Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.4-697

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libproxy-0.5.12

Introduction to libproxy

The libproxy package is a library that provides automatic proxy configuration management. This is useful in standardizing a way of dealing with proxy settings across all scenarios.

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Package Information

libproxy Dependencies

Recommended

cURL-8.17.0, duktape-2.7.0, GLib-2.86.2, Gi-DocGen-2025.5, gsettings-desktop-schemas-49.1, and Vala-0.56.18

Installation of libproxy

Install libproxy by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup ..        \
      --prefix=/usr   \
      -D release=true &&

ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Still as the root user, remove the useless static library: 

rm /usr/lib/libproxy.a

Contents

Installed Programs: proxy
Installed Libraries: libproxy.so and libpxbackend-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libproxy, /usr/lib/libproxy, and /usr/share/doc/libproxy-1.0

Short Descriptions

proxy

displays the proxy server that should be used to reach a given network resource

libproxy.so

provides a standard method of performing automatic proxy configuration