Anthony Fok wrote:
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:49:57AM +0800, Yang Shouxun wrote:Dear Debian users,Because I'm behind a Wingate, I don't have direct access to http or ftp. Someone suggests set http_proxy and ftp_proxy in /etc/environment, but that seems to be not working.Actually, not to /etc/environment, but to /etc/apt/apt.conf. For example, I used to use this: Acquire::http::proxy "http://nocache.srv.ualberta.ca:8080/";; Please let me know if that solves your problem.
Lately, I tried this setting to update to woody from potato 2.2r3, and it works fine. There is just one thing annoying: The wingate proxy server requires java-supported browser for authentication. I can use the proxy only when the proxy server does not require authenitication.
Thanks!