Linux MintPPC Forums • View topic - problems when building iceweasel from source

Infrid · Joined:Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:59 am Posts:5

hi,
Very nice distribution, it was what I looking for but unfortunately I've already installed and customized a debian squeeze...

now I'm looking only for a recent version of iceweasel, so I've added some lines to my sources.list for install and build this software (the building is just for fun) , when I write

Code:

apt-get build icewesel

the system is going to build the old version of iceweasel (3.5.16) but if I specify the version iceweasel=7.0 the system tell me that there isn't a source package for that software

maybe I missing some step, there my sources.list

Code:

deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://www.mintppc.org/repository isadora main 
deb-src http://www.mintppc.org/repository isadora main 

Many Thanks!

PS: I've an ibook g4 1.3Ghz

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

Iceweasel 7 is in the MintPPC repository.

Code:

sudo apt install iceweasel

or

Code:

sudo apt remove iceweasel
sudo apt install iceweasel

Infrid · Joined:Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:59 am Posts:5

yes I know

but I'd like to build it from source just for fun

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

http://mozilla.debian.net/pool/iceweasel-release/

Infrid · Joined:Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:59 am Posts:5

sorry to bother you but there isn't a repository for mintppc source?

does it make sense to add this line to the sources.list?

Code:

deb-src http://www.mintppc.org/repository isadora main

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

It makes sense for MintPPC 11, not for 9. I did not make public the source of MintPPC 9

Infrid · Joined:Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:59 am Posts:5

what do you mean exactly? do you provide the source in some way?

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

I provided the source of MintPPC 11. I did not do it for MintPPC 9.

Infrid · Joined:Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:59 am Posts:5

so mint ppc should be considered closed soure, right?

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

Not at all, am willing to make it public. As there are no other people working on the code except myself I thought it didn't make sense at the time. I also did not know how to make a source repository at the time I developed MintPPC 9. I now know how that works, so I dumped the source code of MintPPC 11 online.