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  • 26-10-2010 9:13am
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    fillmore jive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 649 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know if it's possible to connect to the linux repositories in UCD? Ive tried the update manager, but it wont download at all. Thanks:)


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    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 13,010 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    You have to use HTTP (not FTP) and go through the Proxy . I don't know much about Ubuntu's Update Manager, and recommend you try Synaptic: in there you go to Settings / Preferences / Network / Manual Proxy - and enter proxy.ucd.ie port 8484.

    optional for the geeky: If you want to use terminal commands such as apt-get, the easiest way is to create a settings file. I put the following in ~/ucd.conf: 
    Acquire::http::proxy "http://proxy.ucd.ie:8484/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://proxy.ucd.ie:8484/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://proxy.ucd.ie:8484/";
    Then I can run:
    sudo apt-get -c ~/ucd.conf update
    to update from the repositories etc.

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    Hoku
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭Hoku


    Or find a location with eduroam and update as normal. :)
    Of course the first option would be more suitable if you were updating on a desktop/server :P


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