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+ <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INSTALLATION" id="INSTALLATION">2.
+ Installation</a></h1>
+
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is available both in
+ convenient pre-compiled packages for a wide range of operating systems,
+ and as raw source code. For most users, we recommend using the packages,
+ which can be downloaded from our <a href=
+ "http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/" target="_top">Privoxy Project
+ Page</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Note: On some platforms, the installer may remove previously installed
+ versions, if found. (See below for your platform). In any case
+ <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">be sure to backup your old
+ configuration if it is valuable to you.</span> See the <a href=
+ "whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE">note to upgraders</a> section below.</p>
+
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="INSTALLATION-PACKAGES" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-PACKAGES">2.1. Binary Packages</a></h2>
+
+ <p>How to install the binary packages depends on your operating
+ system:</p>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM">2.1.1. Red Hat and Fedora RPMs</a></h3>
+
+ <p>RPMs can be installed with <tt class="LITERAL">rpm -Uvh
+ privoxy-3.0.19-1.rpm</tt>, and will use <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">/etc/privoxy</tt> for the location of configuration
+ files.</p>
+
+ <p>Note that on Red Hat, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
+ will <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">not</span> be automatically
+ started on system boot. You will need to enable that using <b class=
+ "COMMAND">chkconfig</b>, <b class="COMMAND">ntsysv</b>, or similar
+ methods.</p>
+
+ <p>If you have problems with failed dependencies, try rebuilding the
+ SRC RPM: <tt class="LITERAL">rpm --rebuild
+ privoxy-3.0.19-1.src.rpm</tt>. This will use your locally installed
+ libraries and RPM version.</p>
+
+ <p>Also note that if you have a <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> RPM installed on your system, you
+ need to remove it first, because the packages conflict. Otherwise,
+ RPM will try to remove <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span>
+ automatically if found, before installing <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-DEB" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-DEB">2.1.2. Debian and Ubuntu</a></h3>
+
+ <p>DEBs can be installed with <tt class="LITERAL">apt-get install
+ privoxy</tt>, and will use <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/privoxy</tt> for
+ the location of configuration files.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">2.1.3. Windows</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Just double-click the installer, which will guide you through the
+ installation process. You will find the configuration files in the
+ same directory as you installed <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in.</p>
+
+ <p>Version 3.0.5 beta introduced full <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Windows</span> service functionality. On Windows only,
+ the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> program has two new
+ command line arguments to install and uninstall <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a <span class=
+ "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">service</span>.</p>
+
+ <div class="VARIABLELIST">
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Arguments:</dt>
+
+ <dd>
+ <p><tt class="REPLACEABLE c3">--install</tt>[:<tt class=
+ "REPLACEABLE c3">service_name</tt>]</p>
+
+ <p><tt class="REPLACEABLE c3">--uninstall</tt>[:<tt class=
+ "REPLACEABLE c3">service_name</tt>]</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </div>
+
+ <p>After invoking <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with
+ <b class="COMMAND">--install</b>, you will need to bring up the
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Windows</span> service console to assign
+ the user you want <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run
+ under, and whether or not you want it to run whenever the system
+ starts. You can start the <span class="APPLICATION">Windows</span>
+ services console with the following command: <b class=
+ "COMMAND">services.msc</b>. If you do not take the manual step of
+ modifying <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> service
+ settings, it will not start. Note too that you will need to give
+ Privoxy a user account that actually exists, or it will not be
+ permitted to write to its log and configuration files.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ">2.1.4. Solaris</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Create a new directory, <tt class="LITERAL">cd</tt> to it, then
+ unzip and untar the archive. For the most part, you'll have to figure
+ out where things go.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-OS2" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-OS2">2.1.5. OS/2</a></h3>
+
+ <p>First, make sure that no previous installations of <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> and / or <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> are left on your system. Check that no
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Junkbuster</span> or <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> objects are in your startup folder.</p>
+
+ <p>Then, just double-click the WarpIN self-installing archive, which
+ will guide you through the installation process. A shadow of the
