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As of October 7, 2005, [[Calendar:Lightning:Nightly Builds|nightly builds of Lightning]] are available for Windows, OSX and Linux. The following instructions are somewhat out of date, but should still be valid for anyone looking to compile Lightning for themselves.
See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/build.html.
 
== Requirements for Building Lightning ==
If this is your first time building any of the Mozilla products, you should first make sure that you [http://www.mozilla.org/build/index.html#requirements get the tools] required to build on your operating system.
 
Once you're set up with the right tools, you'll want to [http://www.mozilla.org/source.html get the source] either from the [http://www.mozilla.org/download-mozilla.html FTP server] or [http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html through CVS].
 
<small>'''Note:''' if you're building on Windows using the free tools (ie: mingw instead of Visual Studio), then you might want to follow steps 1-9 on [http://gemal.dk/mozilla/build.html Gemal's Build Mozilla on Windows] page.</small>
 
=== Getting the latest code from CVS ===
The Lightning codebase changes quite a bit on a day to day basis. It's kept in the calendar project tree. To keep up to date with the latest changes, make sure that when you [http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html update with CVS] you have <tt>calendar</tt> specified as one of your <tt>MOZ_CO_OPTIONS</tt>.
 
<small>'''Note:''' if you downloaded your source as a tarball, you need to have unpackaged it with tar, not zip, in order to get the metadata required by CVS to do a proper update.</small>
 
== Building & Installing Lightning ==
Lightning builds as an extension to Thunderbird, so follow the instructions to [http://www.mozilla.org/build/configure-build.html configure your build] for Thunderbird. (Windows builders using the free tools should follow step 11 in [http://gemal.dk/mozilla/build.html Gemal's instructions].)
 
It is suggested that you use an [http://www.mozilla.org/build/configure-build.html#objdir objdir] to hold the final build, as this will allow you to quickly update from CVS and do an incremental rebuild from within the objdir.
 
=== Editing your .mozconfig file ===
You must add two lines to the <tt>.mozconfig</tt> file:
*<tt>mk_add_options MOZ_CO_PROJECT=mail,calendar</tt>
*<tt>ac_add_options --enable-extensions=default,lightning</tt>
 
Static builds were causing some problems, so it's best to make sure that your <tt>.mozconfig</tt> doesn't include the lines:
*<tt>ac_add_options --disable-shared</tt>
*<tt>ac_add_options --enable-static</tt>
 
Save your .mozconfig and run your build process as per normal. This will create a <tt>dist/xpi-stage</tt> folder which will hold Lightning.
 
=== Installing the lightning.xpi ===
To install Lightning, run your Thunderbird build (located in <tt>dist/bin</tt>) and select Tools > Extensions to launch the Thunderbird extension manager. Then click "Install" and point to <tt>dist/xpi-stage/lightning.xpi</tt>. Exit Thunderbird and restart and Lightning should be enabled.
 
=== Pointing to a different profile ===
If you want to use a different profile for testing Lightning, make sure all Thunderbird windows are closed and run <tt>thunderbird -P</tt> to launch the Thunderbird Profile Manager. From here you can create new profiles and select which you want to use at startup. Once a profile has been created, you can launch Thunderbird using the profile either by invoking the Profile Manager or using the command <tt>thunderbird -P ''profilename''</tt>.

Latest revision as of 21:18, 12 July 2006

See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/build.html.

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