Wget, Apt and Git behind proxy Rumi, December 22, 2020 For Wget Add/Comment out below line(s) in file ~/.wgetrc or /etc/wgetrc: http_proxy = http://[Proxy_Server]:[port] https_proxy = http://[Proxy_Server]:[port] ftp_proxy = http://[Proxy_Server]:[port] For Apt Create a new configuration file named proxy.conf.sudo touch /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf Open the proxy.conf file in a text editor.sudo vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf Paste it as following: Acquire { HTTP::proxy "http://127.0.0.1:8080"; HTTPS::proxy "http://127.0.0.1:8080"; } For Git: git config --global http.proxy http://proxyuser:proxypwd@proxy.server.com:8080 change proxyuser to your proxy user change proxypwd to your proxy password change proxy.server.com to the URL of your proxy server change 8080 to the proxy port configured on your proxy server Note that this works for both http and https repos. If you decide at any time to reset this proxy and work without proxy: Command to use: git config --global --unset http.proxy Finally, to check the currently set proxy: git config --global --get http.proxy Administrations Configurations (Linux) proxy