Questions tagged [proxy]
A method of connecting to the internet through an intermediary (a proxy server) which handles connections and redirects them.
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How do I get add-apt-repository to work through a proxy?
I'm trying to follow the "Installing Cross Toolchain on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and 10.10 (Maverick) Hosts" instructions on wiki.linaro.org (on my Ubuntu 10.04 VM). The first step is:
sudo add-apt-...
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How do I configure proxies without GUI?
How do you configure proxy settings in the Ubuntu Server or Minimal (CLI) versions using the terminal?
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How do I set system-wide proxy servers in Xubuntu, Lubuntu or Ubuntu Studio?
I cannot find the proxy settings anywhere. Do I have to set it through terminal, through gconftools or is there some GUI present for it?
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How to set a proxy for terminal?
I am looking to set a proxy for terminal. What I need is I want to send all terminal communications to the internet through a proxy, say tor.
I tried to set a system wide proxy set up. But Terminal ...
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How to install snap packages behind web proxy
I know how to configure APT to use a web proxy. But what about snap?
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Install mod_proxy to get ProxyPass to work
I've been trying to follow these instructions, so that I could get the Citadel mail server to work alongside Apache, but I get an error when I try to restart Apache:
Invalid command 'ProxyPass', ......
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Google Chrome proxy settings?
When I try to set Google Chrome's proxy settings (on chrome://linux-proxy-config/), I get the following message:
When running Google Chrome under a supported desktop environment, the
system proxy ...
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how to install packages with apt-get on a system connected via proxy?
I've got an Ubuntu 11.10 system connected via a proxy to the internet, and I would like to install packages via apt-get. When I try to do that I get this error message:
sudo apt-get install libboost-...
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Setting proxy for apt from terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
apt-get does not work with proxy
I have tried changing my proxy settings in a terminal as:
export HTTP_PROXY=http://10.1.3.1:8080
and
export http_proxy=http://10.1.3.1:8080
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Why is apt-get always using proxy, although no proxy is configured?
I'm trying to disable the proxy for apt-get but it seems like apt-get gets it's proxy configuration from somewhere else other than /etc/apt/apt.conf, because although the apt.conf file is empty (and ...
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Can't update because the word prox* is blocked
I live in Ethiopia and the government blocks all urls with the word "proxy" in them. I couldn't use that word in the title above because that would make the url contain the word proxy.
When I apt-...
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syntax for SOCKS proxy in apt.conf
I want to add SOCKS proxy settings to /etc/apt/apt.conf. What is the syntax for it? Is it same as http and ftp syntax?
Thanks.
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407 Proxy Authentication Required
When I try to install a software using Ubuntu Software center I get:
Failed to download repository information
Check Your Internet connection
When I try to do a apt-get install something, I get:
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What alternatives are there to Fiddler debugging proxy?
I'm looking for a good and famous web debugging proxy that can logs all HTTP(S) traffic. Like a fiddler for Windows. I found that it doesn't work on Ubuntu.
So is there any one for Ubuntu?
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How to permanently disable http_proxy
When I remove proxy from System/Network and apply it system wide it still remains when working in console. When I run:
env | grep proxy
it prints:
http_proxy=http://proxy.studnet.lan:8080
ftp_proxy=...
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Update Ubuntu 14.04 to 15.04
Currently I have Ubuntu 14.04 in my laptop and now I want to update it to 15.04. I have Windows 8 and Kali Linux along with my Ubuntu. How should I update my Ubuntu to 15.04 without losing my other ...
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Setting up proxy to ignore all local addresses [duplicate]
I am trying to bypass the proxy for all addresses that are local network addresses. Such as http://test/ and http://mymachine/ and http://theirmachine/
Is there an easy way to do that?
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How do I force wget to use a proxy server without modifying system files? [duplicate]
I'd like to know an equivalent to wget enabling me to set the proxy while calling the command (like wget --proxy=$http_proxy).
Any ideas ?
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How do I set up a local SOCKS proxy that tunnels traffic through SSH?
Assume I have access to an SSH server that supports tunneling, and I am on a PC that is running *ubuntu, how do I set up a local SOCKS proxy that tunnels the traffic through that SSH server before ...
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Best way to set up DNS caching?
In order to speed up DNS lookups, I want to install a DNS cache or proxy.
I can see at least three programs I think will do the job: bind9, pdnsd, or dnsmasq.
I would like to make sure that if I ...
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How to use "apt-get" via "Http-proxy" like this?
I'm trying to use apt-get command on a network that uses a proxy, like this:
We use 10.114.7.7 on port 80 as Http-proxy, and after that an authentication window comes up, asking for user name and ...
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Cannot Add PPA Behind Proxy Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
I am unable to add a repository via the command line on Ubuntu 14.04. Apt-get works perfectly fine, and I am able to update the system. I have configured my /etc/apt/apt.config file as follows:
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Where to set proxy ignore list?
I upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 from 11.04, shocked to see few things...
My system is behind a proxy, so I did set a proxy setting. Being a web developer, I want to remove a lot of addresses that I type ...
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Systemwide proxy settings in ubuntu
I wanted to use internet on my college proxy server which also requires authentication. I searched google for solutions and the best solution I found yet was this . I have modified the script in the ...
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How to check if Network Proxy is really applied?
I'm trying to set Network Proxy to use my LAN's internet connection to update packages.
while the proxy settings works on my firefox, but the package manager still cannot connect to Internet. I have ...
