How To Install squidguard-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install squidguard-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. squidguard-doc is filter and redirector plugin for Squid - Documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install squidguard-doc on Debian 12.

What is squidguard-doc

squidguard-doc is:

squidGuard is a free, flexible and ultra fast filter, redirector and access controller plugin for squid. It lets you define multiple access rules with different restrictions for different user groups on a squid cache. squidGuard uses squid’s standard redirector interface.

This package contains some older html and txt documentation.

There are three methods to install squidguard-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install squidguard-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install squidguard-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install squidguard-doc

Install squidguard-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install squidguard-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install squidguard-doc

Install squidguard-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install squidguard-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install squidguard-doc

How To Uninstall squidguard-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the squidguard-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove squidguard-doc

Uninstall squidguard-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall squidguard-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove squidguard-doc

Remove squidguard-doc Configurations and Data

To remove squidguard-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge squidguard-doc

Remove squidguard-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove squidguard-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squidguard-doc

Dependencies

squidguard-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install squidguard-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.