Re: apt-get proxy setup
Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote:
> > On May 22, Peter Firmstone scratched in indelible ink :
>
> > I'm relatively new to debian and I'm having a little confusion setting
> > up my /etc/apt/sources.list file for use behind a squid proxy-firewall.
> >
> > deb http://squid.cqu.edu.au:3128/www.au.debian.org/debian stable main
> > contrib non-US
> >
> exporting the http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables will fix
> this. (man sources.list)
>
> bash/sh/ksh
> export http_proxy='squid.cqu.edu.au:3128'
>
> or csh:
> setenv http_proxy='squid.cqu.edu.au:3128'
>
> /Jp.
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> Jean-Paul Blaquiere || Student of Computational
> japester@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au || Thaumaturgy
> We have what is termed a one way gateway on our house.
> Computers are allowed to enter, but they may not leave.
>
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Hey thanks,
That did the trick, I didn't realize it needed to be specified on the command
line (I thought it went in the URL section of the sources.list Doh!).
Cheers,
Peter Firmstone.
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