Arctic Fox

[xeno74]

This was my approach to getting Arcticfox 39 on Void:

amigaone@void-live ~]$ cp -r Downloads/usr/lib/arcticfox /usr/lib/

When I click Help > About Arctic Fox it assures me that I'm running Version: 39.0, but I wonder whether I have done it right.

The reason for my question is that the download included, besides a usr/lib/arcticfox also a usr/share. Am I supposed to do something with that?

At least it plays Youtube right, something I can't get eolie to do so far.

Great, that it works including YouTube. The best way for installing is, to use the deb package. You can install it with "dpkg -i" as root.

- Christian

[kilaueabart]

Great, that it works including YouTube. The best way for installing is, to use the deb package. You can install it with "dpkg -i" as root.

Thanks. I just did that. Two curiosities: when it installed, it said it was overwriting the recently installed 27.9.12, but I had launched 39.0 already, as confirmed by Help: About Arctic Fox. And then I had to log on to Hyperion to post this!

Another bothersome thing about Arctic Fox 39.0 on Void is that it won't let me read my email account. I type the address into the address line, it brings up the normal log-in page, I type in my user name and password, it goes "Logging you in." And then it blanks out with a little circle spinning around top center. Yesterday I had a lot of non-computer stuff to do, so I just let that little circle spin for five hours! And it is doing it right now, on a different tab.

InterWeb and eolie get my mail right away. So do SpiderWeb and Seamonkey. Arctic Fox, no!

[xeno74]

Two curiosities: when it installed, it said it was overwriting the recently installed 27.9.12, but I had launched 39.0 already, as confirmed by Help: About Arctic Fox. And then I had to log on to Hyperion to post this!

You had installed the bz2 package before so the old Arctic Fox deb hasn’t been overwritten.

amigaone@void-live ~]$ cp -r Downloads/usr/lib/arcticfox /usr/lib/

- Christian

[kilaueabart]

But why can't it get my email? Arctic Fox on Fienix works fine for that, but not on Void! No big deal, I prefer eolie for email anyway.

[kilaueabart]

But why can't it get my email? Arctic Fox on Fienix works fine

Oops! I was wrong, It turns out I can't get my email from Arctic Fox 39.0 on fienix either! I get the same "Logging you in" followed by the eternally revolving red and blue arc!

[xeno74]

Arctic Fox 39.1 is available.

Download: arcticfox-39.1.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2

[xeno74]

Arctic Fox on gihub:
Link

[xeno74]

I compiled Arctic Fox 39.2 for Linux PowerPC today.

Download: arcticfox-39.2.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2

[xeno74]

Compiling Arctic Fox 39.2 for PowerPC64 on Debian/Sid PPC64

Note: Arctic Fox needs gcc-6 to build. You can find it in the powerprogress repository.

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   su -

2. Add the gpg key related to the powerprogress repository
   

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   # wget -O - https://repo.powerprogress.org/debian/conf/public.gpg.key| apt-key add

3. Edit the list of repositories checked by apt by adding it to the /etc/apt/sources.list
   

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   deb [arch=ppc64] https://repo.powerprogress.org/debian sid main

4. Update the apt database
   

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   # apt-get update

5. Install the following packages with the following command:
   

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   # apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev autoconf2.13 yasm libegl1-mesa-dev libasound2-dev libxt-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libbz2-dev libpulse-dev zip python2.7 python-dbus-dev gcc-6 g++-6
   

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   # exit

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   $ cp .mozconfig Arctic-Fox-39.2/

   .mozconfig for PPC64:
   

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   # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
   # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
   # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
   
   export CC="gcc-6 -flax-vector-conversions -O3 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16"
   export CXX="g++-6 -flax-vector-conversions -fpermissive -O3 -falign-loops=16 -falign-functions=16 -falign-labels=16 -falign-jumps=16"
   export LDFLAGS="-latomic"
   
   mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-ff-dbg
   
   ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
   ac_add_options --disable-tests
   ac_add_options --disable-debug
   ac_add_options --disable-updater
   ac_add_options --enable-mozril-geoloc
   ac_add_options --disable-webrtc
   ac_add_options --disable-safe-browsing
   ac_add_options --disable-parental-controls
   ac_add_options --enable-release
   ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
   ac_add_options --disable-eme
   ac_add_options --disable-gamepad
   ac_add_options --enable-dbus
   ac_add_options --disable-gio
   ac_add_options --disable-pulseaudio
   ac_add_options --enable-strip
   ac_add_options --enable-install-strip
   ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
   ac_add_options --with-branding=browser/branding/arcticfox
   ac_add_options --enable-optimize="-O2 -fno-schedule-insns2 -fno-lifetime-dse -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks"
   ac_add_options --disable-jemalloc
   

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   $ cd Arctic-Fox-39.2

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   $ ./mach build

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    $ ./mach run

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    $ ./mach package

    (Creates the self contained archive which you'll find in Arctic-Fox-39.2/obj-ff-dbg/dist)

Download: arcticfox-39.2.linux-powerpc64.tar.bz2

[xeno74]

Mario Locati has released a deb package of Arctic Fox 39.2 for Debian PPC64.

Download: arcticfox-39.2-ppc64.deb