-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 21 February 2002 10:22 am, Pedro Alves wrote: > Dear friends > > After sucessufully installing debian from official CD distribution, I > would like to install some packages using apt-get. At the time of the > installation I only choose the CD-ROM as source, but now I need to do > it from FTP, or HTTP sources, so first question is how to reconfigure > apt-get to use then also? Do I have to edit the settings file (which > is, and where is it?). Second, since I'm under the surveillance of a > firewall I have fear that it will interfere with transfers, so how I > confugure apt-get to use the firewalll settings? > > Sorry for this quite simple questions, but i'm new in Linux. > > Pedro
Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list, commenting out the cdrom lines and uncommenting the lines regarding http:// access. This file is fairly well documented, so it should be a "read and do the right thing" exercise. Now, how you configure the firewall depends on what type it is. Does it block all outgoing http and ftp transfers? If one is "unregulated", use that. If both are blocked, then you need to export a variable on the command-line called http_proxy. Type this: export http_proxy='http://firewall.igr.fr:8080"; changing the hostname and port as needed. If it is an *authenticating* proxy (like mine), then you need to change that to: export http_proxy="username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3128" (again, changing as needed) Now, test it by running "apt-get update" as root. Btw, these variables must by set by the user running apt-get, otherwise they won't take effect. If apt-get update runs correctly, great! Otherwise, check for typos and try again. Reply to the mailing list if nothing seems to work :-) Once you get it all working correctly, edit your .bash_rc and put the correct line in there, so that it is automatically exported for you as you login. HTH and HAND! - -- D.A.Bishop -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8dTFoEHLN/FXAbC0RAkH0AKDbMP20m3bCFpA/AEcFYgxX0k+2pQCbBWuT kSVjparQiCdIdBNP6QZquG4= =543X -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
