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

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