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## LibreWolf build instructions
First, let's **[download the latest tarball](https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/source/-/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/librewolf-96.0.3-1.source.tar.gz?job=Build)**. This tarball is the latest produced by the [CI](https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/source/-/jobs).
```
tar xf <tarball>
cd <folder>
make bootstrap build package run
```
#### How to make a patch:
The easiest way to make patches is to go to the LibreWolf source folder:
```
cd librewolf-$(cat version)
git init
git add <path_to_file_you_changed>
git commit -am initial-commit
git diff > ../mypatch.patch
```
We have Gitter / Matrix rooms, and on the website we have links to the various issue trackers.
#### Building LibreWolf with git:
1. Clone the git repository via https:
```
git clone --recursive https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/source.git
```
or Git:
```
git clone --recursive git@gitlab.com:librewolf-community/browser/source.git
```
cd into it, build the LibreWolf tarball, bootstrap the buld environment, and finally, perform the build:
```
cd source
make all
make bootstrap
make build
```
After that, you can either build a tarball from it, or run it:
```
make package
make run
```
#### How to create a patch for problems in mozilla's [bugzilla](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/).
Well, first of all:
* [Create an account](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/createaccount.cgi).
* Handy link: [Bugs Filed Today](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&namedcmd=Bugs%20Filed%20Today&sharer_id=1&list_id=15939480).
* The essential: [Firefox Source Tree Documentation](https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/).
Now that you have a patch, that's not enough to upload to Mozilla. See, Mozilla only accepts patches against Nightly. So here is how to get that:
```
hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-unified
cd mozilla-unified
hg update
MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=$HOME/.mozbuild ./mach --no-interactive bootstrap --application-choice=browser
./mach build
./mach run
```
Now you can apply your patch to Nightly:
```
patch -p1 -i ../mypatch.patch
```
Now you let Mercurial create the patch:
```
hg diff > ../my-nightly-patch.patch
```
And it can be uploaded to BugZilla.