Problem with KPackageKit update

Nikolas Schrod schrod at biochem.mpg.de
Fri Sep 17 14:19:26 UTC 2010


On Friday, September 17, 2010 03:56:10 pm Clay Weber wrote:
> 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
> http://kubuntuforums.net
> http://emacdogsports.com

I've set the proxy and an echo $http_proxy gives the rights proxy server. also 
I can ping the repository and receive a response. However, it still doesn't 
successfully connect....


Nikolas




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