Hi, * Jesse Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020917 19:45]: > > Hi, > > I'd like to upgrade my distribution with apt-get and I'm having a bit of > trouble getting it to work with our network http proxy server. I've looked > through the debian-user archive and, accordingly, have tried: > > http_proxy="http://[hostname]:[port number]" > export http_proxy="http://[hostname]:[port number]"
I think you need a / after the port number. Also, if you use apt you can define your proxy in /etc/apt/apt.conf, with a line like: Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxymachine:9999/";; Cheers, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Mon Aug 12 20:29:59 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
