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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INSTALLATION" id="INSTALLATION">2.
Installation</a></h1>
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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHBROWSERS" id="WHICHBROWSERS">2.1. Which
browsers are supported by Privoxy?</a></h3>
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<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
to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web
server does.</p>
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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHOS" id="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating
systems are supported?</a></h3>
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<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 (10.4 and upwards on PPC and Intel processors), OS/2,
Haiku, DragonFly, ElectroBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and
various other flavors of Unix.</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p>Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating
systems is always a possibility.</p>
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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="EMAIL-CLIENT" id="EMAIL-CLIENT">2.3. Can I
use Privoxy with my email client?</a></h3>
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<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
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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
"_top">cookies</a>.</p>
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<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="LOCALHOST" id="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the
proxy address of Privoxy?</a></h3>
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<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=
"../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>
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<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
"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>
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<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>
"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>
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<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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<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>
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<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
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>
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<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
"_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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<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
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>
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<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=
"QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Cache Now</span>"</span>.</p>
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