Students Making Podcasts

Gustin Johnson gustin at echostar.ca
Wed Jul 8 23:56:15 BST 2009


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Asmo Koskinen wrote:
> Matthew Polashek kirjoitti:
> 
>> Now if only I could find someone to help my make my machines update at 
>> school from behind my "proxy.pac" firewall.
> 
> I use proxy this way.
> 
> "Downloading Debian Packages through a Proxy
> 
> Anothing example of using the apt configuration files is to instruct 
> apt-get to download packages via a proxy server.
> 
> Simply place the following into a file such as /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy:
> 
> Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxy:8080";"
> 
> http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Modifying_APT_logging_and_proxy_server_usage
> 
> 
> My apt.conf file:
> 
> Acquire::http::Proxy "http://www-cache.kpnet.fi:8080/";
> 
> http://www.arkki.info/howto/Wiki/LTSP5-Mantykangas/ltsp-master/apt.conf
> 
> Best Regards Asmo Koskinen.
> 
You can also set a proxy on the fly via a console:
export http_proxy="http://proxy"

If you apt/aptitude... etc. from that console, it will use the specified
proxy.

Cheers,

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