Re: dpkg: Update failures
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:49:57AM +0800, Yang Shouxun wrote:
> Dear Debian users,
>
> Because I'm behind a Wingate, I don't have direct access to http or ftp.
> Someone suggests set http_proxy and ftp_proxy in /etc/environment, but
> that seems to be not working.
Actually, not to /etc/environment, but to /etc/apt/apt.conf.
For example, I used to use this:
Acquire::http::proxy "http://nocache.srv.ualberta.ca:8080/";
Please let me know if that solves your problem.
Regards,
Anthony
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