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<H1>Building the Mozilla client on Unix platforms</H1>
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Daniel Nunes, <TT><A HREF="mailto:leaf@mozilla.org">leaf@mozilla.org</A></TT></H2>
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v 1.2, 1998-11-02
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<P>
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<HR><I>How to build Mozilla on a Unix System.</I>
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<HR>
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<H2>1. <A HREF="#s1">Introduction</A></H2>
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<H2>2. <A HREF="#s2">Building Mozilla</A></H2>
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.1">2.1 Get the Code </A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.2">2.2 Requirements</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.3">2.3 Build the Lizard</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="#ss2.4">2.4 After the Build</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<H2>3. <A HREF="#s3"> Common Problems </A></H2>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>
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Perhaps you are interested in building classic Mozilla, before the
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fall of the old layout engine, and the rise of the new. If so, the
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<B><A HREF="classic-unix.html">Classic Mozilla Build document</A></B>
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is what you're looking for.
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<P>
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<P>
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What this document is: A guide to building the Mozilla application.
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<BR>
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This includes:
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<OL>
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<LI> A listing of the development tools you will need to build Mozilla. </LI>
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<LI> A sample set of commands to build Mozilla using the Autoconf
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build system. </LI>
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</OL>
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<P>
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If you're looking for documentation on developing features or fixing bugs,
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the Mozilla
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<A HREF="../tplist.html">Technical Documents</A> or
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<A HREF="../../../library.html"> Library </A>
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are probably what you're looking for.
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<P>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Building Mozilla </A></H2>
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<P>
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<UL>Each of the following subsections describes, or gives references to
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descriptions of, the steps necessary to build Mozilla.
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</UL>
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<UL>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Get the Code</A></H2>
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<P>
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<UL>
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Eventually, there will be two principal ways of getting the code,
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<A HREF="../../../download.html"> ftp</A> and
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<A HREF="../../../cvs.html"> CVS</A>.
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CVS will provide the most current code for building, but is
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slower than ftp. Ftp drops are generally produced once per month,
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and are known to compile on some machine, somewhere.
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<B>For now</B>, however, you must do the following to obtain the newest
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browser source:
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<BR>
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<CODE>
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cvs co mozilla/nglayout.mk<BR>
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cd mozilla<BR>
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gmake -f nglayout.mk pull_all<BR>
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</CODE>
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<BR>
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This should pull all the right source.
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</UL>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Requirements</A></H2>
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<UL>
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The following should be installed:
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<LI>Motif 1.2
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<LI>The native C/C++ compiler (or GNU C/C++ compiler 2.7.2 in lieu of the
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native compiler)
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<LI>GNU make 3.74 or better
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<LI>Perl5
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<LI><A HREF="../../../projects/autoconf/">Autconf</A> requirements,
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including NSPR.
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<LI><CODE>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</CODE> must include the path to the NSPR
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shared objects.<BR>
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For most people, this means adding <CODE>/usr/local/nspr/lib</CODE>
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to <CODE>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</CODE>
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(either:
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<BR>
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<CODE>setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/nspr/lib</CODE>
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<BR>
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or
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<BR>
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<CODE>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/nspr/lib</CODE>
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.<BR>
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If you get an error like "No such variable" then omit the
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<CODE>${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:</CODE> part
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)
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</UL>
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<P>
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Your hardware should be equal to, or better than:
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<UL>
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32 MB RAM, 128 MB swap (64 MB RAM recommended)
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</UL>
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</UL>
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Build the Lizard</A></H2>
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<P>
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<UL>
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<CODE>
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autoconf<BR>
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mkdir obj-`./build/autoconf/config.guess`<BR>
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cd obj-`./build/autoconf/config.guess`<BR>
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../configure --with-nspr=/usr/local/nspr --enable-toolkit=motif<BR>
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gmake depend<BR>
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gmake<BR>
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</CODE>
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</UL>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 After the build </A></H2>
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<UL>
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<LI> <CODE>cd dist/bin</CODE> and you should see links to the objects you
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need to run <CODE>main</CODE>.
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<LI>On most unixen LD_LIBRARY_PATH must be set to wherever the necessary
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libraries are.
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<UL>
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<LI>On HP-UX, the equivalent environment variable is <CODE>SHLIB_PATH</CODE>.
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<LI>On AIX, the equivalent environment variable is <CODE>LIBPATH</CODE>.
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</UL>
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</UL>
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</UL>
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<HR>
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<H2><A NAME="s3">3. Common Sticking Points</A></H2>
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<LI>I'm sure there are bound to be some. Send
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<A HREF="mailto:leaf@mozilla.org"> me</A> mail.
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