diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index bc85852ed9b..33f7e516220 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,306 +1,20 @@ -============================================================== +For information on how to build Mozilla from the source code, see: -= = = = = = = = = = Mozilla Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = + http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation -============================================================== +To have your bug fix / feature added to Mozilla, you should create a patch and +submit it to Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org). Instructions are at: -Mozilla is subject to the terms detailed in the license -agreement accompanying it. + http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_a_patch + http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Getting_your_patch_in_the_tree -This Read Me file contains information about system -requirements and installation instructions for the Windows, -Mac OS, and Linux builds of Mozilla. +If you have a question about developing Mozilla, and can't find the solution +on http://developer.mozilla.org, you can try asking your question in a +mozilla.* Usenet group, or on IRC at irc.mozilla.org. [The Mozilla news groups +are accessible on Google Groups, or news.mozilla.org with a NNTP reader.] -For more info on Mozilla, see www.mozilla.org. To submit bugs -or other feedback, see the Navigator QA menu and check out -Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org for links to known -bugs, bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help -with Bugzilla by pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine -at irc.mozilla.org. +You can download nightly development builds from the the Mozilla FTP server. +Keep in mind that nightly builds, which are used by Mozilla developers for +testing, may be buggy. Firefox nightlies, for example, can be found at: - -============================================================== - - Getting Mozilla - -============================================================== - -You can download nightly builds of Mozilla from the -Mozilla.org FTP site at - - ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/nightly/ - -For the very latest builds, see - - ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/nightly/latest-trunk - -Keep in mind that nightly builds, which are used by -Mozilla.org developers for testing, may be buggy. If you are -looking for a more polished version of Mozilla, Mozilla.org -releases Milestone builds of Mozilla every six weeks or so -that you can download from - - http://www.mozilla.org/releases - -Be sure to read the Mozilla release notes for information -on known problems and installation issues with Mozilla. -The release notes can be found at the preceding URL along -with the milestone releases themselves. - -Note: Please use Talkback builds whenever possible. These -builds allow transmission of crash data back to Mozilla -developers, improved crash analysis, and posting of crash -information to our crash-data newsgroup. - - -============================================================== - - System Requirements - -============================================================== - -*All Platforms - - To view and use the new streamlined "Modern" theme, - your display monitor should be set to display - thousands of colors. For users who cannot set their - displays to use more than 256 colors, Mozilla.org - recommends using the "Classic" theme for Mozilla. - - To select the Modern theme after you have installed - Mozilla, from the Navigator browser, open the View - menu, and then open then open the Apply Theme submenu - and choose Modern. - -*Mac OS - - -Mac OS X or later - -PowerPC processor (266 MHz or faster recommended) - -64 MB RAM - -36 MB of free hard disk space - -*Windows - - -Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000 or XP - -Intel Pentium class processor (233 MHz or faster - recommended) - -64 MB RAM - -26 MB free hard disk space - -*Linux - - -The following library versions (or compatible) are - required: glibc 2.1, XFree86 3.3.x, GTK 1.2.x, Glib - 1.2.x, Libstdc++ 2.9.0. Red Hat Linux 6.0, - Debian 2.1, and SuSE 6.2 (or later) installations - should work. - -Red Hat 6.x users who want to install the Mozilla - RPM must have at least version 4.0.2 of rpm - installed. - -Intel Pentium class processor (233 MHz or faster - recommended) - -64MB RAM - -26MB free hard disk space - - -============================================================== - - Installation Instructions - -============================================================== - -For Mac OS and Windows users, it is strongly recommended that -you exit all programs before running the setup program. Also, -you should temporarily disable virus-detection software. - -For Linux users, note that the installation instructions use -the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands -accordingly. - -For all platforms, install into a clean (new) directory. -Installing on top of previously released builds may cause -problems. - -Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Mozilla. -For info on building the Mozilla source, see - - http://www.mozilla.org/source.html - - -Windows Installation Instructions ---------------------------------- - -Note: For Windows NT/2000/XP systems, you need Administrator -privileges to install Mozilla. If you see an "Error 5" message -during installation, make sure you're running the installation -with Administrator privileges. - - - To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, - follow