Re: [udig-devel] Running uDig - what is up with linux advanced graphics?

[Jody Garnett <jgarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heh - okay if we are getting this detailed it would be time to create a 
Linux FAQ page :-)

For now I attached your instructions to the bug report:
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/UDIG-698

Cheers,
Jody
> I wrote:
> > and I still can't get an info window--sure would be nice to click on
> > a feature and see its attributes.
>
> All,
>
> I write this so that the archive will contain this information.
>
> I have successfully managed to get the info window working under Linux
> (Slackware 11.0, xfce) using Firefox 2.0.0.3.  Here's what I did:
>
> 1. Download the 2.0.0.3 mozilla source tree from
> <ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.3/source/firefox-2.0.0.3-source.tar.bz2> 
>
> (that should be all one line between the <>'s)
> Unpack in /usr/local/src (installs as /usr/local/src/mozilla)
>
> 2. cd /usr/local/src/mozilla
>
> 3. Following instructions at
>   http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options
>   Create .mozconfig as follows:
> (.mozconfig begins)
> mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-@CONFIG_GUESS@
> . $topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
>
> ac_add_options --enable-optimize
> ac_add_options --disable-debug
>
> ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
> ac_add_options --enable-xft
>
> ac_add_options --disable-static --enable-shared
> (.mozconfig ends)
>
> 4. make -f client.mk build
>
> 5. cd obj-i686-pc-linux-gnu; su; make install
>
> This install creates  /usr/local/include/firefox-2.0.0.3
>  /usr/local/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3
> and puts a few files into
>  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
>  /usr/local/bin
>  /usr/local/share/idl
>
> 6. I run udig from xfce using a launcher that points not to udig itself
> but instead to a small shell script I named /usr/local/udig/udig-start:
>
> (udig-start begins)
> #!/bin/bash
>
> export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/local/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3
>
> /usr/local/udig/udig -vmargs -Xmx1536m
> (udig-start ends)
>
> And the info window now appears when I click on a feature.  Whew!
>
> The reason why I used this launcher script is that for normal web
> browsing I use the Firefox package the Slackware provides, which
> is installed in /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.3 (with a symlink called
> /usr/lib/firefox).
>
> Peter