[techtalk] Debian and DHCP

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addenum:
for "http style" ftp proxy set ftp_proxy=http://proxy:port/


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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Fan, Laurel wrote:

> Kath, ranger at optonline.net, said:
> > How can I setup apt-get to work through a proxy?
> 
> For an http proxy, set the environment variable[1] http_proxy to
> your proxy's url (ie. http://proxy:port/). This also works for
> other http-y things, like lynx, so it would probably be worth it
> to put it in .profile/.cshrc.
> 
> [1] if you don't know how to set an environment variable:
> for bash:
> export http_proxy=http://proxy:port/
> for csh:
> setenv http_proxy http://proxy:port/
> 
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