unset http_proxy

I use ubuntu 9.04. When in college, due to the proxy server there, I had added the proxy to most of the applications that I needed to use behind proxy. I had also set the proxy settings for apt-get and synaptic package manager and they used to work when in the college network.

When I came home, as there is no proxy server here, I removed the proxy settings at all the places I could remember of: (1) In system->preferences->network proxy, (2) system->administration->synaptic package manager, (3) /etc/apt/apt.conf, (4) .bashrc, etc.

But apt-get and synaptic were not working. I searched a lot for the solution and all the results mentioned the above things only. Then I came across this wonderful blog: http://burakdd.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/removing-proxy-server-from-ubuntu-9-04/  and I learnt about this command:

unset http_proxy

which did the trick for me! Now, as I blog, the apt-get update is under progress

I thought that this has to be documented, so here I am!

GScribble

I am posting this message from GScribble, an opensource blogging application in python created by my junior at college, Roshan Singh of IT Dept of NIT Durgapur. He created this application in the summer, as an internship project at Srijan! You can download the source code as well as this application here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gscribble
Congrats on creating this great application dude, continue the good work. You have made GLUG and NIT DGP proud.

Namaskaara

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Thank you
Sandeep

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