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Update HOW_TO_BUILD.md, added remark about python 3 build dependency, besides the already needed MozillaBuildSetup and optionally Mercurial .

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Bert van der Weerd 2021-02-14 22:41:41 +00:00
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@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ These instructions are for an _interactive_ build.
* Once you have built the entire mozilla-unified with all the mach bootstrap stuff (which will install the needed binaries in $HOME/.mozbuild), don't forget to copy the entire * Once you have built the entire mozilla-unified with all the mach bootstrap stuff (which will install the needed binaries in $HOME/.mozbuild), don't forget to copy the entire
C:\Program Files\Git folder to /c/mozilla-source to get a sed.exe that understands the -z option, C:\Program Files\Git folder to /c/mozilla-source to get a sed.exe that understands the -z option,
and to get sha256sum.exe. and to get sha256sum.exe.
* I also had to download/install in my appdata, python 3, a recent version (just search it), I ended up with the following command line:
```
C:/Users/librewolf/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/python.exe ./bootstrap.py --vcs=git --application-choice browser --no-interactive --no-system-changes
```
* You can now delete the mozilla-unified folder, or keep it, if you want to play with FF itself. * You can now delete the mozilla-unified folder, or keep it, if you want to play with FF itself.
* Then clone the windows repo: * Then clone the windows repo:
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