SQUID Cache Server Installation

SQUID Cache Server Installation

To be Configured for

Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit Operating System

Download the file squid-3.5.17.tar.gz

Unzip the file to any user directory path, i extracted it in Downloads:

/home/<username>/Downloads/

Give the folder extracted from the file FULL PERMISSIONS

Eg:

sudo chmod -R 777 /home/tele/Downloads/squid-3.5.17

Run the commands:

sudo apt-get install g++

After that:

Login as root user

Navigate to the squid folder

In my case, /home/tele/Downloads/squid-3.5.17 is the folder

To build and install the Squid Cache, type:(Note: these commands shall be executed as root)

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid --with-openssl

make all

# this command should take a while to complete (all library files will be compiled here).

# make sure the command doesn’t give any errors

make install

chmod -R 777 /usr/local/squid/var/logs/

Finally open Browser type http://localhost:3128 It shows squid home page.

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