Re: Apt & Firewall variable
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on Thu, 02 Sep 1999, Jon Hughes wrote:
> I'm reading a Debian Installation & Guide to use book and it states that I
> can put in a variable to let apt know that you have a firewall/proxy between
> you and the outside world.
>
> The variable (# export http_proxy=http://gateway:1234/) is to be typed into
> the command line...but is there a file where I can put that into so I don't
> have to type it whenever I want to apt-get something?
>
> Jon
>
>
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hiho,
write the proxy statement in your .bashrc, .bash_profile or /etc/profile.
but you can also set this variable in /etc/apt/apt.conf (on newer (>3.x)
versions, i think ).
ciao -ap
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