Install GUI from behind proxy

[koenn]

unset http_proxy

that should do it

No! I thought that maybe by logging out, it would reset itself. How do I do this?

Okay, first, I have to guess. Here are my guesses:

/dev/null > http_proxy

http_proxy < /dev/null

export http_proxy=/dev/null

export http_proxy=$/dev/null

export http_proxy="/dev/null"

export http_proxy="$/dev/null"

Would any of these work? (My newbie-ness is almost certainly showing...)


Thanks,
computer_freak_8

nice try.
something like

export http_proxy=""

would actually have worked.

[computer_freak_8]

lykwydchykyn and koenn:

Thanks for that. I figured something might be wrong with my syntax...

As I mentioned in another post in this thread, I will (unfortunately) have to wait until Monday to try this. I really do appreciate the quick responses, though. The more information I'm armed with, the better. At least as I figure it, this way I will have a few different ways to try, and if for some reason they don't work, we can move on with troubleshooting more quickly.


Thanks again,
computer_freak_8

[computer_freak_8]

Alright, I unset the http_proxy environmental variable and it still didn't work.

So, I would like to try and get the proxy going (as was my original goal) and then ditch the Sprint card efforts, since it won't always be there, anyways.

promodus:
Is there any way to use your code without entering the username and password?

I can put the following code into my /etc/bash.bashrc file...

function proxy(){
echo -n "username:"
read -e username
echo -n "password:"
read -es password
export http_proxy="http://$username:$password@192.168.xx.xx:80/"
export ftp_proxy="http://$username:$password@192.168.xx.xx:80/"
echo -e "\nProxy environmental variables set."
}

...and type "proxy" (without quotes) in a terminal, and it will prompt me for my username and password. So, can I simply substitute ...$username:$password@... where your code shows ...username:password... and have it work correctly?

Also, I found this code somewhere (can't remember where) to put in /apt/apt.conf to setup the proxy:

Acquire {
Retries "0";
HTTP {
Proxy "http://proxy.url.here:80";
};
};

Can I sub in "$username:$password@" directly before the "proxy.url.here" and have it work?


Thanks in advance,
computer_freak_8

[koenn]

yes for both questions;
it's usually not considerd good practice to put passwords in scripts like that, but if you want it that way ..

/apt/apt.conf - probably /etc/apt/apt.conf; and I thought this was already meantioned somewhere in this thread ...

edit : OK, slightly different syntax

[computer_freak_8]

/apt/apt.conf - probably /etc/apt/apt.conf; and I thought this was already meantioned somewhere in this thread ...

edit : OK, slightly different syntax

Yes, I meant /etc/apt/apt.conf, not /apt/apt.conf.

I tried several different things, including exporting the username and password to the respective variables, and I even tried taking out the whole "http://........:80/" and putting in "$http_proxy" instead; still no luck, same 401 error.

I know it is exporting because I checked it with "echo $http_proxy", "echo $username", et cetera.

[computer_freak_8]

Don't know if this will help anyone to troubleshoot with me, but I noticed something interesting.

"wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/blocked/file/path/here.gz" gives a 407 error. However, I can easily download it from Firefox.

Any ideas as to why this is? Can I make my terminal appear (to the proxy) to be Firefox? If so, how do I do this?


Thanks in advance,
computer_freak_8

[koenn]

Don't know if this will help anyone to troubleshoot with me, but I noticed something interesting.

"wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/blocked/file/path/here.gz" gives a 407 error. However, I can easily download it from Firefox.

Any ideas as to why this is? Can I make my terminal appear (to the proxy) to be Firefox? If so, how do I do this?


Thanks in advance,
computer_freak_8

most likely because FF is configured to use a proxy, wget isn't, and you can't get direct internet access because of a firewall somewhere.

wget has an option to set a proxy (man wget for syntax), you could see if that helps.

[computer_freak_8]

most likely because FF is configured to use a proxy, wget isn't, and you can't get direct internet access because of a firewall somewhere.

wget has an option to set a proxy (man wget for syntax), you could see if that helps.

Thanks for that, but I'm still confused then: I have configured the environmental variable "http_proxy" as well as "/etc/apt/apt.conf", and it still won't use a proxy - just like wget won't.

I mean, it makes sense for wget to be giving me errors (if it doesn't see "http_proxy"), but it doesn't make sense for apt-get to be giving me errors.

Yes, Firefox is configured to use a proxy. I had to go into "Edit" --> "Preferences" to make it that way. How do I get my CLI programs to use the proxy?

Now, it's obvious that my proxy doesn't block the packages; they go through just fine in Firefox. So it is something with the authentication. (I think.)

Is there some way to get the CLI programs - especially apt-get - to prompt me for my authentication as needed, like Firefox does? Maybe this would solve my problem...