########## PRIVOXY INSTALL ############# For more info after the install, configure and use refer to the README in the same dir as the INSTALL To build Privoxy from source, autoconf, GNU make (gmake), and, of course, a C compiler like gcc are required. When building from a source tarball (either release version or nightly CVS tarball), first unpack the source: tar xzvf privoxy-3.1.1-beta-src* [.tgz or .tar.gz] cd privoxy-3.1.1-beta For retrieving the current CVS sources, you'll need CVS installed. Note that sources from CVS are development quality, and may not be stable, or well tested. To download CVS source: cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa co current cd current This will create a directory named current/, which will contain the source tree. you can too check any privoxy branch, just change the "current" name with the wanted branch name (Example: v_3_0_branch for the 3.0 cvs tree) you should create the user and group that privoxy will run, the default is "privoxy" for both you can change the user and group with --with-user= and --with-group= in the ./configure step the user and group should have the login disabled for better safety here is my /etc/passwd entry privoxy:*:7777:7777:privoxy proxy:/no/home:/no/shell and my /etc/group entry privoxy:*:7777:privoxy Then, in either case, to build from unpacked tarball or CVS source: autoheader autoconf ./configure # (--help to see options, see the warning below) make # (the make from gnu, gmake for *BSD) su make -n install # (to see where all the files will go) make install # (to really install) If you have gnu make, you can have the first four steps automatically done for you by just typing: make in the freshly downloaded or unpacked source directory. ** WARNING ** 1- if you are installing in /usr/local or / (root) the use of --sysconfdir=$prefix/etc/privoxy is recommended for a safer (there may already exist other program that uses a file with the "config" name) and cleaner and easier to use etc dir 2- for user install dont forget to give the --with-user and --with-group equal to the current user or tune things later ** END OF WARNING ** For more detailed instructions on how to build Redhat and SuSE RPMs, Windows self-extracting installers, building on platforms with special requirements etc, please consult the developer manual. For binary RPM installation, and other platforms, see the user-manual as well. Now go read the README to learn what should you do next