I'm also behind a proxy, and I got the same problem. As suggested in http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-75413.html I changed /etc/wgetrc to include these lines:
http_proxy = http://eduproxy.bgfl.org:80/ use_proxy = on
Synaptic's terminal window now includes this line:
Resolving [myproxy]... failed: Connection timed out.
The same wget line works fine outside synaptic.
I'm also behind a proxy, and I got the same problem. As suggested in ubuntuforums. org/archive/ index.php/ t-75413. html
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I changed /etc/wgetrc to include these lines:
http_proxy = http:// eduproxy. bgfl.org: 80/
use_proxy = on
Synaptic's terminal window now includes this line:
Resolving [myproxy]... failed: Connection timed out.
The same wget line works fine outside synaptic.