These instructions pertain to Windows. For Unix-like operating systems other than Mac OS X, read InstallationUnix. For Mac OS X instructions, read InstallationOSX. There are also simpler instructions available for OSes that use Debian-style packaging, like Debian and Ubuntu. For those operating systems, read InstallationDebian.
Install XULRunner
Conkeror depends on XULRunner 1.9 or higher. You can obtain compiled Windows binaries here.
Unpack the archive somewhere, and then enter the new directory in a command prompt and type the command:
xulrunner --register-user
Note: the commands above register XULRunner in your user account. If you want to register this copy of XULRunner for all users, use --register-global instead of --register-user while logged into the administrative account.
Install Conkeror
You can obtain Conkeror either with git or by downloading a snapshot archive. Note that if you intend to make changes to the Conkeror source code, using Git will be enormously more convenient than using a snapshot, particularly if you may want to contribute your changes back to Conkeror. Git is fairly small, and is easy to install, even on Windows.
git
To use Conkeror from the git repository, first clone the repository, using the command:
git clone git://repo.or.cz/conkeror.git
Later on, when you want to update:
git fetch git log HEAD..origin #optional, shows you the changes git merge origin
Last step
Make a shortcut to xulrunner.exe in the Conkeror directory (by dragging and dropping while holding down Control+Shift).
Open the properties for the shortcut and set:
- Target
"C:\Program Files\xulrunner\xulrunner.exe" "<Conkeror Install Dir>\application.ini"
- Start in
<leave blank>
Rename the shortcut to Conkeror, and create other shortcuts as needed on your desktop and start menu.