Ray Ingles wrote: > I've done some googling, but haven't found a solution for this. I've got > OpenSolaris 2008.05 installed on a virtual machine, and basic networking > works. However, I need to add a compiler. I've set the proxy in Gnome, and > I've also tried using a terminal and setting the "http_proxy" environment > variable. > > Neither works, either 'pgk' or 'packagemanager' (the GUI). I can't actually > add packages, they can't connect to the repositories. I suspect that it's > because the proxy here at work needs a username & password. This is, well, > irritating. I'd download the packages and transfer them over... if I could > find them to download. > > Any clues how to get a compiler onto this OpenSolaris instance?
Have you tried specifying the username and password your proxy requires in the http_proxy variable like so: http_proxy=http://username:password at proxyserver.net:port/ Cheers, -- Glenn
