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post Linux builds here :)

Post by michel v »

There is a demand for Linux builds of Minotaur, and it deserves to be fulfilled. :)
So if you have a working build of Minotaur on your Linux distribution, and can host it somewhere, post it here!

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Here's my modest contribution: a RedHat 8 build of Minotaur.
http://aleia.free.fr/stuff/minotaur-20030403.tar.bz2

Here are the options that I used in .mozconfig:
# sh
# Build configuration script
#
# See http://www.mozilla.org/build/unix.html for build instructions.
#

# Options for 'configure' (same as command-line options).

ac_add_options --enable-crypto
ac_add_options --disable-mathml
ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-activex
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --enable-extensions=wallet
ac_add_options --enable-xft
ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O2
export MOZ_MINOTAUR=1
mk_add_options MOZ_MINOTAUR=1
mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-@CONFIG_GUESS@
ac_add_options --enable-xterm-updates
ac_add_options --disable-debug
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Post by Franck »

Thanks for this build :)

After untar the build I'm unable to start Minotaur :
$: /home/franck/bin/minotaur-bin
error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
What am I missing ?

Running Mozilla 1.3 on RH 8.0
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Post by michel v »

Hmm, have you tried this?
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/path/to/phoenix/bin
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Post by Franck »

Yes,
I've also tried to copy the phoenix libmozjs.so into /home/franck/bin
Both with the same result :(
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Post by whiprush »

Just wanted to add that the first linux build for Minotaur works in Debian Sid as well.

Now we need XFT2 builds! :D
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Starting minotaur

Post by nrthomas »

Franck:

Don't you want to run minotaur instead of minotaur-bin ? That's a script that sets up all the environment variables for you then kicks off minotaur-bin.

This works the same way for mozilla and phoenix.
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Post by Franck »

Thanks CrazyFred !
It seems I was blind ;)
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Post by johnKFT »

I had the same problem, but when I call minotaur up comes Composer!! Exporting the path makes no difference. Any ideas? I looked inside minotaur and could not see any reference to Composer.
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Post by michel v »

Was your original Mozilla profile set to open Composer when you'd launch Mozilla?
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Post by Spewey »

Cool hack! You got Composer to open up? DEWD!
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Post by johnKFT »

Thanks Michel, that was the problem. I had a look in my ~/.mozilla/default/p9irrhad.sit/prefs.js and found this line:

user_pref("general.startup.editor", true);

I changed it to:

user_pref("general.startup.mail", true);

and 'bingo' up came Minotaur. This may be of interest to anyone wanting a standalone Composer.

Incidentally, one of the main reasons for changing from Galeon to Phoenix was to avoid having to have Mozilla. Can Minotaur be run without it? If I uninstall Mozilla completely (program and ~/.mozilla), putting all my plugins directly into Phoenix, will the Minotaur standalone build work?
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Post by cdn »

don't remove .mozilla just yet,

afaik there are no trunk builds of minotaur for linux (yet),

and because of this, minotaur isn't (yet) using .minotaur (or whatever) to store profiles

if you do delete .mozilla, you will probably need to start minotaur with:

$ minotaur -P

which will then create a new ~/.mozilla directory
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