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= Assignment 1 =
installed required packages
<pre>
sudo apt-get install gcc cpp g++ cvssudo apt-get install build-essentialsudo apt-get install libc6-dev sudo apt-get install libx11-dev make gdb sudo apt-get install libxt-devsudo apt-get install libidl-dev
</pre>
got the source
<pre>cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:/cvsroot co -r
MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH mozilla/client.mk
</pre>
made my .mozconfig file in the mozilla directory
<pre>make -f client.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser</pre>
Built
<pre>make -f client.mk build </pre>
got screenshot
<pre>
cd dis/bin
./firefox
</pre>
== Software ==
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - DD June 06 release
80 Gig Removable Drive
1.8GHz AMD w/ 512MB RAM
== Problems ==
My major problem was the installation of my operating system.
The first time I tried to install Ubuntu, they closed the open lab at
5:00 and I was almost done. The second time I installed it I did it at home
had no problems, that I was aware of; I even installed VMware, XP and Visual studios. When I got to school to start the build I was unable to run Ubuntu
because I was missing some server and there were a few other problems with the X11.
I tried to fix however in trying to repairer this I deleted my installation. and had to start again. The next installation I did I did at the school and started the build there. The problems continued. I would run the apt-get install and I got dependency errors when trying to get the lib files and gtk toolkit.
I then tied to install each package independently from the gtk ftp cite I ended up with circular dependencies. Someone suggested that it might have been a problem with my insulation and sure enough my CD was bad.
From there I only had two minor problems and that was when I was at the school and I tried to co the source and I was getting a weird error when I tried to do the make -f client.mk checkout I had to add a target to the end.
== Solutions ==
Ubuntu problem:
bought new CD and re burned the image.
target error:
<pre>make -f client.mk checkout MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser</pre>
== Resources ==
=== people: ===
Ben -- linux help
Tom -- linux help
Mike -- build
Vanessa -- lib gtk
=== web sites: ===
== Screenshot ==
[[Image:eldaveyA1.jpg]]
== Conclusions and reflections ==
I am too stubborn. I should have given up after two nights and
moved to a different OS, however I was determined to get it working.
Had I moved to a different OS I might have realized it wasn't me it was my instillation CD was bad.