Squid is a popular proxy server that can be used for caching web pages and other internet content. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Squid on NetBSD.
The first step is to download the latest version of Squid from the official website. You can do this by visiting the following URL: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/
Once you are on the website, locate the latest version of Squid and choose the appropriate package for your system. In this case, we will choose the "tar.gz" package.
Before we can install Squid, we need to ensure that all of its dependencies are installed on our system. To do this, we will use the pkg_add command to install the required packages.
Here is the command to install the required packages:
sudo pkg_add gcc libcrypto libssl krb5 gettext-tools pcre icu
Now that all of the required dependencies are installed on our system, we can extract and configure Squid.
Here are the steps to extract and configure Squid:
Open the terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Squid package.
Use the following command to extract the package:
tar -xvf squid-{VERSION}.tar.gz
Replace {VERSION} with the version number of the package you downloaded.
Change into the extracted directory:
cd squid-{VERSION}
Run the configure script:
./configure
This will configure Squid with default settings. If you want to customize the configuration, you can pass arguments to the configure script.
Once Squid is configured, we can compile and install it. Here are the steps to compile and install Squid:
Run the following command to compile Squid:
make
Install Squid by running the following command:
sudo make install
Once the installation is complete, Squid will be installed on your NetBSD system.
The final step is to configure Squid. There are many configuration options available, but for basic usage, you can use the default configuration.
The configuration file for Squid is located in /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf. You can edit this file to customize the configuration.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Squid on NetBSD. Once Squid is installed, you can use it as a proxy server to cache web pages and other internet content.
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