How to: Compile Thunderbird 1.5 on 64 bit

[art]

OK, at this point I would suggest to start over to be sure what is happening, and compile it with the installer this time (a bit different route but should bring to the same place)
So let's check you have all that is needed to compile again

sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libidl-dev libxt-dev libgnomevfs2-dev

Get the Thunderbird source, and put it in your $HOME, NOT /opt.

tar jxf thunderbird-1.5.0.2-source.tar.bz2
cd mozilla

make your mozconfig in the current directory as (taken from ubuntu wiki):

. $topsrcdir/mail/config/mozconfig

export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
export BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
mk_add_options MOZILLA_OFFICIAL=1
mk_add_options BUILD_OFFICIAL=1
ac_add_options --enable-official-branding

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/thunderbird-bin

ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
ac_add_options --enable-pango
ac_add_options --with-user-appdir=.mozilla
ac_add_options --with-system-png=/usr
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg=/usr
ac_add_options --enable-postscript
ac_add_options --disable-installer
ac_add_options --disable-xprint
ac_add_options --enable-crypto
ac_add_options --enable-strip-libs
ac_add_options --enable-canvas
ac_add_options --enable-svg
ac_add_options --enable-svg-renderer=cairo
ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
ac_add_options --enable-mathml
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-gtktest
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --enable-xft
ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O3 
ac_add_options --with-system-zlib=/usr
ac_add_options --without-system-nspr
ac_add_options --enable-xinerama
ac_add_options --enable-extensions=default
ac_add_options --disable-pedantic
ac_add_options --disable-long-long-warning
ac_add_options --enable-single-profile
ac_add_options --disable-profilesharing
ac_add_options --enable-gnomevfs
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --enable-application=mail
ac_cv_visibility_pragma=no
mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS=-j2

make -f client.mk build
make -C thunderbird-bin/mail/installer/

a tar.gz file will be created in $HOME/mozilla/thunderbird-bin/dist/, which you'll install in /opt

sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird
sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird_build

sudo rm /usr/bin/thunderbird
cd /$HOME/mozilla/thunderbird-bin/dist/
sudo tar -C /opt -zxf *.tar.gz
sudo ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird

Has to work...

[radinator]

Thanks for the help.

I had to make a minor addition to get it to build:

mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=mail

I went through the procedure, and when I run it (type 'thunderbird') I get:

/opt/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/thunderbird/components/libgfx_gtk.so: undefined symbol: pango_xft_get_font_map

I've checked and the libpango1.0 and libxft stuff is already installed.

Ray

[art]

Well, try compiling with the:
ac_add_options --enable-pango
removed from .mozconfig. We'll need to go in successive approximations I guess...

[radinator]

Art,

I want to thank you for the help.

Somehow, the problem has been fixed. In between trying these little experiments I would go back to the original recipie and give it a shot again and again. I must have compiled the whole thing 10 times or so, trying little variations and looking for what changed.

In one of your latest posts, you mentioned creating .mozconfig in the <build>/mozilla/ directory where in the original recipie you mentioned putting it in the /home directory. Well, that was the latest change I made.

Somehow in these variations I have a version that works using the original recipie. I'm not exactly sure what the key was, but it now works.

Thank you for your time.

Ray

[art]

I am glad it worked. Maybe it was not looking at the right mozconfig indeed...