[H-GEN] Setup for apt-get

[Andrew Meaden]

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Christopher Biggs wrote:

>"Paul Clarke" <paul at qfm.org.au> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:
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>>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 :(
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>Proxy settings for apt-get are in "/etc/apt/apt.conf".  See apt.conf(5).
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>--cjb
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Also check for the existence of ftp_proxy and http_proxy environment 
variables. If you still have issues, try unset ftp_proxy ; unset 
http_proxy and try again, this might fix them.

To permanently remove the proxy, check your shell .rc files.

-- Andrew


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