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Note that the "UNIX-like" environment provided by MozillaBuild is only really useful for building and committing to the Mozilla source. Many command line tools you would expect in a modern Linux distribution are not present, and it's not possible to install them with a package manager.
Note that the "UNIX-like" environment provided by MozillaBuild is only really useful for building and committing to the Mozilla source. Many command line tools you would expect in a modern Linux distribution are not present, and it's not possible to install them with a package manager.


MozillaBuild does not modify the Windows registry.
MozillaBuild (As of 4.0.2) modifies only one Windows registry value: <code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\VirtualTerminalLevel=1</code>. This is set to ensure that [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences Virtual Terminal Processing] is enabled for all terminals so that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code ANSI escape sequences] are parsed correctly.


===== Command Prompt Tips and Caveats =====
===== Command Prompt Tips and Caveats =====