How To Install squidGuard on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squidGuard on AlmaLinux 8.
What is squidGuard
squidGuard can be used to - limit the web access for some users to a list of accepted/well known web servers and/or URLs only. - block access to some listed or blacklisted web servers and/or URLs for some users. - block access to URLs matching a list of regular expressions or words for some users. - enforce the use of domainnames/prohibit the use of IP address in URLs. - redirect blocked URLs to an “intelligent” CGI based info page. - redirect unregistered user to a registration form. - redirect popular downloads like Netscape, MSIE etc. to local copies. - redirect banners to an empty GIF. - have different access rules based on time of day, day of the week, date etc. - have different rules for different user groups. - and much more.. Neither squidGuard nor Squid can be used to - filter/censor/edit text inside documents - filter/censor/edit embeded scripting languages like JavaScript or VBscript inside HTML
We can use yum or dnf to install squidGuard on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install squidGuard.
Install squidGuard 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 squidGuard using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install squidGuard
Install squidGuard 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 squidGuard using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install squidGuard
How To Uninstall squidGuard on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the squidGuard package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove squidGuard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squidGuard on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
