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= = = = = = = = = = = = = RetroZilla Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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RetroZilla is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement
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accompanying it.
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This Read Me file contains information about system requirements and
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installation instructions for the Windows builds of RetroZilla.
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For more info on RetroZilla, see
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https://rn10950.github.io/RetroZillaWeb/
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To submit bugs or other feedback, see the Navigator QA menu and check out
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GitHub at https://github.com/rn10950/RetroZilla for links to known bugs,
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bug-writing guidelines, and more.
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Getting RetroZilla
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You can download the source code of RetroZilla from the RetroZilla GitHub
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at
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https://github.com/rn10950/RetroZilla
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Keep in mind that the source code in its raw form may be buggy. If you are
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looking for a more polished version of RetroZilla, the RetroZilla project
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releases builds of RetroZilla regularly that you can download from
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https://rn10950.github.io/RetroZillaWeb/
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Be sure to read the RetroZilla release notes for information on known
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problems and installation issues with RetroZilla. The release notes
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can be found at the preceding URL along with the releases themselves.
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System Requirements
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* General
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If you want to view and use the "Modern" theme, your display monitor
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should be set to display thousands of colors. For users who cannot set
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their displays to use more than 256 colors, the RetroZilla project
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recommends using the "Classic" theme for RetroZilla.
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To select the Modern theme after you have installed RetroZilla, from
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the browser, open the View menu, then open the Apply Theme submenu and
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choose Modern.
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*Windows
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- Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000 or XP
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- Intel Pentium class processor (233 MHz or faster recommended)
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- 64 MB RAM
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- 26 MB free hard disk space
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* We recommend that Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.x and 10 users not use
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RetroZilla, and instead use the current version of SeaMonkey or Firefox.
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They are much more secure and compatible with the modern web than
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RetroZilla is.
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* We recommend that Windows 2000 users use Firefox 12 or SeaMonkey 2.9.
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* We recommend that Windows 98 and Me users use Firefox 3.6 or SeaMonkey
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2.0.14 with the KernelEx platform.
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Installation Instructions
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It is strongly recommended that you exit all programs before running the
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setup program. Also, you should temporarily disable virus-detection
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software.
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Install into a clean (new) directory. Installing on top of previously
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released builds may cause problems.
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Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build RetroZilla.
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For info on building RetroZilla from the mozilla.org source code, see
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https://rn10950.github.io/RetroZillaWeb/
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Windows Installation Instructions
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Note: For Windows NT/2000/XP systems, you need Administrator privileges to
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install RetroZilla. If you see an "Error 5" message during installation,
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make sure you're running the installation with Administrator privileges.
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To install RetroZilla by downloading the RetroZilla installer,
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follow these steps:
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1. Click the link to seamonkey-x.xx.en-US.win32.installer.exe (or
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similar file name) on the site you're downloading RetroZilla from to
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download the installer file to your machine.
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2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click the
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installer file icon on your machine to begin the Setup program.
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3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup program. The program
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starts automatically the first time.
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To install RetroZilla by downloading the .zip file and installing
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manually, follow these steps:
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1. Click the link to seamonkey-x.xx.en-US.win32.zip (or similar file
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name) on the site you're downloading RetroZilla from to download the
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.zip file to your machine.
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2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click the
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compressed file.
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Note: This step assumes you already have a recent version of WinZip
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(or a similar zip tool) installed, and that you know how to use it.
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If not, you can get WinZip and information about the program at
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www.winzip.com.
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3. Extract the .zip file to a directory such as
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C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\RetroZilla.
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4. To start RetroZilla, navigate to the directory you extracted
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RetroZilla to and double-click the seamonkey.exe icon.
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Mac OS X Installation Instructions
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To install RetroZilla by downloading the RetroZilla disk image,
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follow these steps:
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1. Click the mozilla-mac-MachO.dmg.gz link to download
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it to your machine. By default, the download file is
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downloaded to your desktop.
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2. Once you have downloaded the .dmg.gz file, drag it
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onto Stuffit Expander to decompress it. If the disk
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image doesn't mount automatically, double-click on the
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.dmg file to mount it. If that fails, and the file
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does not look like a disk image file, do a "Show Info"
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on the file, and, in the "Open with application"
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category, choose Disk Copy. In Mac OS 10.2, you can
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use "Open with" from the context menu.
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3. Once the disk image mounts, open it, and drag the
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RetroZilla icon onto your hard disk.
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4. We recommend that you copy it to the Applications
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folder.
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5. Now Eject the disk image.
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6. If you like, you can drag RetroZilla to your dock to
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have it easily accessible at all times. You might also
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wish to select RetroZilla as your default browser in the
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Internet system preferences pane (under the Web tab).
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Linux Installation Instructions
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Note: If you install in the default directory (which is
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usually /usr/local/mozilla), or any other directory where
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only the root user normally has write-access, you must
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start RetroZilla first as root before other users can start
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the program. Doing so generates a set of files required
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for later use by other users.
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To install RetroZilla by downloading the RetroZilla installer,
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follow these steps:
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1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla)
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and change to that directory (cd mozilla).
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2. Click the link on the site you're downloading
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RetroZilla from to download the installer file
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(called mozilla-1686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz)
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to your machine.
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3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and
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decompress the archive with the following command:
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tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz
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The installer is now located in a subdirectory of
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RetroZilla named mozilla-installer.
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4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory
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(cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the
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./mozilla-installer command.
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5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for
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installing RetroZilla.
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Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the
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installation may take some time. In this case, the
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installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely,
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even though the installation is still in process.
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6. To start RetroZilla, change to the directory where you
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installed it and run the ./mozilla command.
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To install RetroZilla by downloading the tar.gz file:
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1. Create a directory named "mozilla" (mkdir mozilla)
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and change to that directory (cd mozilla).
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2. Click the link on the site you're downloading
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RetroZilla from to download the non-installer
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(mozilla*.tar.gz) file into the mozilla directory.
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3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla) and
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decompress the file with the following command:
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tar zxvf moz*.tar.gz
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This creates a "mozilla" directory under your mozilla
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directory.
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4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla).
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5. Run RetroZilla with the following run script:
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./mozilla
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To hook up RetroZilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel,
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follow these steps:
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1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu,
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and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher.
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2. Right-click the icon for RetroZilla on the Panel and
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enter the following command:
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directory_name./mozilla
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where directory_name is the name of the directory
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you downloaded mozilla to. For example, the default
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directory that RetroZilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla.
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3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment
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if you wish.
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4. Click the icon button and type in the following as
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the icon's location:
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directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm
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where directory name is the directory where you
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installed RetroZilla. For example, the default directory
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is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm.
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