Privoxy is available as raw source code (tarball or via CVS), or pre-compiled binaries for various platforms. See the Privoxy Project Page for the most up to date release information. Privoxy is also available via CVS. This is the recommended approach at this time. But please be aware that CVS is constantly changing, and it may break in mysterious ways.
At present, Privoxy is known to run on Win32, Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, Linux (RedHat, Suse, Debian), FreeBSD, and many flavors of Unix. There are source and binary releases for these available for download at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118.
There are several ways to install Privoxy.
To build Privoxy from source, autoconf and GNU make (gmake) are required. Source is available as gzipped tar archives. For this, first unpack the source:
tar xzvf privoxy-2.9.14-beta-src* [.tgz or .tar.gz] cd privoxy-2.9.14-beta |
For retrieving the current CVS sources, you'll need the CVS package installed first. Note CVS source is 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.
Then, in either case, to build from unpacked tarball or CVS source:
autoheader autoconf ./configure (--help to see options) 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) |
Redhat and SuSE src and binary RPMs can be built with "make redhat-dist" or "make suse-dist" from unpacked sources. You will need to run "autoconf; autoheader; ./configure" beforehand. *BSD will require gmake (from http://www.gnu.org).
For Redhat and SuSE Linux RPM packages, see below.
To build Redhat RPM packages from source, install source as above. Then:
autoheader autoconf ./configure make redhat-dist |
This will create both binary and src RPMs in the usual places. Example:
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686/privoxy-2.9.14-1.i686.rpm
/usr/src/redhat/SRPMS/privoxy-2.9.14-1.src.rpm
To install, of course:
rpm -Uvv /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686/privoxy-2.9.14-1.i686.rpm |
This will place the Privoxy configuration files in /etc/privoxy/, and log files in /var/log/privoxy/. Run "chkconfig privoxy on" to have Privoxy start automatically during init.
To build SuSE RPM packages, install source as above. Then:
autoheader autoconf ./configure make suse-dist |
This will create both binary and src RPMs in the usual places. Example:
/usr/src/packages/RPMS/i686/privoxy-2.9.14-1.i686.rpm
/usr/src/packages/SRPMS/privoxy-2.9.14-1.src.rpm
To install, of course:
rpm -Uvv /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i686/privoxy-2.9.14-1.i686.rpm |
This will place the Privoxy configuration files in /etc/privoxy/, and log files in /var/log/privoxy/.
Privoxy is packaged in a WarpIN self- installing archive. The self-installing program will be named depending on the release version, something like: privoxyos2_setup_2.9.14.exe. In order to install it, simply run this executable or double-click on its icon and follow the WarpIN installation panels. A shadow of the Privoxy executable will be placed in your startup folder so it will start automatically whenever OS/2 starts.
The directory you choose to install Privoxy into will contain all of the configuration files.
Click-click. (I need help on this. Not a clue here. Also for configuration section below. HB.)
Some quick notes on other Operating Systems.
For FreeBSD (and other *BSDs?), the build will require gmake instead of the included make. gmake is available from http://www.gnu.org. The rest should be the same as above for Linux/Unix.