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easy_install will not connect through proxy

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Mar 15, 202628484 views
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Problem

I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.04 64-bit under VirtualBox, and it seems that everything except easy_install and pip can connect to the Internet. I have set and exported the http_proxy environment variable, and also set up the proxy address in every other location I'm aware of. Yet easy_install always…

Error Output

:~$ echo $http_proxy
http://192.168.1.25:80/

:~$ grep "http_proxy" /etc/bash.bashrc
export http_proxy=http://192.168.1.25:80/

:~$ grep "http_proxy"…

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Fix for: easy_install will not connect through proxy

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It's a problem with . If you use , the variable is unknown in this context. opens up a root shell. There you can set the variable again and then easy_install works - you don't have to use sudo because you are already superuser. Or you can have your …

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