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Web site:	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSPR
Repository:	https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr
Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Portable_Runtime

HOWTO

# Mozilla NSPR 4.35
# =================
# Slackware 14.0: mozilla-nss 3.13.5 (includes nspr 4.9.1)
# Slackware 14.1: mozilla-nss 3.15.2 (includes nspr 4.10.1)
# Slackware 14.2: mozilla-nss 3.23 (includes nspr 4.12)
# Slackware 15.0: mozilla-nss 3.74 (includes nspr 4.32)

# As this is written, the NSPR home page set here redirects to this URL:
# https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/nspr/
# These are some other NSPR-related web pages:
# https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSPR
# https://wiki.mozilla.org/NSS
# https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/

# If you ever want to uninstall NSPR, or remove files from old versions
# before installing this one, skip down to the bottom for notes

# NSPR 4.35 Release

# Get the source tarball
cd
test -f installed/nspr-4.35.tar.gz && mv installed/nspr-4.35.tar.gz .
test ! -f nspr-4.35.tar.gz &&
wget https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/nspr/releases/v4.35/src/nspr-4.35.tar.gz

# Verify tarball w/ sha256sum:
echo "7ea3297ea5969b5d25a5dd8d47f2443cda88e9ee746301f6e1e1426f8a6abc\
8f  nspr-4.35.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c

# Extract the source
mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/src
cd ~/src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "nspr-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xzvf ~/nspr-4.35.tar.gz
cd nspr-4.35
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

cd nspr

# Create a build directory
mkdir obj-`build/autoconf/config.guess`
cd obj-`build/autoconf/config.guess`

# Configure the build for 64-bit
test $(uname -m) = 'x86_64' &&
../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-optimize \
--disable-debug --enable-strip --enable-64bit

# Configure the build for anything else
test $(uname -m) != 'x86_64' &&
../configure --prefix=/usr --enable-optimize --disable-debug --enable-strip

# Build it
make

# Tests
# There is a ./pr/tests that you build them in, but see README.txt in
# ../pr/tests

# Become root to install it
su

# Remove the mozilla-nss (and nspr) package, if there is one
# Once you're finished here, move on to the nss HOWTO
test -x /sbin/removepkg && /sbin/removepkg mozilla-nss

# If you did not remove old versions of NSPR, look here for old
# versions of files and zap them if you're 100% sure they're not in use
# (or just leave them there and hope for the best)
test -d /usr/include/nspr && rm -r /usr/include/nspr
( cd /usr/lib ; rm -f libnspr4.* libplc4.* libplds4.* )
test -d /usr/lib64 &&
( cd /usr/lib64 ; rm -f libnspr4.* libplc4.* libplds4.* )

# Install it
make install
ldconfig

test $(uname -m) = 'x86_64' && test -d /usr/lib64/pkgconfig &&
( cd /usr/lib64/pkgconfig
   test ! -L mozilla-nspr.pc && test -f nspr.pc &&
    ln -sf nspr.pc mozilla-nspr.pc )
test $(uname -m) != 'x86_64' && test -d /usr/lib/pkgconfig &&
( cd /usr/lib/pkgconfig
   test ! -L mozilla-nspr.pc && test -f nspr.pc &&
    ln -sf nspr.pc mozilla-nspr.pc )

# Become yourself again
exit

# Save the source for later
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/nspr-*.tar.*
mv nspr-4.35.tar.gz installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall NSPR, this should do it:
cd
su
for pfx in /usr /usr/local;
do
  rm -f ${pfx}/bin/nspr-config ${pfx}/share/aclocal/nspr.m4
  test -d ${pfx}/include/nspr && rm -r ${pfx}/include/nspr
  for libdir in ${pfx}/lib ${pfx}/lib64;
  do
    test -d $libdir &&
     ( cd $libdir
       rm -f libnspr4.* libplc4.* libplds4.* pkgconfig/nspr.pc )
  done
done
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "nspr-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/nspr-*.tar.*