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- <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INSTALLATION" id="INSTALLATION">2.
- Installation</a></h1>
-
+ <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INSTALLATION" id="INSTALLATION">2. Installation</a></h1>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHBROWSERS" id="WHICHBROWSERS">2.1. Which
- browsers are supported by Privoxy?</a></h3>
-
- <p>Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which should be
- virtually all browsers, including <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Firefox</span>, <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
- Explorer</span>, <span class="APPLICATION">Opera</span>, and
- <span class="APPLICATION">Safari</span> among others. Direct browser
- support is not an absolute requirement since <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> runs as a separate application and talks
- to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web
- server does.</p>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHBROWSERS" id="WHICHBROWSERS">2.1. Which browsers are supported by
+ Privoxy?</a></h3>
+ <p>Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which should be virtually all browsers, including
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Firefox</span>, <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Explorer</span>, <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Opera</span>, and <span class="APPLICATION">Safari</span> among others. Direct browser support is
+ not an absolute requirement since <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> runs as a separate application and
+ talks to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web server does.</p>
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-
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHOS" id="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating
- systems are supported?</a></h3>
-
- <p>At present, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is known to run
- on Windows 95 and later versions (98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
- etc.), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Slackware and
- others), Mac OS X, OS/2, Haiku, DragonFly, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
- Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.</p>
-
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> used to work on AmigaOS and
- QNX, too, but the code currently isn't maintained and its status
- unknown. It might no longer compile, but getting it working again
- shouldn't be too hard.</p>
-
- <p>But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take
- advantage of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in a networked
- situation where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> would run as a
- server on a LAN gateway. Then only the <span class=
- "QUOTE">"gateway"</span> needs to be running one of the above operating
- systems.</p>
-
- <p>Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating
- systems is always a possibility.</p>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHOS" id="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</a></h3>
+ <p>At present, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is known to run on Windows 95 and later versions (98, ME,
+ 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11 etc.), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo,
+ Slackware and others), Mac OS X (10.4 and upwards on PPC and Intel processors), Haiku, DragonFly, ElectroBSD,
+ FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.</p>
+ <p>The binaries provided by members of the Privoxy team have the following testing platforms, earliest supported
+ OS versions and processor architectures. Be aware that down-level versions of Privoxy contain known security
+ issues. <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">It is preferable to build the latest code to target earlier OS
+ releases than use an earlier Privoxy release</i></span>:</p>
+ <div class="TABLE">
+ <a name="AEN296" id="AEN296"></a>
+ <p><b>Table 1. Operating system support for binaries provided by Privoxy team members</b></p>
+ <table border="1" frame="border" rules="all" class="CALSTABLE">
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <col>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Operating System</th>
+ <th>Privoxy Release</th>
+ <th>Testing Platforms</th>
+ <th>Earliest OS Version Supported</th>
+ <th>Processor Architectures</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td>Windows</td>
+ <td>3.0.33</td>
+ <td>Windows 10</td>
+ <td>Windows Vista</td>
+ <td>Intel 32 and 64 bit</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> </td>
+ <td>3.0.32</td>
+ <td>Windows 10</td>
+ <td>Windows XP</td>
+ <td>Intel 32 and 64 bit</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>macOS</td>
+ <td>3.0.33</td>
+ <td>El Capitan (10.11.6)</td>
+ <td>Snow Leopard (10.6.1)</td>
+ <td>Intel 64 bit</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> </td>
+ <td>3.0.26</td>
+ <td>El Capitan (10.11.6), Tiger (10.4.1) PPC</td>
+ <td>Tiger (10.4.1)</td>
+ <td>Intel 32 & 64 bit, PowerPC</td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+ <p>Any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take advantage of <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in a networked situation where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> would run as
+ a server on a LAN gateway. Then only the <span class="QUOTE">"gateway"</span> needs to be running one of the
+ above operating systems.</p>
+ <p>Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating systems is always a possibility, as is
+ compiling for older versions of supported operating systems.</p>
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-
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="EMAIL-CLIENT" id="EMAIL-CLIENT">2.3. Can I
- use Privoxy with my email client?</a></h3>
-
- <p>As long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client,
- then yes, any application can be used, whether it is strictly speaking
- a <span class="QUOTE">"browser"</span> or not. Though this may not be
- the best approach for dealing with some of the common abuses of HTML in
- email. See <a href="configuration.html#OUTLOOK">How can I configure
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with <span class=
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="EMAIL-CLIENT" id="EMAIL-CLIENT">2.3. Can I use Privoxy with my email client?</a></h3>
+ <p>As long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client, then yes, any application can be used,
+ whether it is strictly speaking a <span class="QUOTE">"browser"</span> or not. Though this may not be the best
+ approach for dealing with some of the common abuses of HTML in email. See <a href=
+ "configuration.html#OUTLOOK">How can I configure <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with <span class=
"APPLICATION">Outlook</span>?</a> below for more on this.</p>
-
- <p>Be aware that HTML email presents a number of unique security and
- privacy related issues, that can require advanced skills to overcome.
