CompileFirefoxNewVersion

Revision 9 as of 2006-02-23 21:12:17

This is a guide for compiling firefox 1.5.* on Ubuntu Breezy 5.10.

Install necessary development packages:

  $ sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libidl-dev libxt-dev libgnomevfs2-dev

Download and extract firefox source tar ball:

  $ wget \
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.1/source/firefox-1.5.0.1-source.tar.bz2
  $ tar jxvf firefox-1.5.0.1-source.tar.bz2
  $ cd mozilla

Create the .mozconfig file in the firefox source directory:

  $ cat > .mozconfig <<EOF
. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig

export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
export BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
mk_add_options MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
mk_add_options BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/firefox-bin

ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
ac_add_options --enable-pango
ac_add_options --with-user-appdir=.mozilla
ac_add_options --with-system-png=/usr
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg=/usr
ac_add_options --enable-postscript
ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-xprint
ac_add_options --enable-crypto
ac_add_options --enable-strip-libs
ac_add_options --enable-canvas
ac_add_options --enable-svg
ac_add_options --enable-svg-renderer=cairo
ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
ac_add_options --enable-mathml
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-gtktest
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-xft
ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O3 -march=pentium-m -mtune=pentium-m -pipe -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer"
ac_add_options --with-system-zlib=/usr
ac_add_options --without-system-nspr
ac_add_options --enable-xinerama
ac_add_options --enable-extensions=default
ac_add_options --disable-pedantic
ac_add_options --disable-long-long-warning
ac_add_options --enable-single-profile
ac_add_options --disable-profilesharing
ac_add_options --enable-gnomevfs
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --enable-application=APP
EOF

Note: You may need to adapt the --enable-optimize gcc parameters to your own platform.

Build firefox:

  $ make -f client.mk build
  $ make -C firefox-bin/browser/installer/

Follow the instructions in FirefoxNewVersion to install your newly built firefox-1.5.*.tar.gz, which can be found in mozilla/firefox-bin/dist/.

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