How To Install privoxy on CentOS 8
privoxy is Privacy enhancing proxy
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install privoxy on CentOS 8.
What is privoxy
Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. Privoxy is based on the Internet Junkbuster.
We can use yum or dnf to install privoxy on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install privoxy.
Install privoxy 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 privoxy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install privoxy
Install privoxy 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 privoxy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install privoxy
How To Uninstall privoxy on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the privoxy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove privoxy
privoxy Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/logrotate.d/privoxy
/etc/privoxy
/etc/privoxy/config
/etc/privoxy/default.action
/etc/privoxy/default.filter
/etc/privoxy/match-all.action
/etc/privoxy/regression-tests.action
/etc/privoxy/templates
/etc/privoxy/templates/blocked
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-404
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-bad-param
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-disabled
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-file
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-file-read-only
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-modified
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-error-parse
/etc/privoxy/templates/cgi-style.css
/etc/privoxy/templates/client-tags
/etc/privoxy/templates/connect-failed
/etc/privoxy/templates/connection-timeout
/etc/privoxy/templates/default
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-add-url-form
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-for-url
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-for-url-filter
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-for-url-string-filter
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-button
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-section
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-list-url
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-remove-url-form
/etc/privoxy/templates/edit-actions-url-form
/etc/privoxy/templates/forwarding-failed
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-local-help
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-support-and-service
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-title
/etc/privoxy/templates/mod-unstable-warning
/etc/privoxy/templates/no-server-data
/etc/privoxy/templates/no-such-domain
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-request
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-status
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-status-file
/etc/privoxy/templates/show-url-info
/etc/privoxy/templates/toggle
/etc/privoxy/templates/toggle-mini
/etc/privoxy/templates/untrusted
/etc/privoxy/templates/url-info-osd.xml
/etc/privoxy/trust
/etc/privoxy/user.action
/etc/privoxy/user.filter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/bace30c4275a818e917043caf9b59a169dc09b
/usr/lib/systemd/system/privoxy.service
/usr/sbin/privoxy
/usr/share/doc/privoxy
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/README
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/pcrs.3
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/authors.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/buildsource.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/changelog.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/config.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/contacting.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/copyright.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/developer-manual.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/faq.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/history.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/install.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/ldp.dsl
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/ldp.dsl.in
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/license.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/newfeatures.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/p-authors.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/p-config.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/privoxy-man-page.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/privoxy.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/readme.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/seealso.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/supported.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/user-manual.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/webserver
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/source/webserver/index.sgml
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/announce.txt
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/coding.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/documentation.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/git.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/introduction.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/newrelease.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/testing.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/developer-manual/webserver-update.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/error-favicon.ico
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/configuration.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/contact.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/copyright.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/general.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/index.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/installation.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/misc.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/faq/trouble.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/favicon.ico
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/images
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/images/privoxy.png
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/index.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/man-page
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/man-page/privoxy-man-page.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/p_doc.css
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/p_feedback.css
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/privoxy-index.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/privoxy.css
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/robots.txt
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/sponsors
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/sponsors/index.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/01stefanw.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/01stefanw_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/02jon.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/02jon_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/03andreas.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/03andreas_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/04rodney.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/04rodney_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/05david.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/05david_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/05member.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/05member_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/06member.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/06member_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/07member.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/07member_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/08member.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/08member_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/20member.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/20member_t.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/team/index.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/actions-file.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/appendix.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/config.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/configuration.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/contact.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/copyright.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/files-in-use.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/filter-file.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/installation.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/introduction.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/proxy2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/proxy_setup.jpg
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/quickstart.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/seealso.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/startup.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/templates.html
/usr/share/doc/privoxy/doc/webserver/user-manual/whatsnew.html
/usr/share/man/man8/privoxy.8.gz
/var/log/privoxy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install privoxy on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.