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title: Install squid-proxy on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of squid-proxy for Linux - Squid is a caching
  proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.
url: https://snapcraft.io/squid-gary
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# squid-proxy (squid-gary)

[Gary.Wang (garywzl77)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/garywzl77 "View all snaps from Gary.Wang (garywzl77)")

* [Gary.Wang (garywzl77)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/garywzl77 "View all snaps from Gary.Wang (garywzl77)")

latest/stable 0.3

Install latest/stable of squid-proxy

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install squid-gary
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* squid-gary

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 17 May 2017 - latest/stable
* 17 May 2017 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/squid-gary#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/squid-gary#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/squid-gary#tab-security)

#### Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.

It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching
and reusing frequently-requested web pages.
Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.

usage: $ sudo snap set squid http-port=9876
supported parameters:

* http-port: The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client requests. The default is '3128'
* cache-mem: The ideal amount of memory (MB) to be used for in-transit/Hot/negative-Cached objects. The default is '256'
* maximum-object-size: The max-size parameter on any cache\_dir (MB). The default is '512'.
* maximum-object-size-in-memory: Objects greater than this size (MB)will not be attempted to kept in the memory cache. The default is '16'.
* cache\_dir\_space: The amount of disk space (MB) to use under cache directory. The default value is '4096'.
* visible-hostname: If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc, define this. The default value is 'store.etag.proxy'.
* cache\_mgr: Email-address of local cache manager who will receive mail if the cache dies. The default value is 'webmaster@mail.com'.

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## Install squid-proxy on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/squid-gary/ubuntu)