Ah, that environment variable is the key. I apologize for the knetworkmanager suggestion, you are correct, there is no proxy setting in knetworkmanager (I have no clue why it doesn't).
Obviously I know little about configuring proxies, but this how-to should be of some use: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGetHowto Specifically Methods #2 and #3: Adding the following lines to ~/.bashrc will cause the http_proxy variable to be set automatically. This way, programs that you run manually from a terminal will know to use the proxy. http_proxy=http://yourproxyaddress:proxyport export http_proxy Just to be safe you should also use Method #2 and add the following line to /etc/apt/apt.conf Acquire::http::Proxy "http://yourproxyaddress:proxyport";; -- Getting Upgrade prerequisites failed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155922 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
