[squid-users] Ubuntu 24.04 LTS repository for Squid 7.4 (rebuilt from sources in Debian)

[Amos Jeffries]

Hi Rafael,


On 03/02/2026 20:38, Rafael Akchurin wrote:
> Good morning everyone,
> 
> Online repository with latest Squid 7.4 (rebuilt from sources in Debian) 
> for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 64-bit is available at https://github.com/diladele/ 
> repo-squid-7_4_1-ubuntu-24_04/ <https://github.com/diladele/repo- 
> squid-7_4_1-ubuntu-24_04/>.
> 
> Github repo https://github.com/diladele/squid-ubuntu <https:// 
> github.com/diladele/squid-ubuntu> contains all scripts we used to make 
> this compilation.
> 
> Here are simple instructions how to use the repo.
> 
> # get diladele apt key, dearmor it and add to trusted storage
> 
> curl https://packages.diladele.com/diladele_pub.asc | gpg --dearmor >/ 
> etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/diladele_pub.asc.gpg
> 
> # add new repo
> 
> echo "deb https://diladele.github.io/repo-squid-7_4_1-ubuntu-24_04/repo/ 
> ubuntu/ noble main" \
> 
>     >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/squid-7_4_1.diladele.github.io.list
> 
> # and install
> 
> apt update && apt install -y \
> 
>     squid-common \
> 
>     squid-openssl \
> 
>     libecap3 libecap3-dev
> 

Hmm, you should only need to install "squid-openssl" here.

* squid-common and libecap* are auto-installed as dependencies.

* the *-dev package is only needed to build ecap things from source.


> # create the override folder for squid
> 
> mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/squid.service.d/
> 
> # and override the default number of file descriptors
> 
> cat >/etc/systemd/system/squid.service.d/override.conf << EOL
> 
> [Service]
> 
> LimitNOFILE=65535
> 
> EOL
> 

Okay, though it is better to use squid.conf to set this limit:
   max_filedescriptors 65535


> # switch to openssl based squid
> 
> update-alternatives --set squid /usr/sbin/squid-openssl
> 
> # finally reload the systemd
> 
> systemctl daemon-reload
> 

That should not be needed anymore. Installing a Debian based 
squid-openssl package you should see:

"update-alternatives: using /usr/sbin/squid-openssl to provide 
/usr/sbin/squid (squid) in auto mode"


And "squid -v" should contain:
  "This binary uses OpenSSL " ...


Cheers
Amos