I;m trying to build xulrunner from slackbuilds and after around 1/2 hour of building it failed with

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [libxul.so] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/mozilla-release/toolkit/library'
make[2]: *** [libs_tier_platform] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/mozilla-release'
make[1]: *** [tier_platform] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/mozilla-release'
make: *** [default] Error 2

On the slackbuild page it says

Note:
If you have to install jdk you need to run ". /etc/profile" before
trying to compile xurlrunner.

But I'm not sure what that means or how to do it.

hi itsgregman,

if you're feeling brave can you please check if this works for you?

http://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/xulrunner/14.1/

I tried to updated it in pair with stable's version of firefox (adapting the SlackBuild like the firefox's one): I used it here to build gnash and all went fine.

I also prepared packages to avoid other people the hassle of building it.

that means that you need some environment variables defined (namely JAVA_HOME) and java in yout PATH so, if you have just installed jdk, you have to issue in the terminal root shell that you will use to build xulrunner the command
(note the leading dot and the space after) that would take care of it.

Jdk is the Java Development Kit you get from java.com and install with the SlackBuild script from the /extras on the installation disk.

Honestly, xulrunner isn't really needed as SeaMonkey and FireFox both include it, but it should still build.

Thank you ponce. I used your xulrunner and think I found my problem. After installing your package I installed vuze (which is why I needed xulrunner) and it still wouldn't start because java was missing. Looking at the slack docs i found I had to log out then back in for Java to be available. this is probably why xulrunner wouldnt build for me in the first place. After a restart vuse started normally so all is good now. I think they probably should include the information on the jdk slackbuild page that it requires a restart to be detected, that would possibly avoid any issues for others needing jdk as a dependency for something else.


edit

I just saw your edit, thanks for the additional info.