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3 = = = = = = = = = = Mozilla Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = |
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7 Mozilla is subject to the terms detailed in the license |
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8 agreement accompanying it. |
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9 |
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10 This Read Me file contains information about system |
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11 requirements and installation instructions for the Windows, |
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12 Mac OS, and Linux builds of Mozilla. |
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14 For more info on Mozilla, see www.mozilla.org. To submit bugs |
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15 or other feedback, see the Navigator QA menu and check out |
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16 Bugzilla at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org for links to known |
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17 bugs, bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help |
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18 with Bugzilla by pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine |
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19 at irc.mozilla.org. |
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21 |
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23 |
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24 Getting Mozilla |
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27 |
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28 You can download nightly builds of Mozilla from the |
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29 Mozilla.org FTP site at |
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30 |
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31 ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/nightly/ |
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33 For the very latest builds, see |
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35 ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/nightly/latest-trunk |
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36 |
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37 Keep in mind that nightly builds, which are used by |
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38 Mozilla.org developers for testing, may be buggy. If you are |
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39 looking for a more polished version of Mozilla, Mozilla.org |
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40 releases Milestone builds of Mozilla every six weeks or so |
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41 that you can download from |
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42 |
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43 http://www.mozilla.org/releases |
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44 |
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45 Be sure to read the Mozilla release notes for information |
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46 on known problems and installation issues with Mozilla. |
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47 The release notes can be found at the preceding URL along |
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48 with the milestone releases themselves. |
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49 |
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50 Note: Please use Talkback builds whenever possible. These |
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51 builds allow transmission of crash data back to Mozilla |
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52 developers, improved crash analysis, and posting of crash |
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53 information to our crash-data newsgroup. |
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57 |
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58 System Requirements |
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61 |
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62 *All Platforms |
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63 |
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64 To view and use the new streamlined "Modern" theme, |
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65 your display monitor should be set to display |
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66 thousands of colors. For users who cannot set their |
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67 displays to use more than 256 colors, Mozilla.org |
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68 recommends using the "Classic" theme for Mozilla. |
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69 |
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70 To select the Modern theme after you have installed |
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71 Mozilla, from the Navigator browser, open the View |
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72 menu, and then open then open the Apply Theme submenu |
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73 and choose Modern. |
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74 |
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75 *Mac OS |
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76 |
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77 -Mac OS X or later |
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78 -PowerPC processor (266 MHz or faster recommended) |
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79 -64 MB RAM |
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80 -36 MB of free hard disk space |
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81 |
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82 *Windows |
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83 |
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84 -Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000 or XP |
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85 -Intel Pentium class processor (233 MHz or faster |
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86 recommended) |
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87 -64 MB RAM |
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88 -26 MB free hard disk space |
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89 |
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90 *Linux |
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91 |
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92 -The following library versions (or compatible) are |
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93 required: glibc 2.1, XFree86 3.3.x, GTK 1.2.x, Glib |
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94 1.2.x, Libstdc++ 2.9.0. Red Hat Linux 6.0, |
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95 Debian 2.1, and SuSE 6.2 (or later) installations |
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96 should work. |
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97 -Red Hat 6.x users who want to install the Mozilla |
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98 RPM must have at least version 4.0.2 of rpm |
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99 installed. |
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100 -Intel Pentium class processor (233 MHz or faster |
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101 recommended) |
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102 -64MB RAM |
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103 -26MB free hard disk space |
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107 |
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108 Installation Instructions |
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112 For Mac OS and Windows users, it is strongly recommended that |
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113 you exit all programs before running the setup program. Also, |
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114 you should temporarily disable virus-detection software. |
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115 |
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116 For Linux users, note that the installation instructions use |
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117 the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands |
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118 accordingly. |
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119 |
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120 For all platforms, install into a clean (new) directory. |
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121 Installing on top of previously released builds may cause |
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122 problems. |
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123 |
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124 Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Mozilla. |
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125 For info on building the Mozilla source, see |
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127 http://www.mozilla.org/source.html |
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130 Windows Installation Instructions |
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132 |
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133 Note: For Windows NT/2000/XP systems, you need Administrator |
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134 privileges to install Mozilla. If you see an "Error 5" message |
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135 during installation, make sure you're running the installation |
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136 with Administrator privileges. |
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137 |
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138 |
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139 To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, |
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140 follow these steps: |
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141 |
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142 1. Click the the mozilla-win32-installer.exe link on |
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143 the site you're downloading Mozilla from to download |
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144 the installer file to your machine. |
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145 |
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146 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and |
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147 double-click the Mozilla program icon on your machine |
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148 to begin the Setup program. |
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149 |
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150 3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup |
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151 program. The program starts automatically the first |
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152 time. |
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153 |
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154 |
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155 To install Mozilla by downloading the .zip file and |
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156 installing manually, follow these steps: |
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157 |
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158 1. Click the mozilla-win32-talkback.zip link or the |
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159 mozilla-win32.zip link on the site you're down- |
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160 loading Mozilla from to download the .zip file to |
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161 your machine. |
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162 |
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163 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and |
