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[playdayz]

Note added instruction 2b.

Here is location of source for Firefox 5.0b2
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/5.0b2/source/

This is how to compile Firefox for your cpu, mainly for fun of course, but I got about an 8% speed improvement on the Peacekeeper browser benchmark. http://clients.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action Please be careful in distributing your optimized Firefox pet so that it is very clear what cpu it is for. I have been doing this repeatedly on Lucid 5.2.5 so if it does not work I have probably left something out--please ask. IMHO, the more people who can compile the better for Puppy.

1. Install the lupu_devx_525.sfs (contains files needed to compile)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.2.5/lupu_devx_525.sfs
Put it in /mnt/home, then Menu -> System -> Bootmanager -> Load SFS, move the devx to the right pane, close, and reboot

2. Download Firefox source code
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/4.0.1/source/

download -> firefox-4.0.1.source.tar.bz2

2b. Also download and install yasm, which is necessary for Firefox to support webm video.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/i386/yasm/download
Webm test files -> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1919639

3. Unpack the source code:

[Dingo]

I tried to build Firefox 4.xx on Puppy 3.01, but I had an error message about lacking of mozilla-libs

where can I get mozilla-libs?

[playdayz]

Dingo, You are one of the thousands of Puppians who know more than I do about this. I don't know. I was darn happy to get it working on Lucid 5.2.5

[Dingo]

I'll try again, (first attempt was a matter of few minutes before to sleep). If you want try, meanwhile, I read in past that -Os can sometimes give a minor memory footprint once application loads itself

since gcc 4.3.x (if I remember well), we can use a special switch

-mtune=native

that turns on all processor capabilities

in this way:

[puppyluvr]

Hello,
I needed this to build for nocona..(Intel with 64 support)
(Available via the PPM from the `butu repos as "YASM"..)
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/YASM...

Using march=xxx enables mtune=xxx so I used:

#export CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O3“
#export CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O3“
# ./configure --enable-application=browser --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var

Still "making"......

[playdayz]

Yes, puppyluvr, I knew I would forget something. I will add it to the instructions and provide a link. Yasm is necessary if the compiled Firefox is to support Webm video as I understand/remember it. I installed the Ubuntu Natty Yasm, and indeed the Firefox I built does support webm. I will provide links to that also. Thanks also to Dingo for the -march=native tip--I remember reading it now.

[Indy'spup]

This is where I butted heads with the fisrt road block, whenever I try to load the sfs file the boot configuration tool says no files exist!!

[666philb]

hi indy'spup

Using the bootmanager to load sfs files is for frugal installs only. For a full install you can use either of these....

this will install the sfs permanently (no uninstall)http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=44765

I've never tried this, but it seems you can also uninstall the sfs.....http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64587

[Indy'spup]

Thank You

After four days of reading I finally found buried in the dev section where it says exactly that!!

So I get it now, effectively limits compiling to a live build only go figure...

[666philb]

[scabz]

here is the .mozconfig i used to compile firefox 18.0 in precise for my cpu if anybody wants it, this line needs to be changed for your cpu

ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"

[scabz]

I got it worked out this line works great on firefox and seamonkey.