On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, [iso-8859-1] James D. wrote:

> Hi,
> I've just succeeded installing woody on my new Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop (it 
> took me 4 days!!! because i've just switched to debian). I often bring my 
> laptop to work in the library, but i don't know how to make debian connect to 
> the Internet through a proxy (although i have username and password for the 
> proxy).
> Any suggestion would be appreciated,
> Jim
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> SOLD.com.au- 1,000s of Bargains!

Here's my /etc/apt/apt.conf slightly modified

// Pre-configure all packages before they are installed.
// (Automatically added by debconf.)
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};

Acquire
{
        http
        {
        Proxy "http://hostname:port";;
        };
};





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