apt-get and proxy setting

["Sridhar M.A." <mas@uomphysics.net>]

Hello,

I am facing some problems in getting apt-get to retrieve files through 
http proxy setting. I tried the following:

   1. Set the environment variable as

         export  HTTP_PROXY="http://203.195.221.129:3128";

      Still when I give apt-get update, I get messages telling that
      connection is refused from the hosts (www.debian.org,
      marillat.free.fr, et al.)

   2. Created /etc/apt.conf as below:

        APT {
          Acquire {
             http {
               Proxy "http://203.195.221.129:3128";;
             };
          };
        };

      Still the same result.

Browsing the docs threw up the second solution. 

My question is how can I make apt-get to retrieve the files with the
above setting? FWIW, I am able to download files using wget by putting
the above setting in /etc/wgetrc.

Regards,

-- 
Sridhar M.A.

One man tells a falsehood, a hundred repeat it as true.