apt-file behin HTTP proxy

[Kumar Appaiah <akumar@iitm.ac.in>]

Dear Debian user,

Is there a way to use apt-file with a HTTP proxy server? I don't seem
to be able to get it working with just an export http_proxy="..." and
apt-file update.

Thanks.

Kumar
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