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3 | = = = = = = = = = = Mozilla Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = |
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6 | |
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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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13 | |
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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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22 | ============================================================== |
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23 | |
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24 | Getting Mozilla |
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26 | ============================================================== |
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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/nightly/ |
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32 | |
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33 | For the very latest builds, see |
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34 | |
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35 | ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest |
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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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54 | |
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56 | ============================================================== |
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57 | |
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58 | System Requirements |
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59 | |
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60 | ============================================================== |
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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 8.6 or later |
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78 | -PowerPC 604e 266 MHz or faster processor, or G3/G4 |
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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 9x/Me or Windows NT 4/2000/XP |
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85 | -Intel Pentium-class 233 MHz (or faster) processor |
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86 | -64 MB RAM |
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87 | -26 MB free hard disk space |
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88 | |
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89 | *Linux |
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90 | |
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91 | -Red Hat Linux 6.x or 7 with X11 R6 |
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92 | [Note: Mozilla is certified and fully supported on |
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93 | Red Hat Linux, but will run on other Linux |
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94 | distributions, such as Debian 2.1 (or later) or |
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95 | SuSE 6.2 (or later). The libraries glibc 2.1 (or |
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96 | higher) and libjpeg.so.62 (or higher) are required.] |
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97 | -Intel Pentium-class 233 MHz (or faster) processor |
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98 | -64MB RAM |
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99 | -26MB free hard disk space |
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102 | ============================================================== |
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103 | |
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104 | Installation Instructions |
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105 | |
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106 | ============================================================== |
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107 | |
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108 | For Mac OS and Windows users, it is strongly recommended that |
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109 | you exit all programs before running the setup program. Also, |
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110 | you should temporarily disable virus-detection software. |
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111 | |
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112 | For Linux users, note that the installation instructions use |
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113 | the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands |
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114 | accordingly. |
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115 | |
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116 | For all platforms, install into a clean (new) directory. |
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117 | Installing on top of previously released builds may cause |
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118 | problems. |
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119 | |
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120 | Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Mozilla. |
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121 | For info on building the Mozilla source, see |
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122 | |
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123 | http://www.mozilla.org/source.html |
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124 | |
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125 | |
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126 | Windows Installation Instructions |
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127 | --------------------------------- |
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128 | |
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129 | Note: For Windows NT/2000/XP systems, you need Administrator |
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130 | privileges to install Mozilla. If you see an "Error 5" message |
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131 | during installation, make sure you're running the installation |
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132 | with Administrator privileges. |
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133 | |
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134 | |
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135 | To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, |
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136 | follow these steps: |
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137 | |
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138 | 1. Click the the mozilla-win32-installer.exe link on |
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139 | the site you're downloading Mozilla from to download |
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140 | the installer file to your machine. |
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141 | |
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142 | 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and |
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143 | double-click the Mozilla program icon on your machine |
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144 | to begin the Setup program. |
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145 | |
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146 | 3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup |
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147 | program. The program starts automatically the first |
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148 | time. |
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149 | |
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150 | |
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151 | To install Mozilla by downloading the .zip file and |
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152 | installing manually, follow these steps: |
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153 | |
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154 | 1. Click the mozilla-win32-talkback.zip link or the |
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155 | mozilla-win32.zip link on the site you're down- |
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156 | loading Mozilla from to download the .zip file to |
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157 | your machine. |
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158 | |
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159 | 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and |
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160 | double-click the compressed file. |
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161 | |
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162 | Note: This step assumes you already have a recent |
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163 | version of WinZip installed, and that you know how to |
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164 | use it. If not, you can get WinZip and information |
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165 | about the program at www.winzip.com. |
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166 | |
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167 | 3. Extract the .zip file to a directory such as |
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168 | C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla. |
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169 | |
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170 | 4. To start Mozilla, navigate to the directory you |
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171 | extracted Mozilla to and double-click the Mozilla.exe |
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172 | icon. |
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173 | |
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174 | |
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175 | Mac OS Installation Instructions |
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176 | -------------------------------- |
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177 | |
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178 | Note: If the downloaded file does not expand automatically |
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179 | you must expand the file using a program such as StuffIt |
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180 | Expander. Expander ships with all new Macs and comes with the |
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181 | default system install, so you may want to do a find in |
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182 | Sherlock for "StuffIt" to make sure that you don't already |
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183 | have it installed. |
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184 | |
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185 | If you don't have Expander, you can get a copy at the |
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186 | following Web site: |
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187 | |
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188 | http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_mac_login.html |
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189 | |
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190 | If you do already have Expander, you need to set it to start |
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191 | by default. See the above URL for info on using Expander. |
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192 | |
