apt-get problem

[Michael Scottaline]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:18:36 +0100, Michael Vogt
<michael.vogt at ubuntu.com> wrote:
<snippage>
> Is it correct that you can access the proxy with your browser and
> with synaptic but apt-get (on the commandline fails)? If so, you may
> want to set the "http_proxy" enviroment variable. Many commandline
> applications use it. Typo in a terminal:
> $ export http_proxy=http://my.proxy.isp.com:3128/
> 
> Then:
> $ apt-get update
> $ apt-get dist-upgrade
> should work.
> 
> bye,
>  Michael
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Gotta thank you again, Michael, for the advice.
Been apt-get ting like crazy via a terminal.  Actually moved to hoary
w/ 2.6.10 kernel optimized for 686.  Installed 1.0 version of
Thundebird.  All is well and I find even Hoary perfectly stable *thus
far* ;-)
Best,
Michael
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