How To Install 3proxy on Fedora 34

3proxy is Tiny but very powerful proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 3proxy on Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install 3proxy.

Install 3proxy on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

To uninstall only the 3proxy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove 3proxy

3proxy Package Contents on Fedora 34

/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/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/e6d31d782f9a57bf7ac0420a093ef546d5ef30
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/8c32820c2bca11fcae8773213e2c4eb82abc62
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/ac60af9c5d702c3c1a22529768c086cc8dc2cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/ca5ff22711fea1f5410f7d45cb75186191a595
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/6da9deca80f2a1e6a349bfbb18fd492fab1512
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/122bdebbf7be7e018aadcafc8830388e133124
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/3010ff787cccfc7b405f6318a88a019eddb41b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/779c7c67be63f4fc40377140c71f40e43ccdb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/0f6022e5e2e79ce9cc45ed017ca066725d9e70
/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

3proxy website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 3proxy on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.