[Privoxy-users] Privoxy on Mac Sierra

[Steven Smith]

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 <spencer at prismnet.com> 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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