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 prerequisites on the developer website to my machine.

Using the Synaptic Install Wizard, I located and downloaded each package listed on the Mozilla website ([http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Linux_Build_Prerequisites Linux Build Prerequisites]). The following packages were installed: