Installing on Windows
It is recommended that you exit all programs before running the setup program. Also, you should temporarily disable virus detection software.
To install Mozilla, follow these steps:
1. On the download page, click a Windows installer link to download the file to your machine.
2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double click the installer 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: Certain ATI video drivers are not compatible with Mozilla and may lead to crashes.
Running multiple versions of Mozilla
You can keep multiple versions of Mozilla in your computer by installing them in different directories. Note, however, you can only run one Mozilla version at a time.
Starting and closing Mozilla
To start Mozilla, double click on the Mozilla icon on your desktop. You can customize how Mozilla starts up (e.g. what profile to use) via command line arguments.
Quick Launch
Quick Launch allows you to open Mozilla quickly. When Mozilla uses Quick Launch, a Mozilla icon is present in the system tray (near the clock)
You can open Navigator by double clicking on the icon. To open a different component (such as Mail & Newsgroups or Composer), right-click the icon and choose the component from the context menu.
During installation, you have the option of enabling or disabling Quick Launch. If enabled, Quick Launch loads part of Mozilla into memory when your computer starts up (and each time Mozilla first starts up). Quick Launch keeps Mozilla in memory even after you close all Mozilla windows so you can quickly re-open Mozilla as needed. If your computer is low on memory, you may want to disable Quick Launch.
To enable Quick Launch:
1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Choose Advanced category.
3. Select Keep Mozilla in memory to improve startup performance to enable Quick Launch.
4. Click OK.
To disable Quick Launch, right-click on the Mozilla icon in the system tray and choose "Disable Quick Launch" in the context menu.
To exit Quick Launch and Mozilla completely:
1. Close all Mozilla windows.
2. Right-click on the Mozilla icon in the system tray and choose "Exit Mozilla" from the context menu.
Java, Plug-ins, and Other Extras
Java
To run Java applets, you must install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.1 or later. If you already have the JRE on your system, the setup program should recognize it.
Installing Address Book Palm Sync
To be able to sync between Mozilla’s address book and your Palm, you need to enable the Mozilla Palm Sync conduit. To do that, open the Start Menu, select Programs, select Mozilla, and choose the Address Book Palm Sync Install item. Note that if you set up your Palm to sync its address book with Mozilla, the address book will no longer sync with the Palm Desktop.
Once you have done this you can connect your Palm device and press the HotSync button on your Palm cradle. This should bring up the HotSync Manager dialog on your desktop and should start Mozilla. Once synchronization is complete, close and reopen Mozilla, and open the Mozilla Address Book to confirm that the synchronization was successful.
Uninstalling Mozilla
To uninstall Mozilla, open the Control Panel, open Add Remove Programs, and choose Mozilla 1.x from the list. Note uninstalling Mozilla does not remove your profile data.
Installing on Mac OS X
To install Mozilla,
1. Click the Mac OS X disk image link to download the file to your machine.
2. The disk image expands and mounts itself.
If the disk image doesn't mount automatically, double-click on the .dmg file to mount it. If that fails, and the file does not look like a disk image file, do a Show Info on the file, and, in the Open with application category, choose Disk Copy.
3. Open the disk image, and drag the Mozilla icon to where you want to install Mozilla. We recommend that you copy it to the Applications folder.
4. Eject the disk image.
5. To start Mozilla, open the folder where you installed Mozilla and double click the Mozilla icon.
Note: Do not disable extensions before installing Mozilla. Doing so may cause installation problems.
Starting Mozilla
You can drag the Mozilla icon from the install folder to your dock to have it easily accessible at all times. You might also wish to select Mozilla as your default browser in the Internet system preferences pane (under the Web tab).
Java and Plug-ins
Mozilla uses Internet plug-ins and Java already installed on your system. No special work is required.
Uninstalling Mozilla
To uninstall Mozilla,
1. Remove the application files in /Users/
2. Remove the file Mozilla Registry from /Users/
3. Remove Mozilla from the installed location. (i.e. /Applications)
Installing on Linux
Note: These instructions use the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands accordingly.
To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, follow these steps:
1. Create a directory named mozilla1.x (mkdir mozilla1.x) and change to that directory (cd mozilla1.x).
2. Download the installer package (called mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.x-installer.tar.gz) to the mozilla1.x directory.
3. Change to where you downloaded the package (cd mozilla1.x) and decompress the archive file with the following command:
gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
(This places the installer in a sub-directory named mozilla-installer.)
4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the ./mozilla-installer command.
5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for installing Mozilla
6. To start Mozilla, change to the install directory and run the ./mozilla command.
Note: you must run Mozilla at least once to complete the installation process. If a different user (other than the person who installed the program) runs the program first, a core dump will occur.
Installing RPM builds
The Red Hat RPM builds are created to work with the default Red Hat 7 and Red Hat 8 installations. Using these RPMs on SuSE requires installation of the gdk-pixbuf package.