Download Squid Proxy May 2026

If you skip PGP, at least verify the MD5:

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target For the absolute latest (unstable) features or custom patches, clone the source repository directly:

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

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

cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid http_port 3128 cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256 Initialize cache directories: If you skip PGP, at least verify the

[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

wget http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/squid-6.10.tar.gz tar -xzvf squid-6.10.tar.gz cd squid-6.10 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid --enable-ssl --enable-cache-digests make -j$(nproc) sudo make install If you skip PGP

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