[plug] apt-get through a proxy

[Andrew Howell]

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 07:10:47PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> 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.
> > I'm sitting behind a fairly solid one here and am getting sick of fixing file
> > dependencies by hand. Any ideas?
> 
> Try...
> 
>     export http_proxy=http://name.of.proxy:port/
>     export ftp_proxy=http://name.of.proxy:port/
> 
> ..then running apt-get. Yes, it _is_ in lower case! If this fails,
> type...
> 
>     strings <$(which apt-get) | less
> 
> ..and look for the word "proxy" (try typing -i/proxy<enter> into less).
> 
> For an example of the above, to get HTTP access from within Floreat
> CSIRO (with Lynx or wget) I use...
> 
>     export http_proxy=http://proxy.floreat.csiro.au:8080/

or try editing /etc/apt/apt.conf

There is an example in /usr/doc/apt/examples or read the apt.conf man page.

Andrew

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