fred smith wrote: >> >>In case anyone is interested, I managed to rebuild firefox 18.0.1 on >>CentOS 5 (i686) without too many problems >> >>It appears to run fine on CentOS 5 >> >>If anyone wants to know the details, then let me know > > > I've been thinking of trying to build it here, but haven't had time and > energy, both at the same time, to try it. I have built firefox before, > but not for several years, so it's probably changed since then. > > But, yes, I'd like to see the gory details. Ok - this is what I did: You need a more recent gcc/g++ - the latest gcc44 and g++44 that comes with CentOS 5 appears to work fine - so install these: sudo yum install gcc44 g++44 You might need to install various other devel RPMS - the page at <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Compiling_32-bit_Firefox_on_a_Linux_64-bit_OS> gives an idea of what may be needed - the doc is for building 32 bit firefox on a fedora17 64 bit box - but gives some clues as to what else may be needed ... The build process also needs python 2.6 - I happened to to have a local build of python 2.6, so I used that. But I believe python26 can be installed from other repos Download and extract the firefox source from <ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/18.0.1/source/firefox-18.0.1.source.tar.bz2> In the top level mozilla-release directory, create the file "mozconfig" containing something like: . $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig ac_add_options --enable-update-channel=release --enable-update-packaging --enable-official-branding --enable-stdcxx-compat --disable-gio mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4" export BUILD_OFFICIAL=1 export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1 mk_add_options BUILD_OFFICIAL=1 mk_add_options MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1 CC="gcc44" CXX="g++44" You may also need to add the line (something like): PYTHON="python26" i.e. the name/path of your python 2.6 binary Note: the ac_add_options line is based on what is given via about:buildconfig when running a mozilla.org firefox 18 release - I removed the '--enable-warnings-as-errors' flag and added '--disable-gio' - as CentOS 5 doesn't have GIO support (???) Then build by running: make -f client.mk Go and have a coffee or two If all is OK, then do: cd obj-i686-pc-linux-gnu make package The bzip2'd tar archive will then be in the dist subdirectory The above worked for me ... James Pearson