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> executable will be placed in
+ your startup folder so it will start automatically whenever OS/2
+ starts.</p>
+
+ <p>The directory you choose to install <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> into will contain all of the
+ configuration files.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-MAC" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-MAC">2.1.6. Mac OS X</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Unzip the downloaded file (you can either double-click on the zip
+ file icon from the Finder, or from the desktop if you downloaded it
+ there). Then, double-click on the package installer icon and follow
+ the installation process.</p>
+
+ <p>The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful
+ installation (in addition to every time your computer starts up). To
+ prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when your
+ computer starts up, remove or rename the folder named <tt class=
+ "LITERAL">/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</tt>.</p>
+
+ <p>To manually start or stop the privoxy service, use the Privoxy
+ Utility for Mac OS X. This application controls the privoxy service
+ (e.g. starting and stopping the service as well as uninstalling the
+ software).</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-AMIGA" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-AMIGA">2.1.7. AmigaOS</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Copy and then unpack the <tt class="FILENAME">lha</tt> archive to
+ a suitable location. All necessary files will be installed into
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> directory, including all
+ configuration and log files. To uninstall, just remove this
+ directory.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATION-TBZ" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-TBZ">2.1.8. FreeBSD</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Privoxy is part of FreeBSD's Ports Collection, you can build and
+ install it with <tt class="LITERAL">cd /usr/ports/www/privoxy; make
+ install clean</tt>.</p>
+
+ <p>If you don't use the ports, you can fetch and install the package
+ with <tt class="LITERAL">pkg_add -r privoxy</tt>.</p>
+
+ <p>The port skeleton and the package can also be downloaded from the
+ <a href=
+ "https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
+ target="_top">File Release Page</a>, but there's no reason to use
+ them unless you're interested in the beta releases which are only
+ available there.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h3 class="SECT3"><a name="INSTALLATTION-GENTOO" id=
+ "INSTALLATTION-GENTOO">2.1.9. Gentoo</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Gentoo source packages (Ebuilds) for <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> are contained in the Gentoo Portage Tree
+ (they are not on the download page, but there is a Gentoo section,
+ where you can see when a new <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
+ Version is added to the Portage Tree).</p>
+
+ <p>Before installing <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> under
+ Gentoo just do first <tt class="LITERAL">emerge --sync</tt> to get
+ the latest changes from the Portage tree. With <tt class=
+ "LITERAL">emerge privoxy</tt> you install the latest version.</p>
+
+ <p>Configuration files are in <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/privoxy</tt>,
+ the documentation is in <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">/usr/share/doc/privoxy-3.0.19</tt> and the Log directory
+ is in <tt class="FILENAME">/var/log/privoxy</tt>.</p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="INSTALLATION-SOURCE" id=
+ "INSTALLATION-SOURCE">2.2. Building from Source</a></h2>
+
+ <p>The most convenient way to obtain the <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> sources is to download the source tarball
+ from our <a href=
+ "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118&package_id=10571"
+ target="_top">project download page</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If you like to live on the bleeding edge and are not afraid of using
+ possibly unstable development versions, you can check out the
+ up-to-the-minute version directly from <a href=
+ "http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=11118" target="_top">the CVS
+ repository</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>To build <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> from source,
+ <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html" target=
+ "_top">autoconf</a>, <a href=
+ "http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html" target="_top">GNU make
+ (gmake)</a>, and, of course, a C compiler like <a href=
+ "http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html" target="_top">gcc</a> are
+ required.</p>
+
+ <p>When building from a source tarball, first unpack the source:</p>
+
+ <table class="c4" border="0" width="100%">
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <pre class="SCREEN">
+ tar xzvf privoxy-3.0.19-stable-src.tar.gz
+ cd privoxy-3.0.19-stable
+</pre>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <p>For retrieving the current CVS sources, you'll need a CVS client
+ installed. Note that sources from CVS are typically development
+ quality, and may not be stable, or well tested. To download CVS source,
+ check the Sourceforge documentation, which might give commands
+ like:</p>
+
+ <table class="c4" border="0" width="100%">
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <pre class="SCREEN">
+ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa login
+ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa co current