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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:52:46 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:52:46 +0000
commitfb473b5ac9fb661004c5d25c276da74d05d08563 (patch)
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parentde3c15eac1431a50c71a557257adb42105ade1d9 (diff)
Better description
Author: jgg Date: 1999-02-05 02:48:26 GMT Better description
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The APT installation method encompasses most other installation methods
under the umbrella of the new Package Acquisition code. This method allows
installation from locations in the filesystem, ftp and http URLs, supports
-full installation ordering and integrity checking as well as multiple
+full installation ordering and dependency checking as well as multiple
sources. See the man pages apt-get(8) and source.list(5)
+
+HTTP proxies can be used by setting http_proxy="http://proxy:port/" before
+running DSelect. FTP proxies require special configuration detailed in
+the apt.conf(5) man page (see /usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf)