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Submitted by [[User:Elichak|Liz Chak]] (elichak)
=Introduction=
I built Firefox on Win32 using Visual Studio .NET 2005. It took me merely 45 minutes to cleanly build Mozilla (dynamic build), but literally the whole night to figure out a [[Liz_Chak_Assignment_1#Problem:_.22target_.60c.27_doesn.27t_match_the_target_pattern.22_error|problem]].
I hope this documentation will help those of you heroes who intend to make an attempt to build Firefox on a <b>Windows XP</b> operation operating system using <b>Visual Student .NET 2005</b> as the compiler.
=Build Prerequisites=
<b>Visual Studio.NET 2005</b>
*Obtain a copy of VS.NET 2005 from [http://acs.senecac.on.ca/pages/download.php ACS downloads] {Note: You need your Seneca Learn ID or Mercury ID to access the site).
*Download [http://www.free-downloads.net/downloads/Daemon_Tools/ Daemon Tools] (or google for Daemon Tools) to extract the iso files.
*Run the installer, it will cleanly install VS.NET 2005.
**unzip -- zip file extraction (Archive category)
**zip -- zip file creation (Archive category)
<b>Note: Make 3.80 is no longer available in the Cygwin setup installer.</b>
<b>Make 3.80 (Important to avoid [[Liz_Chak_Assignment_1#Problem:_.22target_.60c.27_doesn.27t_match_the_target_pattern.22_error|problems]])</b>
*Download [http://cygwin.paracoda.com/release/make/make-3.80-1.tar.bz2 Make 3.80]
*Extract it and install it
*As it is a binary package, you could just grab the Make executable file (make.exe) from <b>/usr/bin/</b> and drop it in <b>Cywgincywgin/bin</b> (this will overwrite the existing Make executable)*Double check if you have the right Make package by typing this command(change to the directory <b>cywgin/bin</b>):
<pre>
$ make -v
GNU Make 3.80
</pre>
=Configuration=
5. Run the <b>buildsetup.bat</b> script in <b>C:\proj</b>:<pre>$buildsetup.bat</pre>
*To check which program you're running, type <b>which link</b> in the command line after you run the environment variable script (buildsetup.bat) and it will tell you the link:
<pre>
$which link
$/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsfot Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/link
</pre>
*It will be the cygwin or Microsoft link depending on which one you set in the <b>buildsetup.bat</b>
==Check out mozilla source==
#Login to the mozilla CVS repository in <b>C:\proj</b>: <pre>$cvs login</pre>
#Type in <b>anonymous</b> as the password when prompted(NOTE: ignore the error message related to .cvspass)
#Checkout the build script in <b>C:\proj\</b><pre>$cvs co mozilla/browser/config mozilla/client.mk</pre>
#* A <b>C:\proj\mozilla</b> directory is created.
#* It takes awhile for the source to get downloaded. Be patient.
4. After source is downloaded successfully, create a text file with the filename <b>.mozconfig</b> (filename should be exactly how it's spelt: .mozconfig) in the editor of your preference in <b>C:\proj\mozilla</b>
<pre>
# Building Firefox Trunk with Debugging
# I'm using Canvas for my work
ac_add_options --enable-canvas
# I disabled the installer
ac_add_options --disable-installer
</pre>
*Note that I have disabled static build, meaning my Firefox will build dynamically: <pre>ac_add_options --disable-static</pre> A static build is one that doesn't need external libraries to run. To run a build dynamically, you require all the development libraries and so on installed. A static build takes more time than a dynamic build.
5. Get the full source from CVS (By default, you will build HEAD, which is Firefox 3.0):
<pre>
$cd \proj\mozilla
$make -f client.mk checkoutMOZ_CO_PROJECT=browser
</pre>
6. Build the source in <b>C:\proj\mozilla</b> <pre>$make -f client.mk build</pre>
The time it takes to build Firefox depends on your machine. It could take as little as 16 minutes or as long as 3 hours! Just be patient and a miracle will happen (unless the console spurts out error code - refer to my list of [[Liz_Chak_Assignment_1#Problems_and_Solutions|problems]] if you encounter any, hopefully it helps).
Your newly built monster, I mean, Firefox will be in <b>C:\proj\mozilla\firefox-objdir\dist\bin</b>. Double click on the executable file that looks like a time-bomb minefield (and cross your fingers to hope that it wouldn't crash your system).
