User:Mdsouza/Assignment 01: Build the Fox

Overview

The way I decided to proceed with this assignment was to read all the information out there about how the build process works before trying anything out. I did this to decrease my chances that I do not fall into a "try, fail, try again" scenario.

As you'll notice below I mentioned the tools one needs, steps I took, and problems that I tackled to get me through the processing of building firefox!

Computer Specs

• Intel Pentium IV 1.7 GHz
• 1GB of RAM
• 40GB Hard Drive
• Windows XP Professional

Steps Took To Build the Fox

Did The Boring Stuff

Here are some of the sites I spent the most time reading:

• Windows Build Prerequisites
• Windows Build Documentation
• David Humphrey's Guide to Building Firefox (and the links from there)
• Mozilla Build FAQ
• Getting Make to place nice with Cygwin
• Firefox Build Forum @ MozillaZine

Downloaded And Installed The Tools

• Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET 2003® (C++ module is needed mainly). It's available from ACS -- Pre-requesite Disc), Disc 1, Disc 2
• WinRar to extract several files
• Cygwin | More Info | Cyqwin Main Website
• Make 3.80 (to overwrite the 3.81 version from the Cygwin install)
• MozTools | MozTools Info
• Microsoft ® Windows Server® 2003 R2 Platform SDK | More Info
• NSIS Installer | More Info