Re: [squid-users] hi

flyinghawk2k wrote:
> 2010/7/25 Albert Wang <albert_wang_at_hotmail.com>:
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to understand ICAP and ECAP services for a project at work, and am finding that squid looks to be a good first step.
>>
>> To that end, I want to learn how to install and configure squid3 on my home laptop, running Ubuntu 10.4.
>
> 1. download the source and untar it.
> 2. cd the source dir.
> 3. ./configure --help to check the options for compiling.
> 4. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid ... (configure it with the
> options you want)

These are the minimal set of options to integrate with Debian based OS
including Ubuntu:
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Debian#Compiling

> 5. make && make install (compile and install it)
> 6. cd /usr/local/squid; sbin/squid -z; (init the cachedir, and look
> for what happens)
> 7. sbin/squid (start the squid)
>
> That's all IMO.

To use ecap you will also need to patch and build the libecap which is
not provided yet. I'm working on packaging it unofficially, but it may
take a while.

Amos

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