setting proxy for apt-get

[janne.jokitalo at dnainternet.net]

Quoting "Asep Andria I.W.":

> Hello All,

Hi there!

> I've just install Ubuntu 5.04 on my PC. I have a problem with apt-get.
> How do I set the authentication for apt-get for proxy user and proxy 
> password?
> 
> I try this way :
> export http_proxy=http://172.16.1.71:8080/
> 
> where to input the user and password for my proxy ?

This is from 'man apt.conf':

"HTTP URIs; http::Proxy is the default http proxy to use. It is in the standard
form of http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/."

So in your situation you would use a line:

export http_proxy=http://yourusername:passwd@172.16.1.71:8080/

Just to be specific, this states how you use it in a configuration file
/etc/apt/apt.conf. So I haven't tried it and thus cannot ensure the
functionality in an environment variable.

Cannot figure out why it wouldn't work, though. Test it, and report back. :)


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Jaska