Download Squid Proxy May 2026

md5sum squid-6.10.tar.gz (Compare against the value listed on the download page.) Untar the source:

useradd -r -s /bin/false squid chown -R squid:squid /usr/local/squid/var/ Edit /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf : download squid proxy

cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid http_port 3128 cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256 Initialize cache directories: md5sum squid-6

[Unit] Description=Squid Proxy After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -f /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID User=squid Group=squid download squid proxy

To run source-built Squid as a systemd service, write /etc/systemd/system/squid.service :

apt install build-essential libssl-dev libcap-dev libpam0g-dev On RHEL/CentOS:

/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -N -d1 # foreground for debugging | Issue | Package Manager ( apt ) | Source Build | |-------|------------------------|--------------| | Log rotation | Automatic via logrotate | Must configure manually | | Init script | Provided (systemd/sysv) | None – you write it | | Security updates | apt upgrade handles | Re-download, re-configure, re-compile | | Modular helpers | Pre-linked | Must compile basic_ncsa_auth separately |