{{tag>[centos7 linux privacy proxy privoxy]}}


=====CentOS 7 - privoxy=====

====Via EPEL====
  * You can configure the EPEL repository and install privoxy from there. 

====Sources====
  * Download the latest [[http://www.privoxy.org/|source code]].
  * Install development tools:<code>yum groupinstall development tools</code>
  * Install required packages:<code>yum install zlib-devel pcre-devel w3m</code>
  * Extract the archive:<code>tar zxvf privoxy-3.0.24-stable-src.tar.gz</code>
  * Create a privoxy user:<code>groupadd -g 1984 privoxy
useradd -d /no/home -M -u 1984 -g privoxy -c Privoxy privoxy</code>
  * Configure:<code>autoheader
autoconf
./configure --with-user=privoxy --with-group=privoxy --prefix=/opt/privoxy</code>
  * Compile:<code>make</code>
  * Install:<code>make -n install
make -s install  USER=privoxy GROUP=privoxy
</code>
  * Privoxy only includes a SysV service, enable this service:<code>cp privoxy-generic.init /etc/init.d/privoxy
# Edit /etc/init.d/privoxy and change the paths to /opt/privoxy...
# PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/privoxy/sbin
# P_CONF_FILE=/opt/privoxy/etc/config
# P_PIDFILE=/opt/privoxy/var/run/privoxy.pid

chkconfig --add privoxy
chkconfig privoxy on</code>
  * Start privoxy:<code>service privoxy start</code>
====Post configuration====
  * Change listen-address.
  * Open firewall port.
  * Check if Privoxy works: http://config.privoxy.org/ or http://p.p