[Malvern] FW: 'apt' Proxy Woes

[Ian Pascoe]

Ah-ha!  See you already tried the banana skin approach too!

Ian
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Ian Pascoe [mailto:ianpascoe at btinternet.com]
  Sent: 18 January 2009 10:04
  To: Malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk
  Subject: RE: [Malvern] 'apt' Proxy Woes


  Hi Stu

  This is a half baked response as it's a memory of a posting from another list!

  Try using the "EXPORT" command line to change the proxy settings for the entire machine - if it works, set up a BASH script or some other devilishly clever scripting so that when you connect wirelessly it sets the proxy to A, and when via F0 to B.

  Alternatively, if this is a total banana skin, try the Ubuntu UK list.

  Ian



    -----Original Message-----
    From: malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Stuart Bird
    Sent: 17 January 2009 17:51
    To: Malvern LUG
    Subject: [Malvern] 'apt' Proxy Woes


    Hi

    I am running a recent install of Ubuntu 8.10 x64 on a Dell XPS M1330 which I use both at work and at home. The issue I am having is that the works network is behind a proxy but the home one is not. I use a wired connection (eth0) when at work and the wi-fi (wlan0) when at home. I can get internet access at home by knocking off the proxy settings in Firefox and in the preferences menu, but cannot get synaptic or apt-get to work because it is looking for the works proxy.

    I have looked high and low but cannot find where the proxy details are set for synaptic/apt.

    Is there a straight forward way of getting this set up to work properly.

    Thanks in advance.

    Stu


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