Re: [squid-users] Squid : better on Debian or Ubunto server ?

Rob van der Putten wrote:
> Hi there
>
>
> On Sat, 4 Apr 2009, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>
>> The big difference between Debian and Ubuntu is the X server/kde/gnome
>> GUI interface. Once you eliminate that you may as well flip a coin to
>> choose.
>
> You can choose the desktop / window manager.
> Ubuntu Gnome
> Kubuntu KDE
> Xubuntu Xfce
>
> AFAIK Ubuntu is a mix of Debian Testing, Unstable and Experimental with
> a few added non Debian packages.
> On Debian you can do something similar by installing testing during
> freeze and then create a few backports from unstable and experimental.
>
> Debian Stable / Lenny provides Squid 2.7 and 3.0 (section web).
> If you want 3.1 you have to compile it yourself;
> Install gcc and libldap2-dev, libpam0g-dev, libdb-dev, sharutils, dpatch
> (>= 2.0.9), cdbs, libsasl2-dev, debhelper (>=5), libcppunit-dev.

NP:
  - sharutils no longer needed at all for 3.1+
  - libcppunit-dev not required for a simple build, only for a full
test+build if you need to be extra certain nothings broken (Debian
package build does like to be sure).

> And download the source of course;
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/
>
> The file
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/squid3/squid3_3.0.STABLE8.orig.tar.gz
> lists the differences between the Debian and the original version of
> Squid 3.0. It's mainly added copyright notices and a change in the
> install procedure. I didn't apply the patch (which is for 3.0), but used
> configure options instead. I could' get all the configure options to
> work though.
> Nor did I succeed in telling it not to install libexec in
> /usr/local/squid/libexec/
> It also links libdl instead of librt. I don't know why.
> It does work though.
>
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>

Amos

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Please be using
   Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE13
   Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.6