On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Radim Gelner wrote: > > How do I instruct apt-get to use a proxy server instead of directly > contacting the host? Once, I wanted to use lynx; to make it works via a proxy, it needs: export http_proxy=http://your.proxy:3128/ export ftp_proxy=http://your.proxy:3128/ Then I tried apt-get, hey, it worked. BTW, I use Squid. Oki