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HowTo repackage Lightning for Linux and Windows

The purpose of this document is to provide a short tutorial on how to repackage Lightning so that it ships all binaries parts for Linux and Windows and can be installed in a shared profile.

Basically you'll need to:

• download lightning-0.7-tb-linux.xpi and lightning-0.7-tb-win.xpi
• rename both .xpi files to .zip and extract them to the same folder
• create new subfolder ./platform/Linux_x86-gcc3/components
• create new subfolder ./platform/WINNT_x86-msvc/components
• move all *.so files from ./components to ./platform/Linux_x86-gcc3/components
• move all *.dll files from ./components to ./platform/WINNT_x86-msvc/components
• The final folder structure should look like

lightning.xpi
 + chrome
 + components
 + defaults
 + js
 + platform
    + Linux_x86-gcc3
       + components
    + WINNT_x86-msvc
       + components
 + chrome.manifest
 + install.rdf

• open file ./install.rdf with text editor and search for em:targetPlatform
• change the line to

   <em:targetPlatform>WINNT_x86-msvc</em:targetPlatform>
   <em:targetPlatform>Linux_x86-gcc3</em:targetPlatform>

• package all files in a new zip archive and rename it from .zip to .xpi