How To Install 3proxy on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install 3proxy on CentOS 8.
What is 3proxy
3proxy – light proxy server. Universal proxy server with HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS v4, SOCKS v4a, SOCKS v5, FTP, POP3, UDP and TCP portmapping, access control, bandwith control, traffic limitation and accounting based on username, client IP, target IP, day time, day of week, etc.
We can use yum or dnf to install 3proxy on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install 3proxy.
Install 3proxy on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install 3proxy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install 3proxy
Install 3proxy on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install 3proxy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install 3proxy
How To Uninstall 3proxy on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the 3proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove 3proxy
3proxy Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/3proxy.cfg
/usr/bin/3proxy
/usr/bin/dighosts
/usr/bin/ftppr
/usr/bin/htproxy
/usr/bin/mycrypt
/usr/bin/pop3p
/usr/bin/socks
/usr/bin/tcppm
/usr/bin/udppm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/f3182e9333e11b8d112d3417bd0804c4fbed6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/92495c80bf6436c36816c70fd340470b47e39d
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/cd813b4d927df57ed26b45078734b0fd2fef1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/0cab59671fab987999c7a8fce8599740eae912
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/243592f21f4456488436892607e1b5c5374d84
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/58cd46f8304ffc63dccf5be43df6f6d04da4ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/a03b0c2daa8b80d830cd03e55ebcf0793e29a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/ea912cd7849d08507b36e201bd31b933a4bf32
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/e6fa7781543ad784ed5bf8ee2ba6a9866af67e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/3proxy.service
/usr/share/doc/3proxy
/usr/share/doc/3proxy/README
/usr/share/doc/3proxy/Release.notes
/usr/share/doc/3proxy/authors
/usr/share/licenses/3proxy
/usr/share/licenses/3proxy/copying
/usr/share/man/man3/3proxy.cfg.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/3proxy.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ftppr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/icqpr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pop3p.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/proxy.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smtpp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/socks.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tcppm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/udppm.8.gz
/var/log/3proxy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install 3proxy on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.