Re: Privoxy on Mac Sierra

The MacPorts privoxy port works fine, and install and manages all necessary directories and config files.

Homebrew privoxy is fundamentally problematic because homebrew eschews sudo, which itself is a problem that should be avoided. See https://saagarjha.com/blog/2019/04/26/thoughts-on-macos-package-managers/ .

Also, MacPorts has a port macos-fortress that uses privoxy as part of a privatizing proxy chain that includes Adblock rules from adblock2privoxy.

> On Feb 17, 2020, at 11:31, Spencer PriceNash <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Privoxy runs flawlessly on my Macbook, running High Sierra, 10.13.6.
> I wonder if that's old; I don't do updates often.
> 
> I installed it via the homebrew thing...the https://brew.sh/ suite.
> 
> What I'm writing might not be helpful.  I'm an old UNIX guy and I
> don't know about looking for Privoxy via a GUI.  I tried Ian
> Silvester's instructions, and found nothing that way.
> 
> After base Privoxy configuration (I've dealt with it since the
> Junkbuster days), I wrote a startup script for it (colons for
> safety):
> 
> ::#!/bin/sh
> ::# start privoxy
> ::# log file is /usr/local/var/log/privoxy/logfile
> ::
> ::/usr/local/Cellar/privoxy/3.0.26/sbin/privoxy /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config
> 
> Good luck.  Using homebrew/brew to get Privoxy might not be the way
> for you to go -- it's a lot of work for one program -- but it worked
> for me.  Of course, I don't have brew just for Privoxy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 02:12:48PM -0500, Ian Silvester wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> If there is no Privoxy folder in Applications it would seem that the installation did not actually succeed; this would also explain why configuring the browser to use the proxy broke it's connection, since privoxy will not be running.
>> 
>> The installation log file is, however, placed in the Privoxy application folder; could you check both the global Applications folder and the one within the user account you were using when you installed Privoxy? In Finder these are:
>> 
>> Macintosh HD/Applications
>> Macintosh HD/Users/<your username>/Applications
>> 
>> If you find a Privoxy folder in either location, please post the contents of install.log to this list.
>> 
>> Another location worth checking is the folder in which the actual executable is located. This is hidden in Finder so you will need to type Shift-Cmd-G and then in the dialog that pops up type:
>> 
>> /usr/local/bin
>> 
>> and see if privoxy is listed there.
>> 
>> 
>> Let me know what you find,
>> 
>> Ian
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2020, at 12:59, Jacob&Aliza Sturm wrote:
>>> I installed Privoxy on Mac Sierra and the installation completed 
>>> successfully. However, There is no Privoxy folder under Applications. 
>>> Where else can I find it?
>>> 
>>> I also tried to configure Chrome to use the proxy but was not able to 
>>> reach any site on the internet.
>>> 
>>> Would appreciate any advice on how to get Privoxy to work.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
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