Connetcing to internt via proxy server

Hi,

What is the method for configuring http proxy in LinuxCnc ? I tried googling issue, but I was not able to configure the http proxy. I have configured the Internet browser "Iceweasel and I am able to connect to Internet but I am not able to install any package.

Note: I am very new to Linux OS.

I would be very grateful to you guys for any kind of help.

Thankyou

Linuxcnc is a software package built into a Debian 7 distro, so the question is about Debian not Linuxcnc.

I am not convinced that this what you actually mean
From Iceweasel: Preferences > Advanced > Network > Settings

If you mean how do you set Synaptic to use a proxy for installing packages
From Synaptic: Settings > Preferences > Network

regards

if your unable to install any packages , this is a debian permissions error , you either have your user set incorrectly and not set as root etc to set your username as root do the following .

use sudo gedit /etc/sudoers
if you dont have gedit as an editor you can use vim or any other , you would need to start up as root , this is done using $ su root <password >

find entry in /etc/sudoers or use sudo gedit /etc/sudoers
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
copy and paste to the next line and replace root with your user name and save and restart
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
demo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
showing in this case demo as user

Hi ArcEye,

Thanks for the guidance. I configured the proxy setting in Synaptic: Settings > Preferences > Network and things started getting to installed. .I wonder why the solution given in the following link did not work for me.

pc-freak.net/blog/aptget-proxy-making-de...-proxified-networks/

Once again thank you a lot.

Hi cncbasher,

Thanks for your help. I could get packages installed on my Debian using the suggestion given by Arceye. What you wrote was very informative for me.

But I wonder why the solution given in the link below did not work for me.
pc-freak.net/blog/aptget-proxy-making-de...-proxified-networks/

Thanks a lot once again.

But I wonder why the solution given in the link below did not work for me.
pc-freak.net/blog/aptget-proxy-making-de...-proxified-networks/

We have no idea what you actually did, which proxy service you tried to use etc.

I think the menu based solution is far simpler and no bible quotes