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ChatZilla on XULRunner

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ChatZilla is normally used as part of SeaMonkey, or an extension to other browsers. However, it can also run under XULRunner, allowing ChatZilla to be used standalone, independent of a web browser.

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Installation

Windows/Linux

  1. Extract the XULRunner archive to a sensible location.

    For example, C:\Program Files\ or /opt/.

  2. Save the ChatZilla .zip file inside the XULRunner directory. Open a terminal window.

    Note: Ensure you run the XULRunner commands as an administrator. For example, on Windows 7, right-click Command Prompt on the Start Menu and choose "Run as administrator"., or on Linux, use "sudo" before the XULRunner commands.

  3. Switch to the XULRunner directory.

    For example, enter cd C:\Program Files\XULRunner or cd /opt/xulrunner.

  4. Register the XULRunner location by entering xulrunner --register-global.

  5. Install ChatZilla by entering xulrunner --install-app chatzilla-0.9.88-xr.zip.

    Note: You can delete the ChatZilla .zip file after this step.

  6. Start ChatZilla, which is installed in Program Files or /usr/lib depending on your OS..

Mac OS X

  1. Double-click the .dmg file to mount it, then double-click the installer .pkg file inside it. Follow the instructions to install XULRunner.
  2. Open a terminal window and run /Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/xulrunner-bin --install-app "<package>", where <package> is the full path to the ChatZilla .zip file.
  3. Start ChatZilla in your Applications folder.

If you need to copy over settings or scripts, use the ChatZilla command /pref profilePath to find your profile.

Updates

XULRunner checks regularly for new ChatZilla versions. Updates are not downloaded without your permission.

You can get more information on the update process, or subscribe to my news page to hear about new versions.

Extensions

Since 0.9.71, the Extension manager can be opened from the ChatZilla menu.

I have one extension (Windows only): MinimizeToTray for ChatZilla.

Development Builds

The experimental platform-specific packages below include XULRunner 12. The "App only" package requires at least XULRunner 2.

Linux:
chatzilla-0.9.88.2-20120425110453.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2
Windows:
chatzilla-0.9.88.2-20120425110453.en-US.win32.zip
Windows installer (very experimental):
chatzilla-0.9.88.2-20120425110453.en-US.win32.installer.msi
App only:
chatzilla-0.9.88.2-20120425110453.en-US.xulapp

old ChatZilla builds

Source

You don't need to build Mozilla to build ChatZilla. You just need Mercurial, Python, and something to apply a diff.

  1. Check out from the ChatZilla Mercurial repository (hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/chatzilla).
  2. Apply this patch: xrmakeK.diff.txt.
  3. Go to chatzilla/xpi and run ./makexpi.py.
  4. The new zip file in the directory is the XULRunner app package.

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