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76 NAME="INSTALLATION">2. Installation</H1
82 NAME="WHICHBROWSERS">2.1. Which browsers are supported by <SPAN
87 > Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which
88 should be virtually all browsers. Direct browser support is not necessary
92 > runs as a separate application and
93 talks to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web server
101 NAME="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</H3
107 Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Conectiva, Gentoo,
108 Slackware), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, BeOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, and more
111 > But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take advantage of
115 > in a networked situation where
119 > would run as a server on a LAN gateway.
123 > needs to be running one of the above
124 operating systems.</P
126 > Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating systems
127 is always a possibility.</P
134 NAME="NEWINSTALL">2.3. Can I install
143 > We recommend you un-install <SPAN
147 first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
148 save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration
149 files and syntax have substantially changed, so you will need to manually
150 port your old patterns. See the <A
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168 > Note: Some installers may automatically un-install
180 NAME="AEN209">2.4. I just installed <SPAN
184 special I have to do now?</H3
186 > All browsers must be told to use <SPAN
190 as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy address and port number
191 in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. See below.
192 You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any
193 cached junk items. </P
200 NAME="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the proxy address of <SPAN
205 > If you set up the <SPAN
209 the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some
210 networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <TT
214 (sometimes referred to as <SPAN
218 which is the special name used by every computer on the Internet to refer
219 to itself) and the port will be 8118 (unless you have <SPAN
223 to run on a different port with the <A
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230 > When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter
234 > or the IP address <SPAN
238 in the boxes next to <SPAN
245 then the number <SPAN
252 This tells your browser to send all web requests to <SPAN
256 instead of directly to the Internet.
262 > can also be used to proxy for
263 a Local Area Network. In this case, your would enter either the IP
264 address of the LAN host where <SPAN
268 is running, or the equivalent hostname. Port assignment would be
269 same as above. Note that <SPAN
273 listen on any LAN interfaces by default.
279 > does not currently handle
280 protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, or other Internet
289 NAME="NOTHING">2.6. I just installed <SPAN
292 >, and nothing is happening.
293 All the ads are there. What's wrong?</H3
295 > Did you configure your browser to use <SPAN
299 as a proxy? It does not sound like it. See above. You might also try flushing
300 the browser's caches to force a full re-reading of pages. You can verify
304 > is running, and your browser
305 is correctly configured by entering the special URL:
307 HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/"
309 >http://config.privoxy.org/</A
311 This should take you to a page titled <SPAN
313 >"This is Privoxy.."</SPAN
318 > internal configuration.
319 If you see this, then you are good to go. If you receive a page saying
322 >"Privoxy is not running"</SPAN
323 >, then the browser is not set up to use
328 If you receive anything else (probably nothing at all), it could either
329 be that the browser is not set up correctly, or that
333 > is not running at all. Check the <A
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