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164 double-click the compressed file. |
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165 |
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166 Note: This step assumes you already have a recent |
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167 version of WinZip installed, and that you know how to |
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168 use it. If not, you can get WinZip and information |
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169 about the program at www.winzip.com. |
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170 |
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171 3. Extract the .zip file to a directory such as |
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172 C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla. |
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173 |
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174 4. To start Mozilla, navigate to the directory you |
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175 extracted Mozilla to and double-click the Mozilla.exe |
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176 icon. |
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179 Mac OS X Installation Instructions |
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181 |
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182 To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla disk image, |
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183 follow these steps: |
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184 |
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185 1. Click the mozilla-mac-MachO.dmg.gz link to download |
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186 it to your machine. By default, the download file is |
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187 downloaded to your desktop. |
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188 |
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189 2. Once you have downloaded the .dmg.gz file, drag it |
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190 onto Stuffit Expander to decompress it. If the disk |
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191 image doesn't mount automatically, double-click on the |
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192 .dmg file to mount it. If that fails, and the file |
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193 does not look like a disk image file, do a "Show Info" |
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194 on the file, and, in the "Open with application" |
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195 category, choose Disk Copy. In Mac OS 10.2, you can |
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196 use "Open with" from the context menu. |
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197 |
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198 3. Once the disk image mounts, open it, and drag the |
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199 Mozilla icon onto your hard disk. |
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200 |
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201 4. We recommend that you copy it to the Applications |
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202 folder. |
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203 |
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204 5. Now Eject the disk image. |
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205 |
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206 6. If you like, you can drag Mozilla to your dock to |
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207 have it easily accessible at all times. You might also |
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208 wish to select Mozilla as your default browser in the |
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209 Internet system preferences pane (under the Web tab). |
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212 Linux Installation Instructions |
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215 Note: If you install in the default directory (which is |
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216 usually /usr/local/mozilla), or any other directory where |
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217 only the root user normally has write-access, you must |
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218 start Mozilla first as root before other users can start |
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219 the program. Doing so generates a set of files required |
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220 for later use by other users. |
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221 |
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222 |
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223 To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, |
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224 follow these steps: |
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225 |
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226 1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla) |
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227 and change to that directory (cd mozilla). |
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228 |
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229 2. Click the link on the site you're downloading |
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230 Mozilla from to download the installer file |
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231 (called mozilla-1686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz) |
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232 to your machine. |
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233 |
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234 3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and |
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235 decompress the archive with the following command: |
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236 |
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237 tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz |
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238 |
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239 The installer is now located in a subdirectory of |
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240 Mozilla named mozilla-installer. |
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241 |
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242 4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory |
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243 (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the |
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244 ./mozilla-installer command. |
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245 |
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246 5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for |
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247 installing Mozilla. |
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248 |
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249 Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the |
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250 installation may take some time. In this case, the |
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251 installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely, |
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252 even though the installation is still in process. |
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253 |
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254 6. To start Mozilla, change to the directory where you |
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255 installed it and run the ./mozilla command. |
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257 |
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258 To install Mozilla by downloading the tar.gz file: |
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259 |
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260 1. Create a directory named "mozilla" (mkdir mozilla) |
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261 and change to that directory (cd mozilla). |
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262 |
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263 2. Click the link on the site you're downloading |
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264 Mozilla from to download the non-installer |
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265 (mozilla*.tar.gz) file into the mozilla directory. |
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266 |
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267 3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and |
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268 decompress the file with the following command: |
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269 |
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270 tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz |
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271 |
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272 This creates a "mozilla" directory under your mozilla |
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273 directory. |
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274 |
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275 4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla). |
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276 |
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277 5. Run Mozilla with the following run script: |
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278 |
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279 ./mozilla |
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281 |
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282 To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, |
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283 follow these steps: |
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284 |
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285 1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, |
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286 and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher. |
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287 |
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288 2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and |
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289 enter the following command: |
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290 directory_name./mozilla |
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291 |
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292 where directory_name is the name of the directory |
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293 you downloaded mozilla to. For example, the default |
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294 directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla. |
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295 |
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296 3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment |
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297 if you wish. |
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298 |
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299 4. Click the icon button and type in the following as |
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300 the icon's location: |
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301 |
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302 directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm |
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303 |
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304 where directory name is the directory where you |
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305 installed Mozilla. For example, the default directory |
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306 is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm. |