Richard Clarke:
> Could somebody please suggest to me how I can use APT and lynx when I
> have to use a http proxy with my university.
If the proxy is located at someserver.somewhere on port 9999:
export http_proxy=http://someserver.somewhere:9999/
at a prompt, or in your .bashrc or /etc/profile
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