Re: apt and deity
On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Vincent Murphy wrote:
> I am interested in finding out about apt and deity. I would appreciate if
> someone would inform me of a website or somewhere where I can get
> introductory information.
map apt-get, man sources.list, less /usr/doc/apt/guide.text.gz
> Specifically, i was wondering ring whether it would be possible for me to
> install packages using http, thru a http proxy. I am inside a firewall,
> and cannot ftp or NFS outside. Just so you know what kind of proxy I'm
> talking about, I just put in it's hostname and port 80 in netscape, and it
> works away fine. Is it possible to use apt the same way?
export http_proxy="http://proxy.server.com:80/";
apt-get update
Jason
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