On 2010-07-13, PRAKHAR gaur <prakhar_aaid...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Liam=2C=20
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> apt-get used to work before so I was not able to figure out there might be =
> a problem with the proxy.

Probably one of your configuration files was replaced during the
upgrade. The original will have been preserved with the extension
.dpkg-old.

> Thanks for pointing me out in the right direction.
> Solution:
> I just added this line to my /etc/bash.bashrc
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> export http_proxy=3D"http://username:passw...@proxyserver.net:port/";

You might also add:

export ftp_proxy=$http_proxy

You never know when you might need it.

>
> Thanking you=2C
> Prakhar Gaur

You're welcome.

-- 
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland



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