GUIDE: Setting APT Proxy Server
> INIT: December 1st, 2025 > UPDATED: December 10th, 2025
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Adding Proxy Settings
Setting Proxy for APT
First create a file to hold the proxy settings, put this in the Linux Terminal
sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
Copy the code below, right click to paste in Putty window.
Acquire {
HTTP::proxy "http://x.x.x.x:3128";
HTTPS::proxy "http://x.x.x.x:3128";
}
Press CTRL+O to save the file, followed by CTRL+X to close the nano editor.
Setting Proxy for curl/wget
Temporary Proxy Settings Command
If you need to add immediate proxy settings but only need this temporarily. Run this in your shell:
export http_proxy="http://x.x.x.x:3128"
export https_proxy="http://x.x.x.x:3128"
export HTTP_PROXY="http://x.x.x.x:3128"
export HTTPS_PROXY="http://x.x.x.x:3128"
Permanent/Persistent Proxy Settings
However, you might want proxy settings to be persistent after a reboot. To do this we perform the following steps.
All Users
Using an administrator account, open /etc/environment into a text editor (nano).
sudo nano /etc/environment
Add the following lines, modifying them to fit your environment file.
http_proxy="http://x.x.x.x:3128"
https_proxy="http://x.x.x.x:3128"
HTTP_PROXY="http://x.x.x.x:3128"
HTTPS_PROXY="http://x.x.x.x:3128"