How To Install squid on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid on AlmaLinux 8.
What is squid
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for Web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects. Unlike traditional caching software, Squid handles all requests in a single, non-blocking, I/O-driven process. Squid keeps meta data and especially hot objects cached in RAM, caches DNS lookups, supports non-blocking DNS lookups, and implements negative caching of failed requests. Squid consists of a main server program squid, a Domain Name System lookup program (dnsserver), a program for retrieving FTP data (ftpget), and some management and client tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install squid on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install squid.
Install squid on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install squid using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install squid
Install squid on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install squid using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install squid
How To Uninstall squid on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the squid package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove squid
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.