- The developers recommend using email clients that can be configured to
- convert HTML to plain text for these reasons.</p>
+ <p>Be aware that HTML email presents a number of unique security and privacy related issues, that can require
+ advanced skills to overcome. The developers recommend using email clients that can be configured to convert HTML
+ to plain text for these reasons.</p>
</div>
-
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="FIRSTSTEP" id="FIRSTSTEP">2.4. I just
- installed Privoxy. Is there anything special I have to do now?</a></h3>
-
- <p>All browsers should be told to use <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy
- address and port number in the appropriate configuration area for the
- browser. It's possible to combine <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with a packet filter to intercept HTTP
- requests even if the client isn't explicitly configured to use
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, but where possible,
- configuring the client is recommended. See <a href=
- "../user-manual/startup.html" target="_top">the User Manual for more
- details</a>. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache
- to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored <a href=
- "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="FIRSTSTEP" id="FIRSTSTEP">2.4. I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything special I
+ have to do now?</a></h3>
+ <p>All browsers should be told to use <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy by specifying the
+ correct proxy address and port number in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. It's possible to
+ combine <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with a packet filter to intercept HTTP requests even if the
+ client isn't explicitly configured to use <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, but where possible,
+ configuring the client is recommended. See <a href="../user-manual/startup.html" target="_top">the User Manual
+ for more details</a>. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any cached junk
+ items, and remove any stored <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
"_top">cookies</a>.</p>
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-
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- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="LOCALHOST" id="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the
- proxy address of Privoxy?</a></h3>
-
- <p>If you set up the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run on
- the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some
- networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <tt class=
- "LITERAL">127.0.0.1</tt> (sometimes referred to as <span class=
- "QUOTE">"localhost"</span>, which is the special name used by every
- computer on the Internet to refer to itself) and the port will be 8118
- (unless you used the <a href=
- "../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS" target=
- "_top">listen-address</a> config option to tell <span class=
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="LOCALHOST" id="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</a></h3>
+ <p>If you set up the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run on the computer you browse from (rather than
+ your ISP's server or some networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <tt class="LITERAL">127.0.0.1</tt>
+ (sometimes referred to as <span class="QUOTE">"localhost"</span>, which is the special name used by every
+ computer on the Internet to refer to itself) and the port will be 8118 (unless you used the <a href=
+ "../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS" target="_top">listen-address</a> config option to tell <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run on a different port).</p>
-
- <p>When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter
- the word <span class="QUOTE">"localhost"</span> or the IP address
- <span class="QUOTE">"127.0.0.1"</span> in the boxes next to
- <span class="QUOTE">"HTTP"</span> and <span class=
- "QUOTE">"Secure"</span> (HTTPS) and then the number <span class=
- "QUOTE">"8118"</span> for <span class="QUOTE">"port"</span>. This tells
- your browser to send all web requests to <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> instead of directly to the Internet.</p>
-
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can also be used to proxy
- for a Local Area Network. In this case, your would enter either the IP
- address of the LAN host where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
- is running, or the equivalent hostname, e.g. <tt class=
- "LITERAL">192.168.1.1</tt>. Port assignment would be same as above.
- Note that <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> doesn't listen on
- any LAN interfaces by default.</p>
-
- <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> does not currently handle
- any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc.</p>
+ <p>When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter the word <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"localhost"</span> or the IP address <span class="QUOTE">"127.0.0.1"</span> in the boxes next to
+ <span class="QUOTE">"HTTP"</span> and <span class="QUOTE">"Secure"</span> (HTTPS) and then the number
+ <span class="QUOTE">"8118"</span> for <span class="QUOTE">"port"</span>. This tells your browser to send all web
+ requests to <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> instead of directly to the Internet.</p>
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can also be used to proxy for a Local Area Network. In this case,
+ your would enter either the IP address of the LAN host where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is running,
+ or the equivalent hostname, e.g. <tt class="LITERAL">192.168.1.1</tt>. Port assignment would be same as above.
