Thanks guys! <---noob! it worked! I did try apt-get purge by itself, wasnt aware that I needed to also include the names of the packages, but IT WORKED! THANK YOU! well tommarow Ill get back at compiling and I will check out that link of requisites for building squid amos. THANKS AGAIN! BACK IN PRODUCTION... On Sun, 2012-01-01 at 00:17 +1300, Amos Jeffries wrote: > On 31/12/2011 11:56 p.m., someone wrote: > > THANK YOU for your response Peter. > > > > deviant:/home/devadmin# dpkg -l | grep squid > > ii sarg 2.2.5-2 > > squid analysis report generator > > rc squid 2.7.STABLE9-2.1 > > Internet object cache (WWW proxy cache) > > ii squid-cgi 3.1.6-1.2+squeeze1 > > A full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - control CGI > > ii squid-common 2.7.STABLE9-2.1 > > Internet object cache (WWW proxy cache) - common files > > ii squid-langpack 20100628-1 > > Localized error pages for Squid > > rc squid3 3.1.6-1.2+squeeze1 > > A full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) > > ii squid3-common 3.1.6-1.2+squeeze1 > > A full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - common files > > ii squidclient 3.1.6-1.2+squeeze1 > > A full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - control utility > > > > But yeah basically after I failed to compiled a newer version, because I > > need SSL, I just decided I would reinstall the vanilla squid3.1.6 from > > debian squeeze repos, but when I installed it, it kept complaining about > > files missing, as if somehow some symlinks were made, and Im guessing > > that make install from debian 3.1.8 must have not cleaned up after > > itself after doing a 'make uninstall' of course im totally freaking out > > coz producting is in 5 hours and I just figured Id clarify. > > "aptitude purge" to remove a package in future ;). > > You will need to begin by running "aptitude purge squid squid3 > squid-langpack squid-common squid3-common". > > Then re-install squid3 and apt should be able to pull the others back in > properly as dependencies. > > > wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Debian has the set of minimum > required ./configure options to build squid for Debian. > > *Except* that the official packages use "squid3" instead of "squid" in > the paths, and the custom built binary is also called "/usr/sbin/squid" > so the squid3 packages /etc/init.d/squid3 script needs a small edit to > change the executables name. > > Amos