Re: Which apt cache did I use, if any?

[nwe]

On 10/4/26 7:29 PM, Dan Purgert wrote:

If I'm reading the question correctly, your system will use the
repository configured in /etc/apt/sources.list (or, if you're using the
newer format, I think it's /etc/apt/xxx.sources -- although I haven't
done a new-install yet, so I don't know the exact filename)

correct

Unless your network integrates a proxy (e.g. I dunno, a university
campus), then chances are there is no proxy.

nwe@house-desk:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://192.168.3.38:3142/";;
Acquire::https::Proxy "http://192.168.3.38:3142/";;

You can query your proxy configuration with

nwe@house-desk:~$ apt-config dump | grep -i proxy
Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect "/usr/bin/auto-apt-proxy";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://192.168.3.38:3142/";;
Acquire::https::Proxy "http://192.168.3.38:3142/";;
auto-apt-proxy "";
auto-apt-proxy::Debug "no";


nwe@house-desk:~$ /usr/bin/auto-apt-proxy

since I no longer have it configured, mine is not returning anything.

If auto-apt-proxy is working correctly, the client doesn't seem to indicate during normal use whether it used the proxy. I used to use auto-apt-proxy, but eventually reverted to just hard coding my proxy location in /etc/apt/apt.conf In the case of auto-apt-proxy you can query auto-apt-proxy to find where it points:

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