How To: Apt Configuration Behind Proxy on eeeXubuntu
You may sometimes notice that your installation just hangs when it reached a certain percent during installation. The reason is probably you’re behind a proxy and it does not allow you to access the repository you are supposed to connect to.
The solution is simple. Edit your apt.conf file under /etc/apt and you’re good to go. Just follow the following steps.
- open Terminal
- sudo mousepad /etc/apt/apt.conf
- Add the following lines:
Acquire::http::Proxy “your.proxy.com:port”;
Note: This setting works just fine on my setup.
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I have ubuntu on a EeePC so this topic seems relevant. My apt.conf file, which I did not create or edit, is telling apt to acquire the internal network address of my gateway. When I try apt-get it invariably tells me “connection refused”. I just wonder, shouldn’t it be the external IP address of my gateway, or does it already know this? I did try to create a hole in the firewall for apt-get to get through, but it didn’t work. I wonder what I should do to fix this.