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                Netscape 6.1 Read Me

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Netscape 6.1 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 6.1, be sure to read the
Release Notes, which describe known problems and 
installation issues:


http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns61/relnotes/pv61.html

To submit bugs or other feedback, from the Help menu
choose Feedback Center.

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                System Requirements

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*All Platforms

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 6.1.
    
To select the Classic theme after you have installed
Netscape 6.1:
    
     1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
     2. Under the Appearance category, choose Themes.
     3. Click to select the Classic theme.
     4. Click the Apply Classic button, then click OK.
     Changed themes take effect after you restart 
     Netscape 6.1.

During installation, the creation of temporary files
requires more free disk space than listed below.
     
*Mac OS

     -Mac OS 8.6 or later, Mac OS 9
     -PowerPC 604e 266 MHz or faster processor, G3,
      or G4
     -64 MB RAM
     -36 MB of free hard disk space

*Windows 

     -Windows 95, 98, or 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT
      4.0, or Windows 2000 
     -Pentium 233 MHz (or faster) processor
     -64 MB RAM
     -26 MB of free hard disk space

*Unix

     -Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, and 7.0 with X11 R6
      [Note: Netscape 6.1 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). The libraries 
      glibc 2.1 (or higher) and libjpeg.so.62 (or 
      higher) are required.]
     -Pentium 233 MHz (or faster) processor
     -64 MB of RAM
     -26 MB of free hard disk space

     

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              Installation Instructions

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For Mac OS and Windows users, it is strongly 
recommended that youexit 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.

*Installation Instructions -- Windows
     
     1. If you are installing from the CD: 
     - Double-click the Windows directory on the 
     Netscape 6.1 CD to open it, if you haven't done 
     so already. 
     
     If you are downloading from the Netscape site:
     - Click the N6Setup.exe link to download it to 
     your machine.
     
     2. Double-click the N6Setup 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.

*Installation Instructions -- Mac OS

     1. If you are installing from the CD:
     - Skip to step 3 now.
     
     If you are downloading from the Netscape site:
     - Click the Netscape6Installer.sea.bin link to
     download it to your machine. 
     
     By default, the download file (compressed, in 
     .bin format) is downloaded to your desktop.
     
     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:     
     
http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_mac_login.html
     
     2. Double-click the Netscape 6.1 Installer 
     folder.
     
     3. Double-click the Netscape 6.1 Installer 
     icon.
     
     4. Follow the on-screen instructions to 
     complete the installation process. The 
     program starts automatically the first time.
     
*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: 
     tar -zxvf netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz
     OR
     gzip -dc netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz | tar xvf -
     
     3. Run the Netscape 6.1 Installer with the run 
     script:
     ./netscape-installer
     
     4. Follow the on-screen instructions to 
     complete the installation process.

     5. To start Netscape, change to the directory 
     where you installed it and run the program: 
     ./netscape 
     The program starts automatically the first time.
     

25 May 2001


