Compiling and Installing Mozilla

download and untar the mozilla source

tar -jxvf  mozilla-source.tar.bz2

This is a build that relies on an object dir ie the mozilla source die is mozilla and the mozilla object dir is mozilla-obj

mozilla/ <-- Source dir
mozilla-obj/ <-- Object dir

What the .mozconfig should contain (it is to be put into the mozilla source dir)

# sh
# Build configuration script
#
# See http://www.mozilla.org/build/unix.html for build instructions.
#

# Options for 'configure' (same as command-line options).
ac_add_options --with-pthreads
#ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg=/usr
ac_add_options --with-system-zlib=/usr
ac_add_options --with-system-png=/usr
ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
ac_add_options --enable-calendar
ac_add_options --enable-xft
ac_add_options --enable-crypto
ac_add_options --enable-native-uconv
ac_add_options --enable-ldap-experimental
ac_add_options --enable-svg
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-reorder
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-xterm-updates
ac_add_options --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/local/mozilla
#ac_add_options --disable-shared
#ac_add_options --enable-static
export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
mk_add_options MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
mk_add_options BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
export BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
ac_add_options --enable-optimize='-O3 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686'
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/home/james/downloads/mozilla/mozilla-obj
export MOZ_INTERNAL_LIBART_LGPL=1
mk_add_options MOZ_INTERNAL_LIBART_LGPL=1

checkout-mozilla-and-build script put this in $PATH

#!/bin/sh
# cvs update and compile mozilla
SRC_TOP=/home/james/downloads/mozilla
SRC_ROOT=$SRC_TOP/mozilla
MOZILLA_OBJ=$SRC_TOP/mozilla-obj

cd $SRC_TOP
export CVSROOT=:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot


# cvs login
cvs co mozilla/client.mk

export MOZCONFIG=$MOZILLA_OBJ/.mozconfig

cd $SRC_ROOT

make -f client.mk pull_and_build_all