Squid on SCO - how to install?

Hi people,

I have a SCO Open Server v5.0.4 machine onto which I want to install
Squid.

I have never compiled a program for Unix before and am having a
difficult time.

So far, I've discovered that the file I downloaded for Squid,
squid-1_1_20-src_tar is in some sort of format that tar can't
decompress.

The installation instructions that come from the download site look like
this:

To build and install the Squid Cache, type:

        % ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid
        % make all
        % make install

This isn't much good to me since I can't even decompress the tar file.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Mike

>----------
>From: Bill Wichers[SMTP:billw@unix0.waveform.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 5:51 AM
>To: Ricardo Patara
>Cc: squid-users@nlanr.net
>Subject: Re: Squid Starting
>
>Have you checked to be sure that at least one of your dns_testnames will
>lookup correctly? A few names that I know to work (and use myself) are:
>
>ns.mci.net
>mit.edu
>umich.edu
>rs.internic.net
>
>dns_testnames works by checking all of the names. If *any* of them work
>then you're all set. Don't ever use only one name unless you can be 110%
>sure that it will always resolve to an IP.
>
> -Bill
>
>On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Ricardo Patara wrote:
>
>> Hi, I've just compiled and instaled Squid.
>> I configured it and when a I start the following message returns:
>> FATAL: ipcache_init: DNS name lookup tests failed
>> I read the FAQ. But I sure that my dns server is reacheable, my
>> resolv.conf is corret.
>> There is a option to start the program, -D, but when I do this, the
>> client receive the message thas was impossible to find do domain name
>> requested, because there was a DNS lookup failure.
>> TIA.
>>
>> --
>> Ricardo Patara ANSP - an Academic Network at Sa~o Paulo
>> Analista de Redes Fundaca~o de Amparo `a Pesquisa S.P.
>> patara@ansp.br Rua Pio XI, 1500 Alto da Lapa S.P. 05468-901
>>
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 17 1998 - 13:41:47 MST