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193 | |
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194 | To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, |
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195 | (recommended) follow these steps: |
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196 | |
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197 | 1. Click the MacMozillaInstaller.sea.bin link on the |
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198 | site you're downloading Mozilla from to download the |
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199 | file to your Mac's desktop. A MozillaInstaller |
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200 | folder is created. |
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201 | |
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202 | 2. Double-click the MozillaInstaller folder in the |
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203 | Finder. |
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204 | |
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205 | 3. Double-click the Mozilla Installer icon. |
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206 | |
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207 | 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the |
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208 | installation process. |
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209 | |
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210 | 5. To start Mozilla, open the folder where you |
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211 | installed Mozilla and double-click the Mozilla icon. |
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212 | |
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213 | |
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214 | To install Mozilla by downloading the .bin file and |
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215 | installing manually, follow these steps: |
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216 | |
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217 | 1. Click the mozilla-mac-*.sea.bin link on the site |
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218 | you're downloading Mozilla from to download the |
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219 | Mozilla binary to your Mac's desktop. |
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220 | |
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221 | 2. Double-click the mozilla-mac-*.sea.sit.bin icon |
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222 | on your desktop. |
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223 | |
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224 | 3. Choose the directory where you want to install |
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225 | Mozilla. |
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226 | |
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227 | 4. To start Mozilla, open the folder where you |
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228 | installed Mozilla and double-click the Mozilla icon. |
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229 | |
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230 | |
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231 | Linux Installation Instructions |
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233 | |
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234 | Note: If you install in the default directory (which is |
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235 | usually /usr/local/mozilla), or any other directory where |
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236 | only the root user normally has write-access, you must |
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237 | start Mozilla first as root before other users can start |
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238 | the program. Doing so generates a set of files required |
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239 | for later use by other users. |
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240 | |
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241 | |
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242 | To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, |
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243 | follow these steps: |
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244 | |
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245 | 1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla) |
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246 | and change to that directory (cd mozilla). |
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247 | |
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248 | 2. Click the link on the site you're downloading |
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249 | Mozilla from to download the installer file |
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250 | (called mozilla-1686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz) |
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251 | to your machine. |
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252 | |
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253 | 3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and |
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254 | decompress the archive with the following command: |
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255 | |
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256 | tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz |
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257 | |
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258 | The installer is now located in a subdirectory of |
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259 | Mozilla named mozilla-installer. |
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260 | |
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261 | 4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory |
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262 | (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the |
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263 | ./mozilla-installer command. |
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264 | |
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265 | 5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for |
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266 | installing Mozilla. |
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267 | |
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268 | Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the |
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269 | installation may take some time. In this case, the |
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270 | installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely, |
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271 | even though the installation is still in process. |
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272 | |
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273 | 6. To start Mozilla, change to the directory where you |
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274 | installed it and run the ./mozilla command. |
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275 | |
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276 | |
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277 | To install Mozilla by downloading the tar.gz file: |
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278 | |
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279 | 1. Create a directory named "mozilla" (mkdir mozilla) |
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280 | and change to that directory (cd mozilla). |
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281 | |
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282 | 2. Click the link on the site you're downloading |
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283 | Mozilla from to download the non-installer |
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284 | (mozilla*.tar.gz) file into the mozilla directory. |
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285 | |
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286 | 3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and |
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287 | decompress the file with the following command: |
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288 | |
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289 | tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz |
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290 | |
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291 | This creates a "mozilla" directory under your mozilla |
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292 | directory. |
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293 | |
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294 | 4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla). |
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295 | |
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296 | 5. Run Mozilla with the following run script: |
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297 | |
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298 | ./mozilla |
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299 | |
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300 | |
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301 | To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, |
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302 | follow these steps: |
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303 | |
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304 | 1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, |
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305 | and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher. |
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306 | |
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307 | 2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and |
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308 | enter the following command: |
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309 | directory_name./mozilla |
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310 | |
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311 | where directory_name is the name of the directory |
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312 | you downloaded mozilla to. For example, the default |
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313 | directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla. |
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314 | |
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315 | 3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment |
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316 | if you wish. |
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317 | |
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318 | 4. Click the icon button and type in the following as |
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319 | the icon's location: |
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320 | |
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321 | directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm |
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322 | |
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323 | where directory name is the directory where you |
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324 | installed Mozilla. For example, the default directory |
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325 | is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm. |
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