proxy question

[Lisa]

Hi james,

To get apt to work through a proxy put this

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxy_ip:proxy_port";

into a file, change the proxy_ip and proxy_port to suit your setup, and  
save it as /etc/apt/apt.conf

apt will then use the proxy when fetching packages.

hth,
Lisa


On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:13:57 +1000, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> am wondering if it's possible to setup a proxy for lets say anon surfing  
> and
> still be able to do the updates online. In the past I tried and apt  
> couldn't
> get the upgrades forcing me to uninstall the proxy I had in place
>
> James
>



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