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N0rbert
Asked: 2019-07-27 03:48:45 +0800 CST

How to set APT to use squid-deb-proxy without squid-deb-proxy-client?

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In my network I have Squid proxy server for caching deb-archives. It is installed as squid-deb-proxy package.

I know that special package squid-deb-proxy-client exists in the repositories.
But it requires avahi-utils as a dependency.

How can I set APT on client machines to use squid-deb-proxy without squid-deb-proxy-client?

apt proxy squid-deb-proxy

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  1. Best Answer

    You need to add one line to the APT configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf or to custom file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99proxy:

    Acquire::http::Proxy "http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]";

    where

    • [[user]:[pass]@] are credentials (user is username, pass is password);
    • host is hostname of proxy server or its IP;
    • [:port] is a port (8000 in case of squid-deb-proxy).

    Example: http://192.168.12.34:8000 for anonymous proxy -

    echo 'Acquire::http::Proxy "http://192.168.12.34:8000";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99proxy

    Removal: 

    sudo rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99proxy
# or 
mv /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99proxy ~/

    See the The Acquire group of man 5 apt.conf.

    Note: this line may be added during installation via netboot installer if you have set proxy-server in it.

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