+ Note that <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> doesn't listen on any LAN interfaces by default.</p>
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> does not currently handle any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM,
+ IRC, ICQ, etc.</p>
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-
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- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NOTHING" id="NOTHING">2.6. I just installed
- Privoxy, and nothing is happening. All the ads are there. What's
- wrong?</a></h3>
-
- <p>Did you configure your browser to use <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy? It does not sound like it. See
- above. You might also try flushing the browser's caches to force a full
- re-reading of pages. You can verify that <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is running, and your browser is correctly
- configured by entering the special URL: <a href="http://p.p/" target=
- "_top">http://p.p/</a>. This should take you to a page titled
- <span class="QUOTE">"This is Privoxy.."</span> with access to
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> internal configuration. If
- you see this, then you are good to go. If you receive a page saying
- <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not running"</span>, then the browser
- is not set up to use your <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
- installation. If you receive anything else (probably nothing at all),
- it could either be that the browser is not set up correctly, or that
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is not running at all. Check
- the <a href="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE" target="_top">log
- file</a>. For instructions on starting <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> and browser configuration, see the
- <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html" target=
- "_top">chapter on starting <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a>
- in the <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target="_top">User
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NOTHING" id="NOTHING">2.6. I just installed Privoxy, and nothing is happening. All the
+ ads are there. What's wrong?</a></h3>
+ <p>Did you configure your browser to use <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy? It does not sound
+ like it. See above. You might also try flushing the browser's caches to force a full re-reading of pages. You can
+ verify that <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is running, and your browser is correctly configured by
+ entering the special URL: <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>. This should take you to a page
+ titled <span class="QUOTE">"This is Privoxy.."</span> with access to <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span>
+ internal configuration. If you see this, then you are good to go. If you receive a page saying <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"Privoxy is not running"</span>, then the browser is not set up to use your <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> installation. If you receive anything else (probably nothing at all), it could
+ either be that the browser is not set up correctly, or that <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is not
+ running at all. Check the <a href="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE" target="_top">log file</a>. For
+ instructions on starting <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> and browser configuration, see the <a href=
+ "https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html" target="_top">chapter on starting <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a> in the <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target="_top">User
Manual</a>.</p>
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- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NOTUSED" id="NOTUSED">2.7. I get a
- <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not being used"</span> dummy page
- although Privoxy is running and being used.</a></h3>
-
- <p>First, make sure that Privoxy is <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">really</i></span> running and being used by visiting
- <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>. You should see the
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> main page. If not, see the
- <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html" target=
- "_top">chapter on starting <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a>
- in the <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target="_top">User
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NOTUSED" id="NOTUSED">2.7. I get a <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not being
+ used"</span> dummy page although Privoxy is running and being used.</a></h3>
+ <p>First, make sure that Privoxy is <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">really</i></span> running and
+ being used by visiting <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>. You should see the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> main page. If not, see the <a href=
+ "https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html" target="_top">chapter on starting <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a> in the <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target="_top">User
Manual</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Now if <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a> works for
- you, but other parts of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>'s web
- interface show the dummy page, your browser has cached a redirection it
- encountered before <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> was being
- used. You need to clear your browser's cache. Note that shift-reloading
- the dummy page won't help, since that'll only refresh the dummy page,
- not the redirection that lead you there.</p>
-
- <p>The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to browser.
- For example, <span class="APPLICATION">Mozilla/Netscape</span> users
- would click <span class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Cache</span>
- and then click both <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear
- Memory Cache</span>"</span> and <span class="QUOTE">"<span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Clear Disk Cache</span>"</span>. In some <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Firefox</span> versions it's <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Options</span>
- --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Privacy</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click <span class=
- "QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Cache Now</span>"</span>.</p>
+ <p>Now if <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a> works for you, but other parts of <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>'s web interface show the dummy page, your browser has cached a redirection it
+ encountered before <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> was being used. You need to clear your browser's
+ cache. Note that shift-reloading the dummy page won't help, since that'll only refresh the dummy page, not the
+ redirection that lead you there.</p>
+ <p>The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to browser. For example, <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Mozilla/Netscape</span> users would click <span class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click both <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Memory
+ Cache</span>"</span> and <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Disk Cache</span>"</span>. In some
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Firefox</span> versions it's <span class="GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Options</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Privacy</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Cache
+ Now</span>"</span>.</p>
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