I swear by Privoxy and use it on all my computers - so why given the chance shouldn't I use it on the N900? The answer is - I should, and I want to!

There is a Maemo Wiki page for Privoxy, but it was made with previous NITs in mind and doesn't mention the N900. It does however mention several Maemo customizations done to the offered build.

There is one Privoxy build in extras-devel today - version 3.0.17, which is sufficiently up to date (current version being 3.0.18), so someone must be tending to it in some way. The question is, is this still the same (updated) Maemo-customized build that the Wiki refers to? Granted, the TMO search function is sketchy, but I haven't been able to find any relevant Privoxy thread posted in for the last couple of years, and none pertaining to Privoxy use on the N900.

I installed the extras-devel version, and it installs to /opt, but with symlinks to /etc/privoxy. It doesn't however install the necessary startup script to /etc/init.d, and when trying to run the binary as root (which is not the recommended way of doing it, anyway) it complains about config files not being present in /home/user/config, where they shouldn't be in the first place, and where the default config file is clearly not pointing.

Is anybody successfully running Privoxy on their N900? And if so, the extras-devel package, or something else entirely? A little help please...?