Apt-get update with an @ in password error

Question

I want to update ubuntu 11.04 throught apt-get. So I added the following lines in apt.conf

export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver.net:port/
export ftp_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver.netport/

export http_proxy=http://deepak:Deepak@123@12.1.1.1:3128

My question is: how do I insert special characters to a username or password?

For instance: my password for proxy is Deepak@123 and it is getting an error.

Answer 1

You need to escape special characters. So place a \ in front of the @ like so:

export http_proxy=http://deepak:Deepak\@123@12.1.1.1:3128

Alernatively you can also use %40.

Answer 2

Click on

1. Dash home
2. Search for System Settings
3. Select Network
4. Select Network Proxy
5. Select Manual method
6. Set you proxy and port

Kudos You are Done if you set right