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NAME="INSTALLATION"
->2. Installation</A
-></H1
+></A
+>2. Installation</H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="WHICHBROWSERS"
+></A
>2.1. Which browsers are supported by <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</A
-></H3
+>?</H3
><P
-> Any browser that can be configured to use a <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"proxy"</SPAN
->, which
- should be virtually all browsers. Direct browser support is not necessary
- since <SPAN
+> 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
+>, and <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Opera</SPAN
+> among others.
+ Direct browser support is not an absolute requirement since
+ <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> runs as a separate application and
- just exchanges standard HTML data with your browser, just like a web server
+> runs as a separate application and talks
+ to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web server
does.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="WHICHOS"
->2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</A
-></H3
+></A
+>2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</H3
><P
> At present, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> is known to run on
- Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), Linux (RedHat, Suse, Debian), Mac OSX,
- OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, BeOS, and many more flavors of Unix.</P
+ Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo,
+ Slackware and others), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
+ Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.</P
><P
> But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take advantage of
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"gateway"</SPAN
> needs to be running one of the above
- operating systems. </P
+ operating systems.</P
><P
-> Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating systems,
+> Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating systems
is always a possibility.</P
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><DIV
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
+NAME="EMAIL-CLIENT"
+></A
+>2.3. Can I use <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> with my email client?</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 Express</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
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
NAME="NEWINSTALL"
->2.3. Can I install
+></A
+>2.4. Can I install
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> over <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Junkbuster</SPAN
->?</A
-></H3
+>?</H3
><P
-> We recommend you uninstall <SPAN
+> We recommend you un-install <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Junkbuster</SPAN
>
first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration
- is substantially changed.
- </P
-><P
-> See the <A
+ files and syntax have substantially changed, so you will need to manually
+ port your old patterns. See the <A
+HREF="../user-manual/upgradersnote.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>note
+ to upgraders</A
+> and <A
+HREF="../user-manual/installation.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>installation
+ chapter</A
+> in the <A
HREF="../user-manual/index.html"
TARGET="_top"
->user-manual</A
-> for
- platform specific installation instructions.
+>user manual</A
+>
+ for details.
</P
><P
-> Note: Some installers may automatically uninstall
+> Note: Some installers may automatically un-install
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Junkbuster</SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN189"
->2.4. I just installed <SPAN
+NAME="AEN235"
+></A
+>2.5. I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>. Is there anything
-special I have to do now?</A
-></H3
+special I have to do now?</H3
><P
> All browsers must be told to use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>
as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy address and port number
in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. See below.
- Also, you should flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any
- cached items. </P
+ You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any
+ cached junk items, and remove any stored cookies. </P
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><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="LOCALHOST"
->2.5. What is the proxy address of <SPAN
+></A
+>2.6. What is the proxy address of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</A
-></H3
+>?</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 <SPAN
+ 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
+>,
+ which is the special name used by every computer on the Internet to refer
to itself) and the port will be 8118 (unless you have <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> to run on a different port with the
- <I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->listen-address</I
+>
+ to run on a different port with the <A
+HREF="../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
+TARGET="_top"
+>listen-address</A
> config option).
</P
><P
the word <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"localhost"</SPAN
-> in the boxes next to <SPAN
+> or the IP address <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"HTTP"</SPAN
+>"127.0.0.1"</SPAN
>
- and <SPAN
+ in the boxes next to <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"HTTP"</SPAN
+> and <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Secure"</SPAN
-> (HTTPS) and then the number <SPAN
+> (HTTPS) and
+ then the number <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"8118"</SPAN
->
- for <SPAN
+> for <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"port"</SPAN
->. This tells your browser to send all web
- requests to <SPAN
+>.
+ This tells your browser to send all web requests to <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> instead of directly to the
- Internet.
+>
+ instead of directly to the Internet.
</P
><P
> <SPAN
>Privoxy</SPAN
>
is running, or the equivalent hostname. Port assignment would be
- same as above.
+ 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
- protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, or other Internet
- protocols.
+ any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc. Be sure that
+ proxying any of these other protocols is not activated.
</P
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><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN214"
->2.6. I just installed <SPAN
+NAME="NOTHING"
+></A
+>2.7. I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>, and nothing is happening.
-All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
-></H3
+All the ads are there. What's wrong?</H3
><P
> Did you configure your browser to use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
HREF="http://p.p/"
TARGET="_top"
>http://p.p/</A
->. This should give you
- a banner that says <SPAN
+>.
+
+ This should take you to a page titled <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"This is Privoxy"</SPAN
-> and
+>"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 not, the browser or
+> 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 manual</A
+>.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="NOTUSED"
+></A
+>2.8. I get a <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Privoxy is not being used"</SPAN
+> dummy page although
+<SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> is running and being used.</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 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
-> are not set up correctly. </P
+> 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
+>.
+ And, <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Firefox</SPAN
+> users would click
+ <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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