2010/7/25 Albert Wang <albert_wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hello, > I am trying to understand ICAP and ECAP services for a project at work, and am finding that squid looks to be a good first step. > > To that end, I want to learn how to install and configure squid3 on my home laptop, running Ubuntu 10.4. 1. download the source and untar it. 2. cd the source dir. 3. ./configure --help to check the options for compiling. 4. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid ... (configure it with the options you want) 5. make && make install (compile and install it) 6. cd /usr/local/squid; sbin/squid -z; (init the cachedir, and look for what happens) 7. sbin/squid (start the squid) That's all IMO.