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5 * Purpose : README file to give a short intro.
7 * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
8 * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
10 * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
11 * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
12 * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
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34 This README is included with the development version of Privoxy 2.9.14, which
35 will eventually become Privoxy v3.0 (and soon we hope!). See http://
36 www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code level is beta, and
37 seems stable to us :).
39 Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting
40 privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and
41 removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
42 very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
43 tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
46 Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
52 NEWS! As of 03/24/02, the name of this project has been changed from ijbswa/
53 Junkbuster to Privoxy. This is reflected in many of the included files.
55 WARNING! If upgrading from earlier versions of this project via RPM packages,
56 the new package will delete any previously installed 'Junkbuster' packages.
58 IMPORTANT! READ! Configuration Change as of 17 Mar 2002: The default listening
59 port is now 8118 due to conflicts with port 8000 assignment. You will need to
60 change your browser if upgrading!!! And maybe firewall, etc.
66 To build Privoxy from source, autoheader, autoconf, GNU make (gmake), and, of
67 course, a C compiler are required.
69 When building from a source tarball (either release version or nightly CVS
70 tarball), first unpack the source:
72 tar xzvf privoxy-2.9.14-beta-src* [.tgz or .tar.gz]
73 cd privoxy-2.9.14-beta
75 For retrieving the current CVS sources, you'll need CVS installed. Note that
76 sources from CVS are development quality, and may not be stable, or well
77 tested. To download CVS source:
79 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa login
80 cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa co current
83 This will create a directory named current/, which will contain the source
86 Then, in either case, to build from unpacked tarball or CVS source:
90 ./configure # (--help to see options)
91 make # (the make from gnu, gmake for *BSD)
93 make -n install # (to see where all the files will go)
94 make install # (to really install)
96 If you have gnu make, you can have the first four steps automatically done for
101 in the freshly downloaded or unpacked source directory.
103 For more detailed instructions on how to build Redhat and SuSE RPMs, Windows
104 self-extracting installers, building on platforms with special requirements
105 etc, please consult the developer manual.
107 For binary RPM installation, and other platforms, see the user-manual as well.
113 privoxy [--help] [--version] [--no-daemon] [--pidfile PIDFILE] [--user USER
114 [.GROUP]] [config_file]
116 See the man page or user-manual for a brief explanation of each option.
118 If no config_file is specified on the command line, Privoxy will look for a
119 file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look for
120 'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start.
122 Or for Red Hat: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start
124 Or for SuSE: /etc/rc.d/privoxy start
130 See: 'config', 'default.action', 'user.action', and 'default.filter'.
131 'user.action' is for personal configuration. These are all well commented. Most
132 of the magic is in '*.action' files. 'user.action' should be used for any
133 actions customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are installed in /etc
134 /privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed. There
135 are many significant changes and advances since Junkbuster v2.0.x. The
136 user-manual has a run down of configuration options, and examples: http://
137 www.privoxy.org/user-manual/.
139 Be sure to set your browser(s) for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy at <IP>:<Port>, or whatever
140 you specify in the config file under 'listen-address'. DEFAULT is localhost:
143 The actions list can be configured via the web interface accessed via http://
144 p.p/, as well other options.
146 All configuration files are subject to unannounced changes during the
153 There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory, but it is not
154 completed at this point. In particular, see the user-manual there, the faq, and
155 those interested in Privoxy development, should look at developer-manual.
157 The most up to date source of information on the current development version,
158 may still be either comments in the source code, or the included configuration
159 files. The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main
160 configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and 'default.filter' in
161 the toplevel source directory.
163 Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager.
166 CONTACTING THE DEVELOPERS, BUG REPORTING AND FEATURE REQUESTS
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170 ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
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