How to configure proxy settings on ubuntu server 11.0

Question

I got the following error after configuring proxy in /etc/apt/apt.conf as Acquire::http::proxy http://192.168.96.0:8080:

e: syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf:2: extra junk at end of file.

and I don't have the proxy authentication. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

It looks like you forget ";" at the end of line.

Try this:

Acquire::http::proxy http://192.168.96.0:808;

Answer 2

I have experienced that after removing the "http://" after the proxy in the above string has helped.

So the revised line would be:
Acquire::http::proxy 192.168.96.0:80;

Answer 3

I had the same error and had to put the address and port part in quotation marks. Likes so:

Acquire::http::proxy "192.168.96.0:80;"