On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:18:07PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I am facing some problems in getting apt-get to retrieve files through > http proxy setting. I tried the following: > > 1. Set the environment variable as > > export HTTP_PROXY="http://203.195.221.129:3128"; > > Still when I give apt-get update, I get messages telling that > connection is refused from the hosts (www.debian.org, > marillat.free.fr, et al.) > > 2. Created /etc/apt.conf as below: > > APT { > Acquire { > http { > Proxy "http://203.195.221.129:3128";; > }; > }; > }; > > Still the same result. > > Browsing the docs threw up the second solution. > > My question is how can I make apt-get to retrieve the files with the > above setting? FWIW, I am able to download files using wget by putting > the above setting in /etc/wgetrc.
AFAIK you also have to make sure that the sources.list contains repositories with the correct fetch method, i.e. http. /M -- Magnus Therning mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP:0xD3BC7468 +31-40-2745179 http://pww.innersource.philips.com/magnus/ The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. -- Michelangelo
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