To be clear ubuntu-system-services sets the proxy server for you in /etc/apt/apt.conf:
root@flash:/etc/apt# cat apt.conf APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; Acquire::http::proxy "http://192.68.10.1:3128/";; Acquire::https::proxy "https://192.68.10.1:3128/";; Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://192.68.10.1:3128/";; Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://192.68.10.1:3128/"; -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556293 Title: apt/aptitude need to take global proxy settings into account To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/556293/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
