- <p>Installation instructions for the OS X platform depend upon
- whether you downloaded a ready-built installation package (.pkg or
- .mpkg) or have downloaded the source code.</p>
- </div>
-
- <div class="SECT3">
- <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-PACKAGE" id=
- "OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-PACKAGE">2.1.7. Installation from ready-built
- package</a></h4>
-
- <p>The downloaded file will either be a .pkg (for OS X 10.5 upwards)
- or a bzipped .mpkg file (for OS X 10.4). The former can be
- double-clicked as is and the installation will start; double-clicking
- the latter will unzip the .mpkg file which can then be double-clicked
- to commence the installation.</p>
-
- <p>The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful
- installation (and thereafter every time your computer starts up)
- however you will need to configure your web browser(s) to use it. To
- do so, configure them to use a proxy for HTTP and HTTPS at the
- address 127.0.0.1:8118.</p>
-
- <p>To prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when
- your computer starts up, remove or rename the file <tt class=
- "LITERAL">/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ijbswa.privoxy.plist</tt> (on OS
- X 10.5 and higher) or the folder named <tt class=
- "LITERAL">/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</tt> (on OS X 10.4
- 'Tiger').</p>
-
- <p>To manually start or stop the privoxy service, use the scripts
- startPrivoxy.sh and stopPrivoxy.sh supplied in /Applications/Privoxy.
- They must be run from an administrator account, using sudo.</p>
-
- <p>To uninstall, run /Applications/Privoxy/uninstall.command as sudo
- from an administrator account.</p>
- </div>
-
- <div class="SECT3">
- <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-SOURCE" id=
- "OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-SOURCE">2.1.8. Installation from source</a></h4>
-
- <p>To build and install the Privoxy source code on OS X you will need
- to obtain the macsetup module from the Privoxy Sourceforge CVS
- repository (refer to Sourceforge help for details of how to set up a
- CVS client to have read-only access to the repository). This module
- contains scripts that leverage the usual open-source tools (available
- as part of Apple's free of charge Xcode distribution or via the usual
- open-source software package managers for OS X (MacPorts, Homebrew,
- Fink etc.) to build and then install the privoxy binary and
- associated files. The macsetup module's README file contains complete
- instructions for its use.</p>