Re: HTTP Proxy and APT

[Michel Lanners <mlan@cpu.lu>]

On  21 Nov, this message from Gilger.John echoed through cyberspace:
> The IT guys at work changed the network so that we have to go through a caching proxy server to get out to the internet.

Please wrap your lines at something reasonable like 72 chars.

> What changes do I need to make so I can use apt? 

edit /etc/apt/apt.conf:

// Proxy setting:
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxy.your.domain:port";;

Cheers

Michel

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