I hit this problem too. I tried setting http_proxy from the xterm before
launching synaptic with sudo, but sudo discards environment variables.
If I'd had my brain in gear I might have tried sudo su and then set
http_proxy before running synaptic, but I worked around the problem by
creating a
** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = New
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package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade over
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It doesn't work. The $http_proxy is not set and the apt-get is still trying to
get flash from port 80.
In apt.conf I have a single line:
Acquire::http::proxy http://my_proxy:3128/;;
and it works for other packages.
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package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade
also please post what you set in apt.conf (which would be an apt bug
imo)
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I've set a proxy in System - Preferences - Network Proxy,
after doing this you have to relog-in; only that will set the http_proxy
env. Can you confirm that that works?
** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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package flashplugin-installer
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25631758/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: DpkgTerminalLog.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25631759/DpkgTerminalLog.txt
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package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade over
proxy
The workaround is to set http_proxy in terminal and then run apt-get
upgrade.
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package flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade over
proxy
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