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User:Mdsouza/Assignment 01: Build the Fox

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The Build Begins
==Downloaded And Installed The Tools==
*Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET 2003® (C++ module is needed mainly). It's available from [http://acs.senecac.on.ca/pages/download.php ACS] -- [http://sonic.senecac.on.ca/download/getfile.php?username=sfernan2&filename=MSDN/2072.2.ISO Pre-requesite Disc], [http://sonic.senecac.on.ca/download/getfile.php?username=sfernan2&filename=MSDN/2070.ISO Disc 1], [http://sonic.senecac.on.ca/download/getfile.php?username=sfernan2&filename=MSDN/2071.ISO Disc 2]
*[http://www.rarlabs.com WinRar] to extract several archive files
*[ftp://ftp.cygwin.com/pub/cygwin/setup.exe Cygwin] | [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#GNU_Tools_for_Microsoft_Windows_.28Cygwin.29 More Info] | [http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin Main Website]
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1. Use '''WinRAR''' to extract the file to any folder of your choosing.2. Copy the make.exe file located within the usr/bin folder and overwrite the make.exe located in '''C:\cygwin\bin'''
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1. Created a directory called '''C:\proj'''
2. [[User:Mdsouza/Assignment_01:_Build_the_Fox#Downloaded_And_Installed_The_Tools|Downloaded and Installed ]] the necessary software above.
3. Created my [[User:Mdsouza/Assignment_01:_Build_the_Fox#Batch_File|batch file]] and [[User:Mdsouza/Assignment_01:_Build_the_Fox#.mozconfig_File|.mozconfig file]].
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8. Kept waiting for it to build (it took a couple of hours suprisingly). A [[User:Mdsouza/Assignment_01:_Build_the_Fox#Problems_And_Solutions|couple of bugs ]] below came up, I checked my
[[User:Mdsouza/Assignment_01:_Build_the_Fox#Did_The_Boring_Stuff|resources]] and [http://www.google.com Google], fixed the problems and FINALLY finished it successfully!
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