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- Netscape 7.02
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- Netscape 7.02 is subject to the terms detailed in the
- license agreement accompanying it.
-
- This Read Me file contains information about system
- requirements and installation instructions.
-
- Before you install Netscape 7.02, be sure to read the
- Release Notes, which describe known problems and
- installation issues:
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- http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/7_0/hrelnotesrtm.html
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- To submit bugs or other feedback, open the Help menu
- and choose Feedback Center.
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- System Requirements
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- *All Platforms
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- To view and use the new streamlined "Modern" theme,
- your display monitor should be set to display
- thousands of colors. For users who cannot set their
- displays to use more than 256 colors, Netscape
- recommends using the "Classic" theme for Netscape 7.02.
-
- To select the Classic theme after you have installed
- Netscape 7.02:
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- 1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
- 2. Under the Appearance category, choose Themes.
- 3. Click to select the Classic theme.
- 4. Click OK.
- Changed themes take effect after you restart
- Netscape 7.02.
-
- During installation, the creation of temporary files
- requires more free disk space than listed below.
-
- *Mac OS
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- -Mac OS 8.6 and later; Mac OS 9.1 or later
- highly recommended; Mac OS X 10.1.x; Mac OS X 10.2
- -PowerPC 604e 266 MHz or faster processor, G3,
- or G4
- -64 MB RAM
- -36 MB of free hard disk space
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- *Windows
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- -Windows 98 or 98SE, Windows Me, Windows NT
- 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
- -Pentium 233 MHz (or faster) processor
- -64 MB RAM
- -26 MB of free hard disk space
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- *Unix
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- -Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, and later
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- Note: Netscape 7.02 is certified and fully
- supported on Red Hat Linux, but will run on
- other Linux distributions, such as Debian 2.1
- (or later) or SuSE 6.2 (or later).
- Netscape 7.02 requires Linux kernel-2.2.14
- or later, with the following libraries or
- package minimums:
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- * glibc - 2.1.0
- * gtk+ - 1.2.0 (1.2.5 or later preferred)
- * XFree86-3.3.6
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- -Pentium 233 MHz (or faster) processor
- -64 MB of RAM
- -26 MB of free hard disk space
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- Installation Notes
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- - For Mac OS and Windows users, it is strongly
- recommended that you exit all programs before running
- the setup program. Also, you should temporarily
- disable virus-detection software.
-
- - Install into a clean (new) directory. Installing on
- top of released product builds may cause problems.
-
- - The Profile Manager lets you create different
- profiles, each with its own bookmarks, preferences,
- email settings, and other user-specific settings. To
- work with profiles, you must first exit the browser,
- then open the Profile Manager:
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- * On Windows, open the Start menu and choose
- Programs, then Netscape 7.0, then Profile Manager.
- * On Mac OS, open the Netscape folder and then
- double-click the Profile Manager.
- * On Linux, type the following at the command
- line:
- ./netscape -profilemanager
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- For more information, open the Help menu, choose Help
- and Support Center, and click Managing Profiles.
-
- - If you have problems connecting to web sites after
- you install Netscape 7.02, you may need to check your
- proxy configuration settings. For information on
- the settings you should use, speak to your system
- administrator.
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- For information on how to change proxy settings, open
- the Help menu, choose Help and Support Center, click
- Search, and type "proxy".
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- Installation Instructions
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- *Installation Instructions -- Windows
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- 1. If you are installing from the CD:
- - Double-click the Windows directory on the
- Netscape 7.0 CD to open it, if you haven't
- done so already.
-
- If you are downloading from the Netscape site:
- - Click the NSSetup.exe link to download it to
- your machine.
-
- 2. Double-click the NSSetup.exe program icon on
- your machine to begin the Setup program.
-
- 3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the
- Setup program. The program starts automatically
- the first time.
-
- Note: On Windows, Netscape 7.02 includes
- Quick Launch. Quick Launch shortens the time it
- takes for Netscape to start. If your computer is
- low on memory, and you enable Quick Launch during
- installation, you have the option in Netscape
- to temporarily or permanently disable Quick
- Launch. For more information about using Quick
- Launch, open the Help menu and choose Help and
- Support Center; then click the Search tab in the
- left frame, type "Quick Launch", and press Enter.
-
- *Installation Instructions -- Mac OS 8.x, 9.x
-
- Note: It is strongly recommended that you do not
- disable extensions before installing Netscape 7.02
- on Mac OS 8.x or 9.x. In particular, QuickTime is
- required for installation to proceed.
-
- 1. If you are installing from the CD:
- - Skip to step 3 now.
-
- If you are downloading from the Netscape site:
- - Click the Netscape-mac-stub.bin link.
-
- 2. Double-click the Netscape Installer
- folder.
-
- 3. Double-click the Netscape Installer
- icon.
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- 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to
- complete the installation process. The
- program starts automatically the first time.
-
- *Installation Instructions -- Mac OS X
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- 1. If you are installing from the CD:
- - Skip to step 3 now.
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- If you are downloading from the Netscape site:
- - Click the Netscape-macosX.smi.bin link.
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- If the downloaded file does not expand
- automatically, you must expand the file using a
- program such as StuffIt Expander. If you don't
- have StuffIt Expander, you can get a copy by
- visiting:
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- http://www.stuffit.com/expander/macindex.html
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- 2. Double-click the .smi file to open Apple Disk
- Copy utility and mount the disk image as
- "Netscape for MacOS X". (If it launches Classic
- instead, stop Classic and make sure the file name
- ends with .smi.)
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- 3. Open the volume called Netscape for MacOS X
- and **copy** the Netscape folder anywhere on your
- hard drive. (If you attempt to launch Netscape
- directly from the disk image, it will crash.)
-
- 4. Unmount the disk image, if necessary, by
- dragging the Netscape for MacOS X icon to the
- trash.
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- 5. Launch Netscape from the folder you copied
- to your hard drive.
-
- *Installation Instructions -- Unix
-
- 1. If you are installing from the CD:
- - Change to the Linux directory on the CD:
- cd linux. Then skip to step 3.
-
- If you are downloading from the Netscape site:
- - Download the
- netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz
- archive.
-
- 2. Type one of the following to gunzip and
- untar the archive:
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- tar -zxvf netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz
-
- OR
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- gzip -dc netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz | tar xvf -
-
- 3. Change to the directory that contains the
- Netscape installation files:
- cd netscape-installer
-
- 4. Run the Netscape 7.0 Installer with the run
- script:
- ./netscape-installer
-
- 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to
- complete the installation process.
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- 6. To start Netscape, change to the directory
- where you installed it and run the program:
- ./netscape
- The program starts automatically the first time.
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- 28 January 2003