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="$PWD" &&
./regxpcom &&
./regchrome &&
touch `find $PWD -name *.rdf`