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How to use proxy for Transmission?
I have heard that Proxy Support in Trasmission has been removed as of version 2.12. Is it possible to use proxy by any other method?
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Configuring Firefox to use a proxy from the command line
I'm looking for a way to tell Firefox to use a proxy in Ubuntu Ludid (10.04.1 LTS).
I'm installing Ubuntu semi-automatically on several identical machines. For this, I use a script that, amongst ...
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What happened to /etc/apt/apt.conf?
I was browsing through the apt folder to try my proxy settings and I was unable to find the apt.conf file in Ubuntu 11.04. Is there any alternative file for it?
Adding proxy settings to 99-synaptic ...
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How to configure proxy authentication to work with Ubuntu Software Center?
I have tried put in apt config Acquire::http::proxy, and in Network>Network proxy with and without user:password@server:port and using environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy. Nothing seems ...
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Find Proxy Server using Command Line
Someone's set up a proxy on my machine and I want to know what it is. Is there a way to find the proxy server using the command line and not the GUI?
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How can I access Facebook and other forbidden websites in China?
I'm flying to China soon for a long time, so I'd like to know how to configure my Ubuntu 11.04 so I can access forbidden websites (like Facebook)
I've heard about VPN and Proxy, but I don't know how ...
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How do I ignore a proxy if not available?
Following the instructions in Best way to cache apt downloads on a LAN?, I've set up a caching proxy in my local network. Since that machine is not always up, I'd like to be able to refresh the ...
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How do I set a system wide proxy with a username and password?
I'm trying to set a system wide proxy, and I'm specifically having difficulties with apt-get for installing applications on my Ubuntu. I'm in a university using a proxy server with username/password. ...
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Can't add PPA on Ubuntu 15.10 - user or team does not exist [duplicate]
Since I have installed Ubuntu 15.10 I can no longer add ppa to my repository list:
@:~>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~git-core/ubuntu/ppa'.
ERROR: '~git-core' user ...
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Can't complete dropbox installation from behind proxy
Problem:
My PC on campus sits behind a proxy (requiring authentication) and I can't setup Dropbox. I am convinced that this is a proxy issue as I can't setup Ubuntu one either (but I don't use Ubuntu ...
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how to run youtube-dl through proxy server
i want to download youtube video through youtube-dl through proxy server but it shows authentication required
code:
http_proxy="http://username:password@proxy:port/" youtube-dl url
it shows ...
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Updating http_proxy environment variable
I recently changed my password corresponding to my username for my proxy. Hence I updated the apt.conf and /etc/environment files with my new password. However when I type
echo $http_proxy
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apt-get 403 Forbidden
I've start a new job today and I am trying to set up my machine to run through their Windows server.
I've managed to get a internet connection through the server now but now I can't run apt-get ...
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Is there a way to use Tor system-wide?
Almost everything is blocked where I am and I need to use a transparent proxy to access anything. I tried using Tor (online anonymity software) but it doesn't work for all the system applications.
I ...
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Disable proxy server for one apt repository
I have made a local apt repository, but my IT-department caches LAN traffic on the proxy server. Is there a way I could work around this to disable the proxy settings for this local apt repository? in ...
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How to use a proxy on the command line?
I can set my proxy username and password along with proxy settings in the proxy ui but these settings do not work on the command line. How can I use apps such as wget & ping on the command line ...
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Apt-get update with an @ in password error
I want to update ubuntu 11.04 throught apt-get.
So I added the following lines in apt.conf
export http_proxy=http://username:[email protected]:port/
export ftp_proxy=http://username:password@...
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Ubuntu One behind a proxy, how to make it work?
I am behind a web proxy server at work (no authentication) and I have set it up in Gnome (configuration applied system-wide).
It works fine for accessing internet with a browser, but numerous ...
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How to pretend to browse from a different country?
How to pretend to browse from a different country for view Streaming Online Television From Another Country or to use programms that don't work in my country or to Buying (shop).
Edit:
The best ...
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Proxy exceptions in 12.04 LTS [duplicate]
How do I setup proxy exceptions under Ubuntu 12.04?
Already tried the proposed solutions for earlier Ubuntu versions and none seem to work. There is no Network Proxy Preferences in 12.04 AFAIK.
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Why is Google Chrome ignoring my proxy settings?
I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 in my laptop.The network I am connected to uses a proxy server. I adjusted the proxy settings in System Settings->Network->Network Proxy.
I applied them system wide, but ...
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Failed to connect to https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-development. Check your Internet connection or proxy settings
When I want to upgrade Ubuntu from 18.04 Bionic Beaver to 18.10 to Cosmic Cuttlefish via terminal with sudo do-release-upgrade -d command it gives me warning:
Failed to connect to https://changelogs....
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How do I temporarily remove proxy settings?
I set my proxy settings using the following command
export http_proxy=http://proxyusername:proxypassword@proxyaddress:proxyport
When I do
echo $http_proxy
I get
http://cavs@students:cavsuon@...
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How do I add a repository from behind a proxy?
I've a problem at the office. We're behind a proxy (which is set and applied at ubuntu proxy settings) and when I try to add a repository from terminal, I get:
Error reading --some url here--: ...
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Steam-Linux behind a proxy server
I just downloaded Steam Beta from here.
I installed the package, and when I start steam, I get the following
It then says, unable to connect.
When I start it from the terminal, I get this error.
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