After Installing Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, I was not able to update behind the http proxy. Here how i solved this.
root@ubuntu-unixmen:~# apt-get update Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports InRelease
Follow the steps bellow to be able to execute apt-get behind a proxy:
$ cd /etc/apt
$ sudo vi apt.conf
add this to the file:
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://user:pass@proxy_host:port";
Or
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://Domain\user:pass@proxy_host:port";
Now export the proxy line with:
export http_proxy=http://user:pass@proxy_host:port
Or
export http_proxy=http://Domain\user:pass@proxy_host:port
To make this command permanent add it to ~/.bash.rc in your home directory:
vi ~/.bash.rc
Now Check and restart the updates:
root@ubuntu-unixmen:/etc/apt# apt-get update Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg [933 B] Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release [49.6 kB] Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources [3,993 B] Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources [14 B] Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources [14 B] Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Sources [14 B] Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages [14.9 kB]
Upgrade Now:
root@ubuntu-unixmen:/etc/apt# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: apport python3-apport python3-problem-report 3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 307 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Enjoy!
