From 4fbdc2cdabcf3cd2ed7c33731e1d009a8f6f5c64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Groman <tgroman@nuegia.net>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:46:26 -0700
Subject: updated build documentation to reflect mach changes

---
 BUILD | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 BUILD

(limited to 'BUILD')

diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d1a8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+1. Install build dependencies
+
+Python 2.7.X
+Autoconf 2.13
+Yasm 1.2.0 or newer
+Perl
+Gnu C Compiler version 4.9.3 or newer (9.X.X reccomended)
+
+2. Install runtime dependencies
+
+libXt
+zip
+freetype
+fontconfig
+glibc
+libffi
+dbus
+dbus-glib
+gtk+2
+alsa-lib
+jack2
+ffmpeg
+
+3. prepare git submodule(s)
+
+$ git submodule init && git submodule update
+
+
+copy Mach build system example config into the root of webbrowser
+as '.mozconfig'
+
+$ cp doc/mozconfig.example .mozconfig
+
+Optionally adjust .mozconfig to better suit your needs.
+
+$ cd ..
+
+4. compile, test, and package Web Browser
+
+./mach build
+
+if this completes successfully you can test your build before packaging it
+
+./mach run
+
+if all is well package it
+
+./mach package
+
+and then install the resulting distrobution tarball on your system.
+the tarball will be stored in the object directory/dist you set in .mozconfig
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