Hi! Read
man apt-get It explains how to permanently set up proxies for apt. IIRC: (in /etc/apt/apt.conf add) Acquire::http::proxy "http://yourproxy:yourport/"; Christian > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Peter Firmstone > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 3:54 PM > To: debian > Subject: apt-get proxy config? > > > Hi, > > I'm relatively new to debian and I'm having a little confusion setting > up my /etc/apt/sources.list file for use behind a squid proxy-firewall. > > I can't seem to get the format right! > > I guessed that it may be: > > deb http://squid.cqu.edu.au:3128/www.au.debian.org/debian stable main > contrib non-US > > however this doesn't appear right as the proxy server returns the error: > 400 Bad Request > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks in Advance, > > Peter Firmstone.