Pacman and Proxy

Bobonov · 2003-08-19 09:41:50

I found an old message without answer about that
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=506
Can pacman (and makepkg) use proxy connection?
If yes, how can I configure pacman to use a proxy?

apeiro · 2003-08-19 14:24:28

No, pacman currently does not support proxy connections. However, makepkg simply calls an external ftp agent, so you should be able to use a proxy-enabled program here. I believe wget supports proxy servers.

Jagged · 2003-08-19 15:40:07

::edit:: help if i read everything others posts... evidently pacman does not coll wget from what apiero said.... in any event, if it did.. you could ::/edit::

theres a way to hack around it i believe

::if:: pacman uses wget (i think it does.... maybe):

1) setup a /etc/wgetrc file and enable wget through proxy (read man wget)
2) export the http_proxy environment variable

now it shousd get through a proxy

orelien · 2003-08-19 17:05:20

Well, pacman uses a ftp library statically linked to the binary, so that there's no possible workaround...

proxies support, as well as http protocol support are on pacman wishlist.

stevenk · 2006-03-01 18:14:04

what about now? does pacman support proxies now?

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-01 21:45:58

Well you can use the

XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

in pacman.conf, options section, this will give u wget usage, wget support Proxy AFAIK so this would be the solution for u...

iphitus · 2006-03-01 23:19:15

pacman has proxy support now. there's a proxyserver option. look in your pacman.conf

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Pacman and Proxy

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