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/Library/Privoxy/StartPrivoxy.command + |
You will be prompted for the administrator password.
Copy and then unpack the directory, including all configuration and log files. To uninstall, just remove this directory.
Privoxy is part of FreeBSD's Ports Collection, you can build and install + it with cd /usr/ports/www/privoxy; make install clean.
If you don't use the ports, you can fetch and install + the package with pkg_add -r privoxy.
The port skeleton and the package can also be downloaded from the + File Release + Page, but there's no reason to use them unless you're interested in the + beta releases which are only available there.
Start Gentoo source packages (Ebuilds) for Privoxy (with RUN <>NIL:) in your - startnet script (AmiTCP), in - s:user-startup (RoadShow), as startup program in your - startup script (Genesis), or as startup action (Miami and MiamiDx). +> are + contained in the Gentoo Portage Tree (they are not on the download page, + but there is a Gentoo section, where you can see when a new Privoxy will automatically quit when you quit your - TCP/IP stack (just ignore the harmless warning your TCP/IP stack may display that - Version is added to the Portage Tree).
Before installing Privoxy is still running).
under Gentoo just do + first emerge rsync to get the latest changes from the + Portage tree. With emerge privoxy you install the latest + version.Configuration files are in /etc/privoxy, the + documentation is in /usr/share/doc/privoxy-3.0.7 + and the Log directory is in /var/log/privoxy.
The most convenient way to obtain the Privoxy sources + is to download the source tarball from our + project download + page.
If you like to live on the bleeding edge and are not afraid of using + possibly unstable development versions, you can check out the up-to-the-minute + version directly from the + CVS repository.
To build Privoxy from source, - autoheader, autoconf, autoconf, + GNU make (gmake), and, of course, a C compiler are required.
, 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:
When building from a source tarball, + first unpack the source:
tar xzvf privoxy-2.9.14-beta-src* [.tgz or .tar.gz] - cd privoxy-2.9.14-beta -tar xzvf privoxy-3.0.7-beta-src* [.tgz or .tar.gz] + cd privoxy-3.0.7-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:
For retrieving the current CVS sources, you'll need a CVS client installed. + Note that sources from CVS are typically development quality, and may not be + stable, or well tested. To download CVS source, check the Sourceforge + documentation, which might give commands like:
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 -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 |
Then, in either case, to build from unpacked tarball or CVS source:
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).It is also strongly recommended to not run Privoxy + as root. You should configure/install/run Privoxy as + an unprivileged user, preferably by creating a "privoxy" user + and group just for this purpose. See your local documentation for the correct + command line to do add new users and groups (something like + adduser, but the command syntax may vary from platform + to platform).
/etc/passwd might then look like:
privoxy:*:7777:7777:privoxy proxy:/no/home:/no/shell |
And then /etc/group, like:
privoxy:*:7777: |
Some binary packages may do this for you.
Then, to build from either unpacked tarball or CVS source:
If you have gnu make, you can have the first four steps - automatically done for you by just typing
Using 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.
For more detailed instructions on how to build Redhat and SuSE RPMs, +> To build an executable with security enhanced features so that + users cannot easily bypass the proxy (e.g. "Go There Anyway"), or + alter their own configurations, configure like this:
./configure --disable-toggle --disable-editor --disable-force |
Then build as above. In Privoxy 3.0.7 and later, all of these options +can also be disabled through the configuration file.
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 must 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 + an install to anywhere besides /usr/local, be + sure to set the appropriate paths with the correct configure options + (./configure --help). Non-privileged users must of course + have write access permissions to wherever the target installation is going.
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 documentation 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 should + 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 local configuration files, most of + these will not be overwritten, and the new ones will be installed with a + "new" extension. default.action, default.filter, and + standard.action will be overwritten. You will then need + to manually update the other installed configuration files as needed. All + template files will be overwritten. If you have customized, local templates, + you should save these first, and in fact it is wise to always save any + important configuration files "just in case". 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 RPMs, Windows self-extracting installers, building on platforms with special requirements etc, please consult the developer manual.
As user feedback comes in and development continues, we will make updated versions + of both the main actions file (as a separate + package) and the software itself (including the actions file) available for + download.
If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of + Privoxy or the actions file, subscribe + to our announce mailing list, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
In order not to lose your personal changes and adjustments when updating + to the latest default.action file we strongly + recommend that you use user.action and + user.filter for your local + customizations of Privoxy. See the Chapter on actions files for details.