"and edit the proxy info under the [general] section." what did you do here specifically?

Set http_proxy and https_proxy to the proxy server (shown above), like this:

http_proxy="http://<proxy>:80"
https_proxy="http://<proxy>:80"

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23 days later

Any help appreciated, thanks!

4 months later

I thought I will try fresh-installing Solus-Budgie-Release-2024-10-14, hoping that the new version may have this fixed. The installation failed when trying to add Solus repo :-(

    still got that crap on a new install?
    from usb stick to bare metal?

    how does one make a proxy server port-friendly? (rhetorical)

    This install was on a VM; still behind proxy.

    https://www.baeldung.com/linux/run-update-behind-proxy-servers
    that ^ shows different proxy server settings than you had above

    https://askubuntu.com/questions/308809/no-internet-for-terminal-connect-through-a-proxy
    a version of Justin's file move instructions (in this thread) here.

    https://askubuntu.com/questions/7470/how-to-run-sudo-apt-get-update-through-proxy-in-commandline
    a workaround by editing sudoers file ^^

    proxy servers are big firewalls that block ports...who controls the proxy server?

    I am about the least qualified person to help you since I know nothing about proxy servers. I hope someone can get you in a direction that gets you closer and spurs more questions.

    a lot of these articles including one below mention making moves in/etc/environment but I don't know what the Solus equivalent of that is since its not in our filesystem.

    this was a tutorial and making this happen from a handful approaches, and it was actually clear and sensible to me. I would read it before anything--it's more understandable! good luck
    https://www.golinuxcloud.com/set-up-proxy-http-proxy-environment-variable/

      Staudey wow that one had a timeout workaround in there. great find

        brent
        Hi @brent, thank you for all the pointers on setting environment variables for proxy. I have pretty much tried everything to set proxy environment variables and eopkg just does not want to use any of them. You can see from my first post and subsequent posts, that all other applications, browser, command line curl etc. detect & pickup the proxy without any issues. It is specific to eopkg and eopkg only.

          Staudey
          Thanks, I guess it's more of the proxy issue. Still, IMHO, the installer should not fail altogether.