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==My Notebook Specifications==
;Intel Pentium 4 Processor-M 1.6 MHz;512 MB RAM;40 gig Hard Drive;Dual Boot – Ubuntu and Windows XP
This computer is about 5 years old, so let’s see how it holds up in a Firefox build. Let the build begin!
Since I have already installed the latest version of Ubuntu on my notebook, I would only require a few more packages before I can execute my first build. My first step was to install any of the missing build perquisites on the developer website to my machine.
[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Linux_Build_PrerequisitesLinux Build Prerequisites]
Using the Synaptic Install Wizard, I located and downloaded each package listed on the Mozilla website.
Once again, I initiated the build command described above to restart the Firefox build. After 1 hour into the build process, I noticed a consistent flow of error messages being display on my terminal. Minutes later, the build crashed. It turns out that I was missing a file called ‘int_types.h’ that caused various build files to crash as they could not resolve to this header file. After various google searches with no results, I decided to venture into the google newsgroups in hopes of an answer. To my surprise, many users were having the same issue. Described in many cases, my current situation was a result of not having the g++ package installed. I quickly installed the g++ package and re-executed the build command.
The build process this time failed much quicker then my previous tempt. Once again I received the same error as before. This time, I decided to venture into IRC and talk to my fellow classmates about the problem I was having. Within minutes, I had various users assisting me with my build problems. Tom (mystic) took the time to ensure that I had the required packages installed libraries installed. Dave quickly asked me about my make version and described how it may cause an issue if I had the wrong version installed. After double checking all the requirements listed by Tom and Dave were correct on my system, I decided to delete and re-checkout the whole Mozilla browser code from the truck. Crossing my figures, I executed the build command in hopes that my previous snapshot of the repository was corrupted. Surely enough, I was right! (What a guess) 3 hours later, I had my first Firefox build!
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