Re: apt through proxy

[Micha Feigin <michf@math.tau.ac.il>]

On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 22:00, David Fokkema wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:12:23PM -0500, Moroni wrote:
> > I have read the export http_proxy and ftp_proxy variables
> > method and I've tried it.. it works for Lynx but not for
> > apt-get. the problem I have is that my proxy required me to
> > authentificate in  a domain/username form.
> > 
> > How can I do that to get apt-get working through my Proxy
> > server?
> 
> You might want to look at apt-proxy:
> 
> apt-cache show apt-proxy
> 
> > Debian New User in Hermosillo, Mexico
> 
> Welcome!
> 
> David
> 

I actually don't like this solution since it means storing you password
in an environment variable, but its the only solution I found as of yet,
change you export line to:

export http_proxy="http://<user>:<pass>@<proxy>:<port>/"