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I had a problem recently, when I remove squid as a proxy server that was installed on Ubuntu 9.04 in my laptop, I can’t run apt-get properly. It seems eventhough I remove squid, the apt-get keep searching the proxy first before updating. So I have to disable or bypass the proxy for the apt-get first.

This is a very simple instruction to follow, I’ve tested it and it’s really working, first thing to do is open your terminal window.. hehe.. and then just enter this 2 lines of command:

export http_proxy= “Press Enter Key”

export ftp_proxy= “Press Enter key”

to start updating your apt source, then type :

sudo apt-get update

If you want to enable proxy for apt-get in the future just type :

export http_proxy=http://username:password@hostname:port

export ftp_proxy=http://username:password@hostname:port

omit the username and password if your proxy dont need it.