On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:56:47AM +0200, Magnus Therning wrote: > 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. > I do have them. In fact, I wan not facing any problems with apt-get. One fine day, browsers, wget et al. stopped working and on enquiry came to know that the isp had introduced the proxy server. It is from that point of time, I am getting this error. OK, here is the snippet from my sources.list:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free # Security updates for woody deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free # MPlayer deb http://marillat.free.fr/ testing main Here is the output: brahman:~# apt-get update Err http://marillat.free.fr testing/main Packages Could not connect to marillat.free.fr:80 (212.27.35.5). - \ connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 212.27.35.5 80] Err http://marillat.free.fr testing/main Release Could not connect to marillat.free.fr:80 (212.27.35.5). - \ connect (111 Connection refused) [IP: 212.27.35.5 80] ... Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Enjoy your life; be pleasant and gay, like the birds in May. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
