Hi Ive been trying to setup apt-get to work with my proxy "it wont work without it" and I have not had any luck till now ..below is my apt.conf file..apt-get update executes successfully but apt-get install resolves the hostnames and just waits for headers untill it times out..

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://192.168.0.1:8080";


root@Cyber-ALInux:/home/alinux# apt-get install kmess
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kmess
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
Need to get 1079kB of archives.
After unpacking 2687kB of additional disk space will be used.
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe kmess 1.4.2-0ubuntu4
Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...untu4_i386.deb Connection failed
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Hi

I remember I once had some similar problems. I think I solved it by setting the http_proxy variable as well.

export http_proxy="http://192.168.0.1:8080"

might help.

sorry that did not work but thx for ur help