Re: Can apt-get do proxy-http req?

[Tony Crawford]

On 18 Aug 98 at 9:01, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

> Set http_proxy to point to your proxy server, ie
> 
> export http_proxy="http://172.16.1.1:3128/";
> 
> The sources.list man page explains this.

Thanks!  I'm trying this now.  (BTW the information on apt 
in the bottom half of the dselect access methods screen refers 
to the man page for "source.list", apparently a typo!)

Tony


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Re: Can apt-get do proxy-http req?

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Tony Crawford wrote:

> Apt-get wants proper URLs, but I have a proxy server on a Windows  
> machine on the LAN, and the Linux box at this stage of the game  
> staunchly refuses to see anything on the Internet, by name or by  
> IP number (I've compared the route table and the network script  
> and the ifconfig eth0 with other people's posts--I've been  
> lurking--but to no avail).  So: Is there a way I can get apt to  
> do a proxy request to my local Windows proxy server, which has no  
> trouble finding the Internet?

Set http_proxy to point to your proxy server, ie

export http_proxy="http://172.16.1.1:3128/";

The sources.list man page explains this.

Jason