Help Compiling Mozilla Source on Windows

[aaazza]

Hi all,

For one of my courseworks this year I will be trying to use JRex (http://jrex.mozdev.org/) to help build a simple web browser in Java.

However firstly I need to build Mozilla from source. I have been following the instructions at http://gemal.dk/mozilla/build.html but at the build stage:

cd c:\mozilla\mozilla\
make -f client.mk build_all

it falls over with a load of errors like

make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/mozilla/mozilla'
make: *** [build] Error 2

For info I am using Win XP Pro SP2 and I can list the versions of the other tools I am using if it will help anyone.

A friend is also having similar difficulties, has anyone managed to build mozilla on windows and if so can you help?

Comments appreciated.

Cheers,

aaazza

 

[Shoseki]

Hmm, when it comes to building large open source projects on different platforms, they usually fall into 2-3 categories :

GNU/Autotools based
Visual Studio
Scons / something else

The usual way would be to get a copy of the GNU/autotools onto windows, for example installing cygwin + everything. I haven't personally done this is on windows so I don't know how hard it would be.

Many open source projects come with Visual Studio project files already set up to build.

The alternatives are pretty harsh.