Re: http_proxy

[Nick Hastings <hastings@physics.unimelb.edu.au>]

Hi,

* Jesse Goldman <goldman@awa.tohoku.ac.jp> [020917 19:45]:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>     I'd like to upgrade my distribution with apt-get and I'm having a bit of
> trouble getting it to work with our network http proxy server. I've looked
> through the debian-user archive and, accordingly, have tried:
> 
> http_proxy="http://[hostname]:[port number]"
> export http_proxy="http://[hostname]:[port number]"

I think you need a / after the port number.

Also, if you use apt you can define your proxy in /etc/apt/apt.conf, 
with a line like:

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxymachine:9999/";;

Cheers,

Nick.

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