Re: Can apt-get do proxy-http req?
On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Tony Crawford wrote:
> Apt-get wants proper URLs, but I have a proxy server on a Windows
> machine on the LAN, and the Linux box at this stage of the game
> staunchly refuses to see anything on the Internet, by name or by
> IP number (I've compared the route table and the network script
> and the ifconfig eth0 with other people's posts--I've been
> lurking--but to no avail). So: Is there a way I can get apt to
> do a proxy request to my local Windows proxy server, which has no
> trouble finding the Internet?
Set http_proxy to point to your proxy server, ie
export http_proxy="http://172.16.1.1:3128/";
The sources.list man page explains this.
Jason
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