On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:51:44PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > However I've tried the same environment variables with aptitude with > no luck... Looks like aptitude doesn't pay attention to them. Does > any one know how to overcome this? Also, I liked the environment > variables solution because it can be temporally enabled/disabled, > without having to edit a config file everytime one wants to change... > I've tried looking in the man page, but didn't find anything...
Try adding this to /etc/apt/apt.conf: Acquire { // HTTP method configuration http { Proxy "http://<myproxy>:<port>"; }; }; HTH. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]