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Firefox is built from source in order to have an optimised build for this low-memory environment.

Latest stable source: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.1/source/firefox-1.5.0.1-source.tar.bz2


Build process:

(1) Boot Puppy with usr_devx.sfs to ensure that a development environment is available
- either place on CD or with pup001

(2) Prepare source tree: 

# Assuming you have a hard disk to compile on
cd /mnt/home
wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.1/source/firefox-1.5.0.1-source.tar.bz2
tar jxvf firefox-1.5.0.1-source.tar.bz2
cd mozilla

(3) Customise a suitable .mozconfig:

See discussion: http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2198 

# See http://www.mozilla.org/build/ for build instructions.
# 

# Options for 'configure' (same as command-line options).

# Use separate Object directory to keep build tree clean
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-ff-@CONFIG_GUESS@

# We're building firefox
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
ac_add_options --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/firefox

# Extensions
#ac_add_options --enable-extensions=cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,universalchardet
ac_add_options --enable-extensions=cookie,xmlextras,pref,universalchardet

# Small system
ac_add_options --enable-necko-small-buffers
#ac_add_options --disable-necko-disk-cache

# Use gtk1.2 toolkit
ac_add_options --disable-toolkit-qt
ac_add_options --disable-toolkit-xlib
ac_add_options --enable-toolkit-gtk
ac_add_options --disable-toolkit-gtk2
ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk

# Use system libs
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
ac_add_options --with-system-png

# Disable
ac_add_options --disable-mailnews
ac_add_options --disable-composer
ac_add_options --disable-irc
ac_add_options --disable-calendar
ac_add_options --disable-ldap
ac_add_options --disable-gnomevfs
ac_add_options --disable-gnomeui
ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-freetype2
ac_add_options --disable-xprint
ac_add_options --disable-jsd
# We want Java plugin to work
#ac_add_options --disable-oji
ac_add_options --disable-accessibility
ac_add_options --disable-svg
ac_add_options --disable-mathml
ac_add_options --disable-logging
ac_add_options --disable-profilesharing

# Enable
ac_add_options --enable-crypto
ac_add_options --enable-single-profile

# Compile options
ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-Os"
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-strip


(4) Compile: 

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib                                    
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH                                                          
gmake -f client.mk build                                                        
gmake -C obj-ff-i686-pc-linux-gnu/browser/installer

Installation: 

cd /usr/lib                                                                   
tar zxvf /mnt/home/mozilla/obj-ff-i686-pc-linux-gnu/dist/firefox-1.5.0.1.en-US.linux-i686-gtk1.tar.gz
cp mozstart /usr/lib/firefox
chmod +x /usr/lib/firefox/mozstart
ln -sf /usr/lib/firefox/mozstart /usr/local/bin/mozstart

mozstart: 

#!/bin/sh

# We don't want more than one instance running.

COMTAIL="$@"

URLPREFIX="`echo "$COMTAIL" | grep --extended-regexp "http://|ftp://|https://|file://|-mail|-edit|-addressbook|-calendar|-remote"`"
if [ "$URLPREFIX" = "" ];then
 [ "$COMTAIL" = "" ] || COMTAIL="file://${COMTAIL}"
fi

ps | grep "firefox\-bin" > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ];then #=0 if found.
 exec /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox -remote "openURL($COMTAIL,new-tab)"
else
 exec /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin $COMTAIL
fi


Packaging for Puppy:

DotPup used instead of PupGet since both neither can use script-based functionality with PCCC & DotPups are more easily added to a live system (can simply double-click in ROX)

dotpup.sh: 

#!/bin/bash

# unzip the files using absolute paths
tar -xzpvP --no-same-owner -f firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz

# post-unzip tasks
ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
ln -sf /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox
echo "/usr/lib/firefox" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
ldconfig

# Set as default Browser
ln -sf /usr/lib/firefox/mozstart /usr/local/bin/mozstart

# Register with PupGet as an alien package
echo '"firefox-1.5.0.1" "firefox-1.5.0.1" on "GTK1APPS 7.3M" \' >> /root/.packages/alienpackages.txt
echo "firefox-1.5.0.1" > /root/.packages/firefox-1.5.0.1.keyword
mv /tmp/firefox-1.5.0.1.files /root/.packages/firefox-1.5.0.1.files

# Register with menus
/usr/sbin/fixmenus  /root  +Firefox

exit 0

tar cvfP firefox-1.5.0.1.tar /usr/lib/firefox                                
find /usr/lib/firefox > /tmp/firefox-1.5.0.1.files                           
find /tmp/firefox-1.5.0.1.files >> /tmp/firefox-1.5.0.1.files                 
tar rvfP firefox-1.5.0.1.tar /tmp/firefox-1.5.0.1.files                       
gzip -9 firefox-1.5.0.1.tar                                                    
md5sum dotpup.sh > md5sum.txt                                                   
md5sum firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz >> md5sum.txt                                 
zip -r -9 firefox-1.5.0.1.pup dotpup.sh md5sum.txt firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz


Install package: 

dotpuprox.sh firefox-1.5.0.1.pup
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