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[or-cvs] r23368: {torbrowser} updated Windows build instructions to accommodate new extens (torbrowser/trunk/build-scripts)
Author: erinn
Date: 2010-10-01 01:10:48 +0000 (Fri, 01 Oct 2010)
New Revision: 23368
Modified:
torbrowser/trunk/build-scripts/INSTALL
Log:
updated Windows build instructions to accommodate new extension installation procedure
Modified: torbrowser/trunk/build-scripts/INSTALL
===================================================================
--- torbrowser/trunk/build-scripts/INSTALL 2010-09-30 21:49:56 UTC (rev 23367)
+++ torbrowser/trunk/build-scripts/INSTALL 2010-10-01 01:10:48 UTC (rev 23368)
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
- Building Vidalia
- Unpacking PidginPortable
- Building Firefox or Unpacking Firefox Portable
+- Adding extensions to Firefox Portable (3.6.x series)
- Customizing and Building the Tor Browser Bundle
An Introduction to Building Tor Browser Bundle
@@ -539,6 +540,18 @@
Eventually it should use a custom build of Firefox. The following is a set of notes on building Firefox.
+Adding extensions to Firefox Portable
+=====================================
+
+To ship extensions with Firefox (Portable or otherwise) on Windows, do the following:
+- Create a directory in FirefoxPortable/App/Firefox/distribution/bundles.
+- Download the extensions you want into this directory. Currently the Tor
+ Browser Bundle is using Torbutton, HTTPS Everywhere, Better Privacy, and NoScript
+- Make directories named after the extension ID of the extension. For
+ Torbutton, this is {e0204bd5-9d31-402b-a99d-a6aa8ffebdca}. The others can be
+ found inside their respective .xpis, in install.rdf.
+- Copy the .xpi into the directory with its extension ID and unzip it with 7zip.
+
Tested compilers for building Firefox
=====================================
@@ -591,9 +604,6 @@
be either set to the location of a wget binary, or a command line for
executing pyget.py under the installed Python interpreter.
-To install additional Firefox extensions, place the .xpi file in the
-build-scripts/extensions directory before building the bundle.
-
Building the Tor Browser Bundle
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