these steps: - - 1. Click the the mozilla-win32-installer.exe link on - the site you're downloading Mozilla from to download - the installer file to your machine. - - 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and - double-click the Mozilla program icon on your machine - to begin the Setup program. - - 3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup - program. The program starts automatically the first - time. - - - To install Mozilla by downloading the .zip file and - installing manually, follow these steps: - - 1. Click the mozilla-win32-talkback.zip link or the - mozilla-win32.zip link on the site you're down- - loading Mozilla from to download the .zip file to - your machine. - - 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and - double-click the compressed file. - - Note: This step assumes you already have a recent - version of WinZip installed, and that you know how to - use it. If not, you can get WinZip and information - about the program at www.winzip.com. - - 3. Extract the .zip file to a directory such as - C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla. - - 4. To start Mozilla, navigate to the directory you - extracted Mozilla to and double-click the Mozilla.exe - icon. - - -Mac OS X Installation Instructions ----------------------------------- - - To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla disk image, - follow these steps: - - 1. Click the mozilla-mac-MachO.dmg.gz link to download - it to your machine. By default, the download file is - downloaded to your desktop. - - 2. Once you have downloaded the .dmg.gz file, drag it - onto Stuffit Expander to decompress it. If the disk - image doesn't mount automatically, double-click on the - .dmg file to mount it. If that fails, and the file - does not look like a disk image file, do a "Show Info" - on the file, and, in the "Open with application" - category, choose Disk Copy. In Mac OS 10.2, you can - use "Open with" from the context menu. - - 3. Once the disk image mounts, open it, and drag the - Mozilla icon onto your hard disk. - - 4. We recommend that you copy it to the Applications - folder. - - 5. Now Eject the disk image. - - 6. If you like, you can drag Mozilla to your dock to - have it easily accessible at all times. You might also - wish to select Mozilla as your default browser in the - Internet system preferences pane (under the Web tab). - - -Linux Installation Instructions -------------------------------- - -Note: If you install in the default directory (which is -usually /usr/local/mozilla), or any other directory where -only the root user normally has write-access, you must -start Mozilla first as root before other users can start -the program. Doing so generates a set of files required -for later use by other users. - - - To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, - follow these steps: - - 1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla) - and change to that directory (cd mozilla). - - 2. Click the link on the site you're downloading - Mozilla from to download the installer file - (called mozilla-1686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz) - to your machine. - - 3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and - decompress the archive with the following command: - - tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz - - The installer is now located in a subdirectory of - Mozilla named mozilla-installer. - - 4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory - (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the - ./mozilla-installer command. - - 5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for - installing Mozilla. - - Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the - installation may take some time. In this case, the - installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely, - even though the installation is still in process. - - 6. To start Mozilla, change to the directory where you - installed it and run the ./mozilla command. - - - To install Mozilla by downloading the tar.gz file: - - 1. Create a directory named "mozilla" (mkdir mozilla) - and change to that directory (cd mozilla). - - 2. Click the link on the site you're downloading - Mozilla from to download the non-installer - (mozilla*.tar.gz) file into the mozilla directory. - - 3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and - decompress the file with the following command: - - tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz - - This creates a "mozilla" directory under your mozilla - directory. - - 4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla). - - 5. Run Mozilla with the following run script: - - ./mozilla - - - To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, - follow these steps: - - 1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, - and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher. - - 2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and - enter the following command: - directory_name./mozilla - - where directory_name is the name of the directory - you downloaded mozilla to. For example, the default - directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla. - - 3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment - if you wish. - - 4. Click the icon button and type in the following as - the icon's location: - - directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm - - where directory name is the directory where you - installed Mozilla. For example, the default directory - is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm. + ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/