Re: apt-get with ftp proxy

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:12:41 +0800
sakya <yasakya@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Debianlists,
> 
> I want to use apt-get to install some software from the foreign
> site,but I can not connect via
> ftp proxy,but I can download via the just proxy site.
> Why? and who can explain the "Acqure::ftp" section
> in apt.conf
> 
> 

I've never used the Acquire::ftp section of apt.conf. Instead, I set
the http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables like in this example:

    export http_proxy=http://localhost:3128
    export ftp_proxy=$ftp_proxy
    apt-get update
    apt-get install ...

-- 

Liam