build firefox in debian sid

lmmix · 02-16-2005, 02:08 AM

Hi,

i have built firefox cvs version.

./configure --enable-application=browser
make

removed debian-firefox through aptitude.

make install
firefox

all was fine, but after running it, i realized that the font is so ugly..
so i rolled back.

removed firefox files in /usr/local by hand through nautilus as root.
installed debian-firefox through aptitude.

the compiled source is still here, so how to enable pretty font in firefox gui?
i want to know the debian way.

--
PS: please remove the ID: "dmigh", "L-system". it was me.

Andrew Benton · 02-16-2005, 02:25 AM

I find it easiest to put the configure options in a mozconfig file inside the mozilla source. To make an xft (pretty font) build, try these options in your mozconfig

Code:

. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
ac_add_options --enable-xft
ac_add_options --disable-freetype2

lmmix · 02-16-2005, 08:02 AM

Thanks. works like charm.

first i tried it to the compiled source, make make install it failed.
2nd, make clean, rm config.cache, and make make install,it also failed.

3rd, rm -rf mozilla, get the cvs again,

export CVSROOT=

server:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot
cvs login
anonymous
cvs checkout mozilla/client.mk
cd mozilla/
make -f client.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
./configure --enable-application=browser --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 --enable-xft --disable-freetype2
make; make install

it works.

--
Linux debian 2.6.11-rc4
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050216 Firefox/1.0+

PS:
./configure --enable-application=browser --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 --enable-xft --disable-freetype2 --enable-pango

some useful tip: devhelp with firefox
http://www.imendio.com/projects/devhelp/

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/

ln -s /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/firefox-xpcom.pc /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/mozilla-xpcom.pc (as root)

ln -s /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/firefox-nspr.pc /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/mozilla-nspr.pc (as root)

comment out 48, 49
vi +48 /usr/local/include/firefox-1.0+/nsEmbedString.h (as root)

./configure --with-mozilla=firefox ; make

make install (as root)

now, you got the devhelp without mozilla. devhelp-books.