Problem with KPackageKit update

[Clay Weber]

On Friday, September 17, 2010 09:16:45 am Gil Gibbons wrote:
> On 09/17/2010 09:13 AM, schrod at biochem.mpg.de wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I recently installed Kubuntu on my work computer, which sits behind a
> > proxy server. I set the proxy settings in the system settings/network
> > as well as in the .bashrc and it seems to work (ping in the terminal
> > and web browsing via konqueror).
> > 
> > However I have a severe problem. When I want to install new packages,
> > KPackageKit does not find anything. I thus want to refresh my
> > repositories. I go to settings -->  edit software sourses and
> > uncheck/recheck one of the repositories. When I close the window, it
> > tells me I have to reload. I confirm and it starts downloading.
> > The problem: it always stops at 25% (or sometimes 27% or 28%),
> > independent of which repositories are checked!?
> > 
> > What can I do?
> > 
> > I tried to sudo apt-get update from the terminal, but it complains it
> > can't connect to the server. However if i ping the server, I get a
> > response.
> > 
> > Thanks for any advice, as I am pretty unfamiliar with ubuntu/kubuntu.
> > 
> > Nikolas
> 
> Kpackagekit is not that good install synaptic ( go to terminal and type
> "sudo apt-get install synaptic"
> without the quotes

You may have to tell apt about your proxy - it does not necessarily follow the 
desktop's settings.

look here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto
*then* you can install synaptic :)


Clay Weber
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