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Polipo installation instructions -*-text-*- Polipo installation instructions
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1. Building and running polipo 1. Building and running polipo
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$ make all $ make all
$ su -c 'make install' $ su -c 'make install'
$ man polipo $ man polipo
$ polipo & $ polipo &


If you want Polipo to put itself into the background, you may replace If you want Polipo to put itself into the background, you may replace
the last line with: the last line with:


$ polipo daemonise=true logFile="/var/log/polipo.log" $ polipo daemonise=true logFile="/var/log/polipo.log"


On SVR4 systems (Solaris, HP/UX), you will need to use one of the On SVR4 systems (Solaris, HP/UX), you will need to use one of the
following (whichever works): following (whichever works):


$ make PLATFORM_DEFINES=-DSVR4 all $ make PLATFORM_DEFINES=-DSVR4 all
$ make PLATFORM_DEFINES=-DSVR4 LDLIBS='-lsocket -lnsl -lresolv' all $ make PLATFORM_DEFINES=-DSVR4 LDLIBS='-lsocket -lnsl -lresolv' all


You can also use Polipo without installing: You can also use Polipo without installing:


$ make $ make
$ nroff -man polipo.man | more $ nroff -man polipo.man | more
$ ./polipo & $ ./polipo &


For information about building on Windows, please see the file README.Windows. For information about building on Windows, please see the file README.Windows.


2. Configuring your user-agent 2. Configuring your user-agent
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Once polipo is running, configure your user-agent (web browser) to use Once polipo is running, configure your user-agent (web browser) to use
the proxy on `http://localhost:8123/'. Depending on the user-agent, the proxy on `http://localhost:8123/'. Depending on the user-agent,
this is done either by setting the environment variable http_proxy, this is done either by setting the environment variable http_proxy,
e.g. e.g.


$ http_proxy=http://localhost:8123; export http_proxy $ http_proxy=http://localhost:8123; export http_proxy


or by using the browser's ``preferences'' menu. or by using the browser's ``preferences'' menu.


3. Configuring polipo 3. Configuring polipo
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If you want to use an on-disk cache, you will need to create its root If you want to use an on-disk cache, you will need to create its root
directory: directory:


$ mkdir /var/cache/polipo/ $ mkdir /var/cache/polipo/


You should then arrange for cron to run the following on a regular You should then arrange for cron to run the following on a regular
basis: basis:


killall -USR1 polipo killall -USR1 polipo
sleep 1 sleep 1
polipo -x polipo -x
killall -USR2 polipo killall -USR2 polipo


If you want to use a configuration file, you should put it in one of If you want to use a configuration file, you should put it in one of
the locations `/etc/polipo/config' or `~/.polipo'; you can also use the locations `/etc/polipo/config' or `~/.polipo'; you can also use
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an example. an example.




Juliusz Chroboczek Juliusz Chroboczek
<jch@pps.jussieu.fr> <jch@pps.jussieu.fr>

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