[plug] apt-get through a proxy

[Matt Kemner]

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Steve Grasso wrote:

> I've had a read of man and info, and searched debian mailing list archives, but
> can find no reference to configuring apt-get for use through a proxy firewall.

Try setting the variables http_proxy and ftp_proxy to something
(eg from the bash prompt run:
 export http_proxy=http://proxy.yourdomain.com.au:8888/
 export  ftp_proxy=http://proxy.yourdomain.com.au:8888/

 replacing yourdomain with your domain and 8888 with your proxy's port #)

Works with apt 0.3.11 (Jul 26 1999 10:55:03)

 - Matt