how to adjust apt-get to use different internet connection than default

gurus i connected my pc to a new DSL connection, browsing worked fine after changing the settings in firefox, but apt-get (through command line) rendered disconnected..how do i adjust the apt-get to be able to connect through the new connection? i searched in the related configuration files but found nothing that might help..moreover, the file /etc/apt/aptconf is not present in my system, which seems to be a problem any suggestions??

are you behind a proxy ?

actually i am :) earlier, in order to get connected through the proxy, i defined two variables in my /etc/profile

export http_proxy="192.168.20.20:8080"
export ftp_proxy="192.168.20.20:8080"

so i commented these two lines..and everything went just fine on the DSL ___________________________________________

now the problem is going in the reverse order.. when am back behind the proxy again, browsing is fine, but the apt-get is unable to reach the repositories..:confused:

suggestions ?? i really appreciate your help..

System -> Adminstration -> Synaptic Package Manager, Then

Settings -> Network tab

thanks..that should work but assuming that am working in a text-mode login, how can i configure the apt-get manually ?? is it a problem not finding the /etc/apt/aptconf file in my system ??

You can try to define the proxy in a proxy file. Create a file named proxy in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d and enter this in the file :

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxy_hostname:proxy_port";

Best wishes, NoReflex

so what does this acquire command does exactly ?? can i ommit the export lines using this method ? i guess i need to replace the proxy_hostname with the proxy number..right?

Yes you can ommit the export lines using this method and yes you need to replace proxy_hostname and proxy_port with your proxy information.

Best wishes, NoReflex