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                Netscape 6.2.3 Read Me

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Netscape 6.2.3 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 6.2.3, be sure to read the
Release Notes, which describe known problems and 
installation issues:

http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns62/relnotes/62.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 6.2.3.
	
To select the Classic theme after you have installed
Netscape 6.2.3:
	
     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 6.2.3.

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, Mac OS X
     -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, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
     -Pentium 233 MHz (or faster) processor
     -64 MB RAM
     -26 MB of free hard disk space

*Unix

     -Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 7.0 with X11 R6
      [Note: Netscape 6.2.3 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 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:

    * On Windows, open the Start menu and choose 
    Programs, then Netscape 6, 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

For more information, choose Help and Support Center 
from the Help menu in the browser and click Managing 
Profiles.

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              Installation Instructions

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*Installation Instructions -- Windows
     
     1. If you are installing from the CD: 
     - Double-click the Windows directory on the 
     Netscape 6.2.3 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.

     Note: On Windows, Netscape 6.2.3 includes Quick 
     Launch. Quick Launch shortens the time it takes
     for Netscape to start. If your computer is low
     in 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, see the section "Using Quick Launch" in
     the Help and Support Center. (In Netscape, click 
     on Help and select Help and Support Center.)

*Installation Instructions -- Mac OS

     Note: It is strongly recommended that you do not
     disable extensions before installing Netscape 6.2.3
     on 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 MacNetscape6Installer.sea.bin link 
     to download it to your machine. For Mac OS X, 
     click the Netscape6-macosX.sit.bin link.
     
     By default, the download file (compressed in
     MacBinary II format, with an extension of .bin)
     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

     Note: For the Mac OS X version of Netscape 
     6.2.3, no further installation is required. 
     Launch Netscape 6.2.3 by double-clicking on
     the "Netscape 6" icon in the folder
     where the downloaded file was expanded.
     
     2. Double-click the Netscape 6 Installer 
     folder.
     
     3. Double-click the Netscape 6 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. Change to the directory that contains the
     Netscape installation files:
     cd netscape-installer

     4. Run the Netscape 6.2.3 Installer with the run 
     script:
     ./netscape-installer
     
     5. Follow the on-screen instructions to 
     complete the installation process.

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

6 May 2002