How To Install tinyproxy on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyproxy in Fedora 36. tinyproxy is A small, efficient HTTP/SSL proxy daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyproxy on Fedora 36.

What is tinyproxy

tinyproxy is a small, efficient HTTP/SSL proxy daemon that is very useful in a small network setting, where a larger proxy like Squid would either be too resource intensive, or a security risk.

We can use yum or dnf to install tinyproxy on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tinyproxy.

Install tinyproxy on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tinyproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tinyproxy

Install tinyproxy on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tinyproxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tinyproxy

How To Uninstall tinyproxy on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the tinyproxy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tinyproxy

tinyproxy Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/logrotate.d/tinyproxy
/etc/tinyproxy
/etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf
/run/tinyproxy
/usr/bin/tinyproxy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/0067c6302b4b59fbfa0ec2819e2f4d08842782
/usr/lib/systemd/system/tinyproxy.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tinyproxy.conf
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/README
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/README.md
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/filter-howto.txt
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/http-error-codes.txt
/usr/share/doc/tinyproxy/http-rfcs.txt
/usr/share/man/man5/tinyproxy.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tinyproxy.8.gz
/usr/share/tinyproxy
/usr/share/tinyproxy/debug.html
/usr/share/tinyproxy/default.html
/usr/share/tinyproxy/stats.html
/var/log/tinyproxy

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyproxy on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).