On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:49:57AM +0800, Yang Shouxun wrote: > Dear Debian users, > > Because I'm behind a Wingate, I don't have direct access to http or ftp. > Someone suggests set http_proxy and ftp_proxy in /etc/environment, but > that seems to be not working.
Actually, not to /etc/environment, but to /etc/apt/apt.conf. For example, I used to use this: Acquire::http::proxy "http://nocache.srv.ualberta.ca:8080/"; Please let me know if that solves your problem. Regards, Anthony -- Anthony Fok Tung-Ling Civil and Environmental Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alberta, Canada Debian GNU/Linux Chinese Project -- http://www.debian.org/intl/zh/ Come visit Our Lady of Victory Camp -- http://www.olvc.ab.ca/