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voidmain:
Aha, yes you most definitely will need to configure APT to use a proxy since it uses the HTTP protocol (web browser). IRC doesn't use the HTTP port (port 80). At any rate if you look in your /etc/apt directory you will find a file called "apt.conf". You'll need to edit that file and add a section that looks like this:


--- Code: ---
--- End code ---

Change the "http://proxy.somewhere.com:3128/" to whatever your proxy URL is, then on the command line do an "apt-get update", then you can run the "synaptic" graphical frontend. That would suck having an ISP that requires you to go through their big brother proxy server.

The same will be true for any other application that uses the HTTP port. "wget" is one of them. If you want to use wget through your proxy you'll either need to set the proxy in /etc/wgetrc or in ~/.wgetrc. There are comments in the /etc/wgetrc file with a proxy example.

[ November 29, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Ice-9:
Hehe, thanks again, I don't know what I would do without you   ;)  

I'm at work right now (I know, I should be working, and I will in a couple of minutes) so I can't try it right away but I definitely will this evening.
  :D

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