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# Installation instructions
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1. Clone or download this repo
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2. Press F12 to bring up the developer toobox. Click the menu button in the top right and open settings. Check "Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes" near the bottom right. Close the developer toolbar afterwards.
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3. Drag the searx-opensearch-Firefox.xml file from this repo onto the Firefox window. Copy the address in the location bar to the clipboard. You can close the tab now.
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4. Click the main "hamburger" menu, then Web Developer, then Browser Console.
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5. In the Browser Console window command line box, enter the following, replacing the placeholder text with the address you copied earlier. You'll probably see "undefined" after submitting the text — don't worry about it.
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6. Services.search.addEngine("PASTE THE ADDRESS HERE", null, null, false);
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7. In your preferences you should now see an entry for searx, and be able to set it as your default.
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# Searx
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Searx is a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine. For more information ,visit [Searx homepage](https://https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/).
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# Search engines in Firefox
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The search.json.mozlz4 file stores the user-installed search engines that are available in the Firefox Search bar. |