[Privoxy-users] On Apple Silicon (m1), installed using brew, can't find config through URL or through terminal

[Ian Silvester]

Hi again Sonder,

I just realised you said you installed via Homebrew. My guidance is based upon using the Privoxy project's own installer that you can find at Privoxy.org. I would strongly recommend using our installer, if for no other reason that you're likely to get more accurate support that way.

Cheers,

Ian

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023, at 12:17, Fabian Keil wrote:
> "Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2023-04-25 at 11:30:02:
>
>> Hi Sonder,
>> 
>> I would suggest first of all uninstalling Privoxy entirely using the script you'll find in /Applications/Privoxy. You will need to run it from a Terminal window using sudo.
>> 
>> When you reinstall, a document will open in Textedit which will tell you how to configure the proxy settings on macOS to send all content via Privoxy - the fact that you get a 'Privoxy is not being used' when you visit the Privoxy config page suggests that that proxy configuration was not done.
>> 
>> Once you can visit the config page (I recommend using the link http://p.p, which Privoxy will intercept if it is running and your proxy settings are correct) then you are in a position to edit your config.
>> 
>> The configuration files are stored at /usr/local/etc/privoxy - this location might seem odd but it is a legacy of the fact that macOS was built upon BSD Unix, which prefers that user-installed programs put their configuration files at that location. You will need to use sudo to edit the files.
>
> CC'ing Sonder who wasn't subscribed to the list at
> the time the mail was written.
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> Fabian
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