[ubuntu] I can't get GIT to work behind a proxy?

[reggiep]

I have set the proxy for my ubuntu box like so...

$ export http_proxy=http://myproxy.domain.com:1234
$ git config --global http.proxy $http_proxy

 

but when I try to download a file with GIT I get the following error ...

source.ffmpeg.org[0: 88.191.250.118]: errno=Connection timed out
fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection timed out)
fetch-pack from 'git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg' failed.

 

Is there something else I need to do?

 

I am trying to set up VidiScript to see if it's worth showing the teaching staff.

[reggiep]

Hmm, Seems git will retrieve files from some repositories but not others. Never mind.

[mats]

Try the line

export http_proxy="http://myproxy.domain.com:1234"

 

You might also need to create /etc/apt/apt/conf (it probably doesn't exist) to contain the line

 

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://yourproxyaddress:proxyport";

 

Fill out yer own proxy in both cases of course.