SeaLion - A web browser for 32-bit PowerPC Linux (Void / Debian 11)

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I compiled SeaLion 33.5.1 for Adélie Linux (musl) without AltiVec support today.

Download: github.com

Alternative download link: sealion-33.5.1.linux-powerpc-adelie-musl-gtk2.tar.xz

You can start it with ./run_sealion.sh.



Cheers,
Christian

[Skateman]

Sealion up and running on my e5500 x4 PPC Computer. Well done Christian!!



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[xeno74]

Sealion up and running on my e5500 x4 PPC Computer. Well done Christian!!

Thanks a lot for testing!

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Wicknix has released the version 33.6.1 of SeaLion.

I compiled it for Linux PowerPC 32-bit libc without AltiVec today.

Download and further information: github.com



Have a nice weekend!

Christian

[xeno74]

Today, I compiled the PowerPC 32-bit musl version of the new SeaLion 33.6.1 for Adélie Linux.

Download: github.com

• Shell: ./run_sealion.sh in the sealion directory
• Desktop launcher: bash -c "cd /home/live/sealion ; ./run_sealion.sh" as command

[Skateman]

PowerPC Musl version of Sealion running on my e5500 x4 Computer using Adelie.



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[xeno74]

PowerPC Musl version of Sealion running on my e5500 x4 Computer using Adelie.

Thanks for testing.

[xeno74]

Preparation of the Linux PPC64 version of SeaLion 33.6.1:

Download the stable UXP source here: RB_20250310

Grab SL source here Source code

Extract SL source, then extract UXP source. It'll extract to a folder called "uxp". Rename it to "platform" and move it in to the SL source tree.

Compiling the SeaLion for Linux PPC64:

It needs GCC 7.1 or newer.

Upgrading of GCC to version 8.3.1:

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sudo dnf update gcc-c++

(This upgrades the packages gcc-c++, gcc, and cpp)

If you want to use "rpm -U" then you need to download the rpm packages of gcc-c++, gcc, and cpp first.

.mozconfig

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export CC="gcc -flax-vector-conversions -O3 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16 -maltivec -mabi=altivec"
export CXX="g++ -flax-vector-conversions -fpermissive -O3 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16 -maltivec -mabi=altivec"

mk_add_options AUTOCONF=/usr/bin/autoconf-2.13

# Set GTK Version to 2 or 3
_GTK_VERSION=2

ac_add_options --target=powerpc64-linux-gnu
ac_add_options --host=powerpc64-linux-gnu
ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg 
ac_add_options --enable-application=navigator
ac_add_options --enable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-jxl
ac_add_options --enable-strip
ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=cairo-gtk2 
ac_add_options --disable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
ac_add_options --disable-webrtc
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
ac_add_options --disable-safe-browsing
ac_add_options --disable-devtools
ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
ac_add_options --disable-jemalloc
ac_add_options --disable-updater
ac_add_options --disable-gconf 
ac_add_options --disable-gamepad
ac_add_options --disable-precompiled-startupcache

export MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING=0
export MOZ_ADDON_SIGNING=0
export MOZ_REQUIRE_SIGNING=0

Remove the following line from the file "platform/security/nss/lib/freebl/freebl.gyp":

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      'target_name': 'gcm-aes-ppc_c_lib',
      'type': 'static_library',
      'sources': [
        'gcm-ppc.c',
-        'sha512-p8.s',
      ],
      'dependencies': [

./mach build

Please note: Copy the icudt63b.dat to obj-powerpc64-linux-gnu/dist/bin before "./mach run" and "./mach package" and then extract the sealion xz package and copy the icudt63b.dat again to the sealion folder.

[xeno74]

SeaLion 33.6.1 is available for Linux PPC64.

Download and further information: github.com

[xeno74]

If you need the libffi.so.7 and the libjpeg.so.8 for Linux PPC 32-bit libc then download the SeaLion-BrassMonkey deps package, extract it and copy the libs to the lib directory.

Downloads:

• github.com
• xenosoft.de