-########## PRIVOXY INSTALL #############
-
-For more info after the install, configure and use refer to the README in the
-same dir as the INSTALL
+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ * File : $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/INSTALL,v $
+ *
+ * Purpose : INSTALL file to help with installing from source.
+ *
+ * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001,2002 the SourceForge
+ * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
+ *
+ * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
+ * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
+ * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it
+ * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
+ * Public License as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will
+ * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+ * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * The GNU General Public License should be included with
+ * this file. If not, you can view it at
+ * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+ * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+ * Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This file describes installing Privoxy from source. If you are installing a
+pre-built binary installation, you should probably read the appropriate section
+in User Manual.
To build Privoxy from source, autoconf, GNU make (gmake), and, of course, a C
compiler like gcc are required.
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
+ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa login
+ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@ijbswa.cvs.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 also check out any Privoxy "branch", just exchange the current name
+with the wanted branch name (Example: v_3_0_branch for the 3.0 cvs tree).
-you can change the user and group with --with-user= and --with-group= in the
-./configure step
+It is also strongly recommended to not run Privoxy as root, and instead it is
+suggested to create a "privoxy" user and group for this purpose. See your local
+documentation for the correct command line to do this.
-the user and group should have the login disabled for better safety
+/etc/passwd might then look like:
-here is my /etc/passwd entry
+ privoxy:*:7777:7777:privoxy proxy:/no/home:/no/shell
-privoxy:*:7777:7777:privoxy proxy:/no/home:/no/shell
+And then /etc/group, like:
-and my /etc/group entry
+ privoxy:*:7777:
-privoxy:*:7777:privoxy
+Some binary packages may do this for you.
-Then, in either case, to build from unpacked tarball or CVS source:
+Then, to build from either unpacked tarball or CVS source:
autoheader
autoconf
- ./configure # (--help to see options, see the warning below)
- make # (the make from gnu, gmake for *BSD)
+ ./configure # (--help to see options)
+ make # (the make from GNU, sometimes called gmake)
su
make -n install # (to see where all the files will go)
- make install # (to really install)
+ make -s install # (to really install, -s to silence output)
-If you have gnu make, you can have the first four steps automatically done for
+If you have GNU make, you can have the first four steps automatically done for
you by just typing:
- make
+ make
in the freshly downloaded or unpacked source directory.
-** WARNING **
-
-1- if you are installing in /usr/local or / (root) the use of
-
- --sysconfdir=$prefix/etc/privoxy
-
-is recommended for a safer (there may already exist other program that uses a
-file with the "config" name) and cleaner and easier to use etc dir
-
-2- for user install dont forget to give the --with-user and --with-group equal
-to the current user or tune things later
-
-** END OF WARNING **
+WARNING: If installing as root, the install will fail unless a non-root user or
+group is specified, or a privoxy user and group already exist on the system. If
+a non-root user is specified, and no group, then the installation will try to
+also use a group of the same name as "user". If a group is specified (and no
+user), then the support files will be installed as writable by that group, and
+owned by the user running the installation.
+
+configure accepts --with-user and --with-group options for setting user and
+group ownership of the configuration files (which need to be writable by the
+daemon). The specified user must already exist. When starting Privoxy, it
+should be run as this same user to insure write access to configuration and log
+files.
+
+Alternately, you can specify user and group on the make command line, but be
+sure both already exist:
+
+ make -s install USER=privoxy GROUP=privoxy
+
+The default installation path for make install is /usr/local. This may of
+course be customized with the various ./configure path options. If you are
+doing a root install to anywhere else besides /usr/local, be sure to set the
+appropriate paths with the correct configure options (./configure --help).
+
+If you do install to /usr/local, the install will use sysconfdir=$prefix/etc/
+privoxy by default. All other destinations, and the direct usage of
+--sysconfdir flag behave like normal, i.e. will not add the extra privoxy
+directory. This is for a safer install, as there may already exist another
+program that uses a file with the "config" name, and thus makes /usr/local/etc
+cleaner.
+
+If installing to /usr/local, the docs will go by default to $prefix/share/doc.
+But if this directory doesn't exist, it will then try $prefix/doc and install
+there before creating a new $prefix/share/doc just for Privoxy.
+
+Again, if the installs goes to /usr/local, the localstatedir (ie: var/) will
+default to /var instead of $prefix/var so the logs will go to /var/log/privoxy
+/, and the pid file will be created in /var/run/privoxy.pid.
+
+make install will attempt to set the correct values in config (main
+configuration file). You may want to check this to make sure all values are
+correct. If appropriate, an init script will be installed, but it is up to the
+user to determine how and where to start Privoxy. The init script should be
+checked for correct paths and values, if anything other than a default install
+is done.
+
+If install finds previous versions of any configuration files, these will not
+be overwritten, and the new ones will be installed with a "new" extension. You
+will then need to manually update the installed configuration files as needed.
+All template files will be overwritten. If you have customized, local
+templates, you should save these first. If a previous version of Privoxy is
+already running, you will have to restart it manually.
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
+The simplest command line to start Privoxy is $path/privoxy --user=privoxy
+$path/etc/privoxy/config. See privoxy --usage, or the man page, for other
+options, and configuration.
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