On 6 September 2013 15:51, Andrés Muñiz Piniella <andre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using kubuntu 12.04 but it should be a cross platform problem I think. > > The problem I had was that the proxy was not letting me get online. > I changed the proxy settings via the network settings GUI and it was > all fine for rekonq web browser but muon (the package manager) did not > update . > > Of course it did not tell me it was the proxy setting (I do not think > it could tell me) it just told me that I could not reach such and such > web pages. > > I finally came up the solution: looking up in askubuntu [1] it seems I > need my username and password on a plain text file the > > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ > > Is this solution the best? is there a more elegant solution? > Also, it keeps asking me for my username and password to use the web > browser but does not do this for package manager. I much rather have > it ask me for username and password on both aplications. Rather than > having my username and password written in plain text. > > Or is this the normal way things work and I should not be too fussed > about it? I need to use a proxy, but I don't have to authenticate. This is the correct place to store the configuration. Bear in mind that this file is only readable by root, so the credentials aren't at much risk. > > Also, when using apt-get it finds the packages fine now but it is > telling me that some of the files are not authentificated and that I > should not trust them. It is a fresh install and I have not set any > PPA. I was only installing gimp and gwyddion which normally do not > give me any problems. > > If you update the list of packages, it will get the keys that are missing and everything will be authenticated again. > > Thanks for any pointers! > > [1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/23666/apt-get-does-not-work-with-proxy > > Neil. P.S. Sorry for the delay in replying, I tried sending it yesterday but the gmail app on my phone is playing up...
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