[H-GEN] Setup for apt-get

[Christopher Biggs]

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"Paul Clarke" <paul at qfm.org.au> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> When doing an apt-get install on a debian box it is trying to connect to
> my proxy at work (which behind a firewall), I was at work when I
> installed the box. I remember a command to reconfigure the setup and I
> think I even wrote it down an a scrap of paper :(

Proxy settings for apt-get are in "/etc/apt/apt.conf".  See apt.conf(5).

--cjb


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