Firefox

Building Firefox from source on 64-bit Linux, including the 32-bit libraries it needs and the problems met along the way.

Prepare

• 64-bit linux (Scientific Linux Fermi)
• install 32-bit libs
  • yum install glibc*.i686
  • yum install zlib*.i686
  • yum install ncurses*.i686
  • yum install libstdc++*.i686
  • yum install *libGL*.i686
  • yum install *X11*.i686
  • Python 2.7.3 above (https://www.python.org/download/)
  • ccache (http://ccache.samba.org/download.html)
  • yasm (http://yasm.tortall.net/Download.html)
  • CMake 2.8 or higher is required (http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html)
• If you are using APU, please install drivers for GPU in linux:
  • http://driverscollection.com/?H=A8-3850&By=AMD
• Install Android ndk toolchain
  • https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r13-linux-x86_64.zip
  • export B2G_ANDROID_NDK_PATH=/opt/android-ndk
• Install tools
  • sudo apt-get install flex
• Install autoconf213
  • sudo apt-get install linuxbrew-wrapper
  • brew tap homebrew/versions
  • brew install autoconf213

source

• git clone git://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G.git

Build

• ./config.sh (device name ex., flame-kk)
• ./build.sh

Build trouble shooting

When you are using angle brackets in include (e.g. #include <xyz>) 
it does not look in the directory from where the include is done. Use double quotes instead, e.g. #include "xyz".

Run

• start ADB server
  • adb start-server
• ./run-emulator.sh

Reference

• Preparing for your first B2G build