Difference between revisions of "User:Cgomes7/Firefox Build"
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'''Resources''' | '''Resources''' | ||
*[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/build_documentation Build Documentation] | *[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/build_documentation Build Documentation] | ||
| + | *[http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-zip] | ||
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'''Steps''' | '''Steps''' | ||
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- Download the latest [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-Latest.exe MozillaBuild package]. This package contains other software that will be needed to successfully build Firefox. | - Download the latest [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-Latest.exe MozillaBuild package]. This package contains other software that will be needed to successfully build Firefox. | ||
| + | - Install MozillaBuild. Default location is C:\mozilla-build. | ||
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| + | - Run the one of the following batch files. In my case I am using visual studio 2010, so I lauched C:\mozilla-build\start-msvc10.bat. | ||
| + | start-msvc8.bat (VS 2005) | ||
| + | start-msvc9.bat (VS 2008) | ||
| + | start-msvc10.bat (VS 2010) | ||
- Download the source code for the release version you would like to build. In this case, I downloaded the source code for [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/4.0b9/source/ Firefox 4.0b9] | - Download the source code for the release version you would like to build. In this case, I downloaded the source code for [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/4.0b9/source/ Firefox 4.0b9] | ||
Revision as of 15:04, 18 January 2011
Lab 1 - Firefox Build
Resources
Steps
- Check Firefox build prerequisites for the OS you will be using. I was using Windows 7. Windows Prerequisites
- Download the latest MozillaBuild package. This package contains other software that will be needed to successfully build Firefox.
- Install MozillaBuild. Default location is C:\mozilla-build.
- Run the one of the following batch files. In my case I am using visual studio 2010, so I lauched C:\mozilla-build\start-msvc10.bat. start-msvc8.bat (VS 2005) start-msvc9.bat (VS 2008) start-msvc10.bat (VS 2010) - Download the source code for the release version you would like to build. In this case, I downloaded the source code for Firefox 4.0b9
