Setting up apt to access from behind a proxy

[LordMerlin]

ben Wrote: 
> On Sunday 09 April 2006 10:24, stan wrote:
> > How can I set up apt-get so that it can use a proxy to access
> > the repositories?
> >
> > --
> > U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite
> > Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967
> 
> export http_proxy="http://proxy:port/"
> 
> or use apt-proxy if you wish to have a local machine as a repo proxy
> for your 
> lan
> 
> How can apt-proxy be setup to use a web proxy, with a username and
> password to download respositries?


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LordMerlin