Re: Squid on SCO - how to install?

Mike wrote:
>
> 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.

Assuming you haven't downloaded it in ASCII instead of binary, judging
by the look of the name the filename has been mangled like many windows
downloads do. Some browser have trouble with *.gz or *.?gz extensions.

Try:

gunzip -c squid-1_1_20-src_tar | tar xvpf -

(on the assumption that the file is actually still gzipped, and that the
file extension has merely been mangled/lost by the download process)

>
> 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
> >>
> >
> >

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