Re: [squid-users] How to install

The company buy a dedicated server with ubuntu 6.06.

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Michael Alger <squid_at_mm.quex.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:01:45PM +0200, Sebastian Jaurena wrote:
>> Hi, I start to learn linux OS since a few month ago. I have a
>> dedicated server, and I need install squid, but if I make "apt-get
>> install squid" the version that Im installing is 2.5 and I need at
>> least 2.6. I try doing "apt-get install squid.2.6" but nothing
>> happend. Anyone can help about how upgrade my repository list?
>
> What distribution are you using - Debian? Ubuntu? Something else?
>
> Assuming you're using Debian, squid 2.5 was in sarge - the previous
> stable release - which is pretty old now. It'd be a good idea to
> look at upgrading to the current stable release, which does have 2.6
> in it.
>
> You can see the versions at this URL:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=squid
>
> Etch is the current stable release.
>
> If you really just want to get a 2.6 squid running ASAP, you might
> be able to use the one from Debian backports:
>
> http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
>
> (just remember that you're running sarge, not etch, so modify the
> instructions accordingly)
>
> However that version of squid is pretty old too, and you'd be much
> happier running a more up to date version on a more up to date
> Linux distribution.
>
> If you're using Ubuntu, their release cycle is quite a bit faster than
> Debian's so your system is way, way out of date.
>
Received on Thu Sep 18 2008 - 13:46:17 MDT