How to use apt-get with a proxy on Debian/Ubuntu

[The_Ace]

Here's a little tip for Debian and Debian based distro (Ubuntu.Mint/Mepis, etc.) users on how to use apt-get when your PC is using a proxy server to access the net.
This is useful for office or school environments where the PCs has access to the internet only via a proxy server and not NATed. Usually, in this type of senario, you cannot install packages using the standard sudo apt-get install package_name as there's no direct access to the net.

This can be fixed by setting the proxy details in /etc/bash.bashrc file like this :
From the command line, run :

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sudo echo "export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver.net:port/" >> /etc/bash.bashrc


Its extremely important that you use >> and not a single > !!
If a single > was used, it will overwrite the /etc/bash.bashrc and you will lose the command line!

For example :
If the proxy server is 192.168.1.100 on port 8080 and there's no user name or password the code will be :

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sudo echo "export http_proxy=http://192.168.1.100:8080/" >> /etc/bash.bashrc


If the proxy server is 192.168.1.100 on port 8080 and username is ProxyUser and password is ProxyPass the code will be :

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sudo echo "export http_proxy=http://ProxyUser:ProxyPass:192.168.1.100:8080/" >> /etc/bash.bashrc


After this, close the command terminal and open a new one and the setting is applied. Now you can install or update applications using apt-get.

[mdmg]

Thanks Ace!