How to Install and Uninstall squid.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "squid.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install squid.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                squid.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "squid.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall squid.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the squid.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 8:35:58 ago on Sun May 9 13:03:46 2021.
Available Packages
Name : squid
Epoch : 7
Version : 4.4
Release : 8.module_el8.3.0+623+2bb85980.2
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 3.5 M
Source : squid-4.4-8.module_el8.3.0+623+2bb85980.2.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : The Squid proxy caching server
URL : http://www.squid-cache.org
License : GPLv2+ and (LGPLv2+ and MIT and BSD and Public Domain)
Description : Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for Web clients,
: supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects. Unlike traditional
: caching software, Squid handles all requests in a single,
: non-blocking, I/O-driven process. Squid keeps meta data and especially
: hot objects cached in RAM, caches DNS lookups, supports non-blocking
: DNS lookups, and implements negative caching of failed requests.
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: Squid consists of a main server program squid, a Domain Name System
: lookup program (dnsserver), a program for retrieving FTP data
: (ftpget), and some management and client tools.