[squid-users] hi

Hello,
I am trying to understand ICAP and ECAP services for a project at work, and am finding that squid looks to be a good first step.

To that end, I want to learn how to install and configure squid3 on my home laptop, running Ubuntu 10.4.
I think that rather than install the squid3 package from apt-get, I will understand it better if I build it from source.

I've seen a number of how-tos and tutorials on the Internet that make it sound all so simple, but somehow I'm not sure if I am doing right.
So, I have a number of questions.
1. I think the basic process is to:
download the source(squid-3.1.4.tar.gz) file(s), extract the files to a directory.open a terminal , cd to the directory, and run .configure with the desired switches to enable desired features(e.g. - ICAP, ECAP, SSL)run make allrun make installconfigure squid through the squid.conf file
run squid -z to initialize cache filesrun squid as a service/daemonconfigure browser to use proxy and port.
I want to build this iteratively, enabling features successively as I get them to work.
Does this seem to be a reasonable approach?
Any tips?

2. Specific questions:
Do I need to prepare a directory structure first?
Any recommendations on a sequence of .configure switches to apply?what messages should I pay attention to from the make all and make install commands to look for problems?A friend recommended to me to run as root/su to ensure that the make commands have proper permissions?I am confused about instructions to create the squid user and group. How is it used, and what permissions should it have?

TIA,
Albert Wang
                                               
Received on Sat Jul 24 2010 - 20:54:29 MDT