proxy server settings

[Guy Thouret]

If it's an http proxy use:

export http_proxy=http://<proxy address>:<proxy port>

If it's a SOCKS proxy, you might have an issue as I don't think many (if
any) of the CLI utilities supoprt SOCKS proxying.

Guy.

On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 13:36 -0800, NoOp wrote:

> On 02/01/2009 08:39 AM, s.srinivasan wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Dear Sir,
> > 
> > I have installed ubuntu server and need to install desktop version.
> > 
> > I need to change the proxy server for connecting internet to download
> > the files
> > required for desktop installation.
> > 
> > Can you please let me know the steps which are required to manually
> > change
> > the proxy server settings using command line.
> > 
> 
> Perhaps?
> http://www.makrisv.net/how-to-use-proxy-from-cli/
> 
> Don't know; haven't tried it.
> <http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=ubuntu+%2Bcli+%2Bproxy+server>
> 
> 
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