How To Install squid-cgi on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-cgi on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is squid-cgi
squid-cgi is:
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, ICY and HTTP data objects.
This package contains a CGI program that can be used to query and administrate a `squid’ proxy cache through a web browser.
Package: squid-cgi Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.10-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/web Source: squid Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Luigi Gangitano [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 333 Provides: squid3-cgi Depends: apache2 | httpd, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libnettle7, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2) Filename: pool/universe/s/squid/squid-cgi_4.10-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 72548 MD5sum: 8f974a57f10a9ed866b7ccc916abf7b2 SHA1: bfd9cc5feb0258d95e120743a4035969553a9a01 SHA256: 52b7b3c5c21fcdc8af81f11d2670b633abe58f2a290b0fb8e4b395a9cce39e7f Homepage: http://www.squid-cache.org Description-en: Full featured Web Proxy cache (HTTP proxy) - control CGI Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, ICY and HTTP data objects.
This package contains a CGI program that can be used to query and administrate a `squid’ proxy cache through a web browser.
There are three methods to install squid-cgi on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install squid-cgi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install squid-cgi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squid-cgi
Install squid-cgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squid-cgi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squid-cgi
Install squid-cgi 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install squid-cgi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squid-cgi
How To Uninstall squid-cgi on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the squid-cgi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squid-cgi
Uninstall squid-cgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squid-cgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squid-cgi
Remove squid-cgi Configurations and Data
To remove squid-cgi configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squid-cgi
Remove squid-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squid-cgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squid-cgi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squid-cgi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
