Proxy setup problems in Kubuntu

[Guest]

Hi Veteran Kubuntu users,

My school issues a proxy connection with username and password to connect to the internet. I have no problem setting up the proxy connection with browsers. I have also setup the proxy connection in KDE and applied systemwide settings. But the konsole does not get internet connection. I can't apt-get update nor do any network related work in the konsole. Is it because the proxy needs an acceptance dialog (as it does in the browser)? The terminal gets internet in Ubuntu live CD.

Apart from this I am having problems getting connected with Skype, Picasa, Dropbox and Google music. Pls help with ideas.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Proxy setup problems in Kubuntu

Assuming a password is required and the port is 8080;

export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyhost:8080/

in a console windows should provide a proxy connection for the console. You could copy this to a text file, call it "proxyon" or something and then type ~/proxyon. Similarly, the command

export http_proxy=''

will return it to normal. Note those are two single quote marks trailing the equals sign.

For apt-get, proxy has to be specifically set in /etc/apt/apt.conf like this;

Acquire::http::Proxy "[url]http://username:password@proxyhost:8080";[/url]

If your don't have the apt.conf file, just create it. For Skype, you should be able to configure the proxy server within it and restart it (kill and re-launch) for the settings to take effect.

[Isix]

Re: Proxy setup problems in Kubuntu

... this thread on editing /etc/apt/apt.conf was my rescue a minute ago. thanks!