=My first failed attempt to build Firefox 1.8.1=
My typical solution to any problems is "consulting" my old friend [http://www.google.com Google]. It seemed like quite a few people encountered the same problem. I found out from a forum that the problem was that I didn't have the right version of Make. I had Make 3.81 which should have been Make 3.80.
I pulled up the [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#GNU_Tools_for_Microsoft_Windows_.28Cygwin.29 GNU Tools for Microsoft Windows (Cygwin)] installation guide again, and realized that I have missed out the part where it mentioned <b>make 3.80 (not 3.81!) -- dependency analyzer for software builds (Devel category)</b> as one of the required packages. <b>However, when I reinstalled Cygwin again, it didn't give me an option to choose Make 3.80!! (I think this is a serious issue and should be outlined in the </b> <b>[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#GNU_Tools_for_Microsoft_Windows_.28Cygwin.29 Windows Build Documentationis updated - 17:15, Sept 16 2006 (EST)]</b>
I tried various solutions (hunted for an older version of Cygwin to install and linking Make 3.80 from Cygwin with ln -s command) but my build still failed. It was frustrating, because through most of the forums that discussed about this problem, it seemed like everyone didn't have a problem "rolling back to version 3.80". However, the version of Cygwin that I installed didn't have the older version of Make and I wasn't the only person experiencing that problem at that time. Both my classmate and I tried the various solutions as per my suggestions but they all failed. After several unsuccessful attempts, I consulted [[User:Sancus|Sancus (Andrei Hajdukewycz)]] for a solution (which was easier than I thought), and the miracle happened, Firefox was then successfully built!! (Sheds a tear of joy..)
==Solution to the above "target `c' doesn't match the target pattern" error==
*Install Cywgin from [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Windows_Build_Prerequisites#GNU_Tools_for_Microsoft_Windows_.28Cygwin.29 here]
*Download [http://cygwin.paracoda.com/release/make/make-3.80-1.tar.bz2 Make 3.80](Make sure the existing version on your system is cleanly removed all else there will be version conflicts)*If that doesn't work then just uninstall make then install version 3.80 from source.
*Extract it and install it
*As it is a binary package, you could just grab the Make executable file (make.exe) from <b>/usr/bin/</b> and drop it in <b>Cywgincywgin/bin</b> (this will overwrite the existing Make executable)*Double check if you have the right Make package by typing this command(change to the directory <b>cywgin/bin</b>):
<pre>
$ make -v
I also learned from [[User:Sancus|Sancus]] that you can dump the Make package in your Cygwin packages temp directory and the installer will let you install it (I didn't actually try that). The mirrors don't seem to have properly set up setup.hint files to point to the old versions of the Make files.
==Miscellaneous problems and solutions==
I encountered an error code when I tried to build <b>without double-checking if I check-marked all the packages required for the Firefox build during my Cygwin installation</b>. This problem will also occur if you are installing an older version of Cygwin which doesn't have all the packages required for the Firefox build. Here is a sample of the error code:
<pre>
make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/proj/mozilla/firefox-objdir/config'
I believe this error occurred because the Make build tool couldn't find the Perl package.
=Minefield Screen Shot=
The following is a screen shot of "About Minefield" (Help -> About Minefield):
[[Image:Liz_minefield.jpg]]
=Contributors=
[[User:Sancus|Andrei Hajdukewycz]] (sancus)
: Helped me with placing Make 3.80 in Cygwin
[[User:David.humphrey|Dave Humphrey]] (dave)
: Well-documented and concise: [http://cs.senecac.on.ca/%7Edavid.humphrey/writing/firefox-win32-build.html David Humphrey's Guide to Building Firefox on Win32 using Visual Studio .NET 2005]
[[User:djhamp-g|David Hamp-Gonsalves]] (inveigle)
: Head start with the <b>first</b> attempt to build Firefox!
=Resources=
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Developer Center]
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation Mozilla Build Documentation]
If it wasn't for the following people, I wouldn't have my great Firefox built:
*Special thanks to [[User:Sancus|Andrei Hajdukewycz]] (sancus) for guiding me through the most difficult part of the build process and helping me have a little more understanding of the Firefox build!!*[[User:David.humphrey|Dave Humphrey]](dave): Thanks for transferring your Firefox build knowledge. It definitely a great summary to the [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation Mozilla Build Documentation].
=Conclusion=
