Re: apt through proxy
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 01:37:10PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> 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>/"
If you reply, please reply to the correct message in the thread. This
has nothing to do with my suggestion (usage of apt-proxy) and thus
reduces readability of this thread.
David
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