Installing PeerGuardian on an Ubuntu Server w/out GUI

Install prereqs:

sudo apt-get install libdbus-1-dev zlib1g-dev iptables libnetfilter-queue-dev libnfnetlink-dev g++

Download and unzip PGL Source:

cd ~/Downloads
wget -N "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/peerguardian/PeerGuardian%20Linux/2.3.1/pgl-2.3.1.tar.gz" -O "pgl.tar.gz"
tar -zxvf pgl.tar.gz
cd pgl-2.3.1

 

For Ubuntu 12.04 and Older:

wget -N "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/peerguardian/PeerGuardian%20Linux/2.2.4/pgl-2.2.4.tar.gz?r=https%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fpeerguardian%2Ffiles%2FPeerGuardian%2520Linux%2F2.2.4%2F&ts=1465430792&use_mirror=heanet" -O pgl.tar.gz
tar -zxvf pgl.tar.gz
cd pgl-2.2.4

Configure PGL for Non GUI:

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --without-qt4 --disable-dbus --enable-lowmem --with-lsb=/lib/lsb/init-functions

 

For Ubuntu 16.04+:

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --without-qt4 --disable-dbus --enable-lowmem --with-systemd

Install It:

make
sudo make install

Set it to start on boot:

sudo update-rc.d pgl defaults

Set it to start on boot for Ubuntu 16.04+:

sudo systemctl enable pgl

Edit the blocklists file with entries from iblocklist.com:

sudo nano /etc/pgl/blocklists.list

Edit the configuration file to whitelist all outgoing connections (adjusting IP network information as needed):

sudo nano /etc/pgl/pglcmd.conf

It should appear similar to:

# pglcmd.conf - configuration file for pglcmd
# This file is sourced by a shell script. Any line which starts with a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. If you set the same variable several times,
# then only the last line will be used.# Refer to pglcmd.defaults (/usr/lib/pgl/pglcmd.defaults)
# for the complete set of possible configuration variables with comments.# Do a "pglcmd restart" (sometimes even "reload" is enough) when you have
# edited this file.WHITE_TCP_OUT="0:65535"
WHITE_UDP_OUT="0:65535"
NFQUEUE_NUMBER="60091"
WHITE_LOCAL="1"
WHITE_IP_IN="1.1.1.1/28"
WHITE_IP_OUT="1.1.1.1/28"

Update the lists:

sudo pglcmd update

Restart pglcmd:

sudo pglcmd restart

Restart the service:

sudo service pgl restart

Log Locations:

On an improperly configured installation, it could be in "/usr/local/var/log/pgl/pgld.log"

But usually, it's in "/var/log/pgl/pgld.log"

More Configuration Locations:

Normal: /usr/local/lib/pgl/pglcmd.defaults (pglcmd configuration) and /var/lib/pgl/master_blocklist.p2p (master IP blacklist from remote lists)
Improperly Configured: /usr/local/lib/pgl/pglcmd.defaults (pglcmd configuration) and /usr/local/var/lib/pgl/master_blocklist.p2p (master IP blacklist from remote lists)

Boom, you’re done!