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= = = = = = = = = = Mozilla Read Me = = = = = = = = = = =
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Mozilla is subject to the terms detailed in the license
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agreement accompanying it.
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This Read Me file contains information about system
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requirements and installation instructions for the Windows,
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Mac OS, and Linux builds of Mozilla.
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For more info on Mozilla, see www.mozilla.org. To submit bugs
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or other feedback, see the Navigator QA menu and check out
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Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org for links to known
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bugs, bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help
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with Bugzilla by pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine
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at irc.mozilla.org.
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Getting Mozilla
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You can download nightly builds of Mozilla from the
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Mozilla.org FTP site at
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ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/nightly/
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For the very latest builds, see
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ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/nightly/latest-trunk
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Keep in mind that nightly builds, which are used by
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Mozilla.org developers for testing, may be buggy. If you are
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looking for a more polished version of Mozilla, Mozilla.org
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releases Milestone builds of Mozilla every six weeks or so
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that you can download from
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http://www.mozilla.org/releases
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Be sure to read the Mozilla release notes for information
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on known problems and installation issues with Mozilla.
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The release notes can be found at the preceding URL along
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with the milestone releases themselves.
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Note: Please use Talkback builds whenever possible. These
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builds allow transmission of crash data back to Mozilla
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developers, improved crash analysis, and posting of crash
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information to our crash-data newsgroup.
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System Requirements
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*All Platforms
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To view and use the new streamlined "Modern" theme,
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your display monitor should be set to display
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thousands of colors. For users who cannot set their
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displays to use more than 256 colors, Mozilla.org
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recommends using the "Classic" theme for Mozilla.
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To select the Modern theme after you have installed
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Mozilla, from the Navigator browser, open the View
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menu, and then open then open the Apply Theme submenu
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and choose Modern.
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*Mac OS
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-Mac OS X or later
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-PowerPC processor (266 MHz or faster recommended)
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-64 MB RAM
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-36 MB of free hard disk space
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*Windows
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-Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000 or XP
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-Intel Pentium class processor (233 MHz or faster
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recommended)
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-64 MB RAM
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-26 MB free hard disk space
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*Linux
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-The following library versions (or compatible) are
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required: glibc 2.1, XFree86 3.3.x, GTK 1.2.x, Glib
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1.2.x, Libstdc++ 2.9.0. Red Hat Linux 6.0,
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Debian 2.1, and SuSE 6.2 (or later) installations
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should work.
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-Red Hat 6.x users who want to install the Mozilla
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RPM must have at least version 4.0.2 of rpm
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installed.
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-Intel Pentium class processor (233 MHz or faster
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recommended)
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-64MB RAM
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-26MB free hard disk space
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Installation Instructions
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For Mac OS and Windows users, it is strongly recommended that
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you exit all programs before running the setup program. Also,
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you should temporarily disable virus-detection software.
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For Linux users, note that the installation instructions use
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the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands
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accordingly.
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For all platforms, install into a clean (new) directory.
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Installing on top of previously released builds may cause
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problems.
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Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Mozilla.
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For info on building the Mozilla source, see
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http://www.mozilla.org/source.html
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Windows Installation Instructions
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Note: For Windows NT/2000/XP systems, you need Administrator
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privileges to install Mozilla. If you see an "Error 5" message
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during installation, make sure you're running the installation
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with Administrator privileges.
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To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer,
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follow these steps:
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1. Click the the mozilla-win32-installer.exe link on
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the site you're downloading Mozilla from to download
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the installer file to your machine.
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2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and
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double-click the Mozilla program icon on your machine
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to begin the Setup program.
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3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup
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program. The program starts automatically the first
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time.
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To install Mozilla by downloading the .zip file and
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installing manually, follow these steps:
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1. Click the mozilla-win32-talkback.zip link or the
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mozilla-win32.zip link on the site you're down-
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loading Mozilla from to download the .zip file to
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your machine.
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2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and
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double-click the compressed file.
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Note: This step assumes you already have a recent
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version of WinZip installed, and that you know how to
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use it. If not, you can get WinZip and information
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about the program at www.winzip.com.
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3. Extract the .zip file to a directory such as
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C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla.
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4. To start Mozilla, navigate to the directory you
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extracted Mozilla to and double-click the Mozilla.exe
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icon.
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Mac OS X Installation Instructions
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To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla disk image,
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follow these steps:
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1. Click the mozilla-mac-MachO.dmg.gz link to download
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it to your machine. By default, the download file is
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downloaded to your desktop.
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2. Once you have downloaded the .dmg.gz file, drag it
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onto Stuffit Expander to decompress it. If the disk
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image doesn't mount automatically, double-click on the
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.dmg file to mount it. If that fails, and the file
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does not look like a disk image file, do a "Show Info"
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on the file, and, in the "Open with application"
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category, choose Disk Copy. In Mac OS 10.2, you can
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use "Open with" from the context menu.
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3. Once the disk image mounts, open it, and drag the
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Mozilla icon onto your hard disk.
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4. We recommend that you copy it to the Applications
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folder.
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5. Now Eject the disk image.
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6. If you like, you can drag Mozilla to your dock to
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have it easily accessible at all times. You might also
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wish to select Mozilla as your default browser in the
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Internet system preferences pane (under the Web tab).
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Linux Installation Instructions
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Note: If you install in the default directory (which is
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usually /usr/local/mozilla), or any other directory where
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only the root user normally has write-access, you must
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start Mozilla first as root before other users can start
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the program. Doing so generates a set of files required
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for later use by other users.
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To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer,
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follow these steps:
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1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla)
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and change to that directory (cd mozilla).
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2. Click the link on the site you're downloading
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Mozilla from to download the installer file
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(called mozilla-1686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz)
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to your machine.
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3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and
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decompress the archive with the following command:
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tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz
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The installer is now located in a subdirectory of
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Mozilla named mozilla-installer.
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4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory
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(cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the
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./mozilla-installer command.
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5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for
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installing Mozilla.
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Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the
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installation may take some time. In this case, the
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installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely,
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even though the installation is still in process.
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6. To start Mozilla, change to the directory where you
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installed it and run the ./mozilla command.
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To install Mozilla by downloading the tar.gz file:
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1. Create a directory named "mozilla" (mkdir mozilla)
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and change to that directory (cd mozilla).
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2. Click the link on the site you're downloading
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Mozilla from to download the non-installer
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(mozilla*.tar.gz) file into the mozilla directory.
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3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and
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decompress the file with the following command:
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tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz
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This creates a "mozilla" directory under your mozilla
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directory.
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4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla).
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5. Run Mozilla with the following run script:
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./mozilla
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To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel,
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follow these steps:
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1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu,
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and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher.
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2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and
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enter the following command:
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directory_name./mozilla
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where directory_name is the name of the directory
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you downloaded mozilla to. For example, the default
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directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla.
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3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment
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if you wish.
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4. Click the icon button and type in the following as
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the icon's location:
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directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm
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where directory name is the directory where you
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installed Mozilla. For example, the default directory
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is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm.
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