> I cannot get apt-get to work with an HTTP proxy. I'm using squid as the > proxy server. >
It is working for me (although I have it as a line in /etc/apt/apt.conf). > I issue the following commands: > > export http_proxy="http://server:3128/" (where server is the name of the > proxy machine) > apt-get install blah (where blah is an actual package > name :-) > > And I get the following: > Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main wget 1.5.3-1.1 > 504 Gateway Time-out > Failed to fetch > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/web/wget_1.5.3-1.1.deb > 504 Gateway Time-out > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe try with --fix-missing? > > On the proxy server, looking at /var/log/squid/access.log I see: > > 316055347.030 119543 xx.xx.xx.xx TCP_MISS/504 1161 GET > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/web/wget_1.5.3-1.1.deb > - DIRECT/http.us.debian.org - > Perhaps you had a DIRECT directive line in /etc/apt/apt.conf? [07:32:50 tcl8.3]$ zgrep "DIRECT" /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.g z Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting [07:33:05 tcl8.3]$ Posting your /etc/apt/apt.conf might help. > When I test the proxy with lynx it works fine. What's the deal? > > > > -- > "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay > for a message sent to nobody in particular?" -- David Sarnoff's associates > in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s. > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available > Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 > http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 > -= Running Debian GNU/Linux =- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.