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diff --git a/docs/setup/linux_32bit_build_on_64bit_OS.rst b/docs/setup/linux_32bit_build_on_64bit_OS.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6e8656fc4a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/setup/linux_32bit_build_on_64bit_OS.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Building Firefox 32-bit On Linux 64-bit +======================================= + +.. note:: + + Unless you really want to target older hardware, you probably + want to :ref:`Build Firefox 64-bit <Building Firefox On Linux>` + since it is better-supported. + +Before following these 32-bit-Firefox-specific instructions, follow +the :ref:`Building Firefox On Linux` instructions to ensure that +your machine can do a normal build. + +Instructions for Ubuntu 19.10 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +These steps were verified to work as of June 2020. + +#. Run ``rustup target install i686-unknown-linux-gnu`` to install the + 32-bit Rust target. +#. Install 32-bit dependencies with the following command (this shouldn't try to + remove packages. If this is the case, those instructions won't work as-is): + + .. code:: + + sudo apt install gcc-multilib g++-multilib libdbus-glib-1-dev:i386 \ + libgtk2.0-dev:i386 libgtk-3-dev:i386 libpango1.0-dev:i386 libxt-dev:i386 \ + libx11-xcb-dev:i386 libpulse-dev:i386 libdrm-dev:i386 + +#. Then, create a ``mozconfig`` file in your Firefox code directory + (probably ``mozilla-unified``) that looks like the following example: + + .. code:: + + ac_add_options --target=i686 + +#. Run ``./mach build``. |