User talk:Kwpark1

Lab 3: Mozilla Build

Build Firefox 3

Result

Checking before install

This is the prerequisites checking

My Laptop's setting

• H/W
  • CPU: Genuine Intel CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
  • RAM: 512M (512M X 2)
  • HDD: 30G free of 90G
• S/W
  • Windows XP Pro. SP3
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  • .NET Framework 2.0
  • Microsoft Windows SDK(s)
  • MozillaBuild

Process

I did the easiest way of Mozilla Source Code via Mercurial

• Run batch file

  C:\mozilla-build\start-msvc8.bat

• Install Autoconf
• Get the mozilla source code

  hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ src

• Change current dir to src

  cd src

• Configuration

  echo 'ac_add_options --enable-application=browser' > .mozconfig 

  echo 'mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser' >> .mozconfig

• Bulid (need around 1Hr)

  make -f client.mk build

• Run firefox

  dist/bin/firefox -no-remote -profilemanager

Sept 16, 2008 Created