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Compiling Firefox

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• Started 12 years ago by namT
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   namT
   

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   Hello, I was wondering who compiled Firefox-10.02 for Slitaz.
   I was also wondering if I could get the .configure options for it so that I can try to compile Firefox-11.

   Or maybe someone could advise me if the following .configure options look sane for Slitaz:

   ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-webm --disable-dbus --disable-libnotify --enable-official-branding --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-debug --disable-crashreporter --disable-updater --disable-tests --disable-xinerama --disable-gnomevfs --disable-gnomeui --enable-safe-browsing --disable-accessibility --disable-logging --enable-strip --disable-necko-wifi --enable-application=browser --disable-libjpeg-turbo

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   Just use the Firefox package @ http://www.trixarian.net/SliTaz - yes I know it's a Firefox 4 package, but it can do what the default package can't which is upgrade itself to the latest version. No compiling required.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   namT
   

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   Thank You, Trixar

   But my intention is more than just to get the latest version. I want to try to compile it with less options than the standard Firefox, to see if I can get increased stability and/or speed out of it.

   I haven't compiled anything in Slitaz yet, so perhaps you could help me with this question:

   To compile, I need to install some development files with the following commands, correct?

   tazpkg get-install slitaz-toolchain
   tazpkg get-install ncurses-dev
   tazpkg get-install perl
   

   Are there other development files that I should install as well?

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   Add tazpkg get-install slitaz-dev-pkgs to that list - actually you can remove ncurses-dev because slitaz-dev-pkgs should pull it too.

   You would have had better luck with Midori though - Part of the reason Firefox runs so heavily is because part of it is written in Java and it uses an optimized and stripped down JavaVM to run those parts.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   namT
   

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   Trixar_za,

   Thanks for the info. I tried compiling Firefox in Puppy on a old Pentium4 with 512MB ram and I found the computer locked up several hours into the "make" process.
   I will let Firefox compile overnight (in Slitaz) on my Athlon X2 5200+ dual-core and see what happens.

   Midori is great for casual surfing but nothing beats Firefox's selection of addon tools.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   I used to think the same until I was force to use Midori for a while recently - It's a pretty good minimal solution and even comes with adblock plugin. Just a shame about the bookmark bug though

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   namT
   

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   I ended up installing the following packages:
   
   slitaz-toolchain
   perl
   slitaz-dev-pkgs
   dbus-glib
   dbus-dev
   dbus-glib-dev
   alsa-lib-dev
   mesa-dev
   tar
   zlib
   xz
   

   I compiled Firefox with almost the same options as in the first post, but I decided to enable dbus and the updater. All seems to be working, but I don't notice any difference in speed...well at least it works. Now I need to figure out how to package it. =)

   Posted 12 years ago #

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