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=Introduction=
The first time I ran the build I encountered an error to do with missing packages. Once that got resolved I ran the build a second time and came across another error to do with another missing package. After getting the last package installed I ran the build a third time and finally got the build to complete without any more errors.
==Steps took Took to complete buildComplete Build==
*Asked Mike Lau a few questions about Ubuntu.
*Installed the build –essential, which is the synaptic package manager (i.e. Library Manager).
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*Logged into Mozilla CVS Repository.<pre>cvs login</pre>*Checked out the trunkbuild script<pre>cvs co mozilla/browser/config mozilla/client.mk</pre>*Created my .mozconfig file.<pre># Building Firefox Trunk with Debugging. $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig</pre>*Checked out the full source code. <pre>make -f client.mk checkout</pre>
*Started build for Firefox.
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make -f client.mk build
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*Received an error during my build. The [http://pastebin.ca/173662 error] stated that my /usr/bin/pkg-config was not found.
*I knew I was missing a package but I wasn’t sure what the name of the package was. So I used Google to see if I could find a solution. I didn’t find any useful links so I asked Mike Lau if he had come across any errors like the one I had.
=Screenshot=
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=Conclusion=
InfoThis whole process of building Firefox has been an experience that I plan on taking with me where ever I go. I have never worked on such a large project, and having the opportunity to be a part of it was very exciting. Since this was my first time building an open source project I must admit i did get a bit fustrated since I wasn't sure what I had to do or what I needed in order to build Firefox successfully. I got some useful information from Tom Aratyn and Dave Humphrey who first helped me out with trying to build Firefox on the Windows platform. Their information and the information I found on Google helped me to understand what I needed and what I had to do. Since my Firefox crashed on my Windows platform when the build finished, I decided to try the build on Ubuntu. Installing Ubuntu was a challenge since it was my first time installing a Linux operating system on my machine. After the installation I got even more confused on where to find things. I took some time to get familiarized with the interface which I picked up after a couple of minutes of looking around on the desktop. During the process of building Firefox I started to get confused when I read on the internet that you had to install specific packages and libraries. When I read this I automatically thought that I had to download the package and libraries from the internet. But then I figured out that I just needed to type a command in the terminal to install packages and install the library manager. This was one of the things I found really confusing, but now I am getting used to the Linux environment and plan to keep using it in the near future.
