Linux – Set proxy to auto in Linux Mint

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I need to set a system wide proxy setting to automatically search the proxy settings like it's possible in windows.
I use Linux Mint Xfce and don't find any place in the GUI where I'm able to set my proxy settings. I'd also use a terminal to configure some proxy config files if there are any.

Important is, that the proxy settings apply to browsers (chromium, firefox) and apt-get (which also uses http, right?) and are set to auto search for proxy.

Edit:
I know about the http_proxy, ftp_proxy etc. variables. But I don't know yet how to configure my system to autodiscover proxy settings.

Best Answer

Create a script file under /etc/profile.d/10-proxy.sh

proxyserver=http://USERNAME:PASS@HOST:PORT
export http_proxy=$proxyserver
export ftp_proxy=$proxyserver

chmod +x 10-proxy.sh
after reboot/relogin the settings are systemwide

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apt-get install

doesn't do any installation , the correct syntax is:

apt-get install package_name

But did you see the output of that program in terminal ?

And setting proxy in firefox won't affect a global proxy settings , you may need to refer to Network Manager in Ubuntu.

@update:

the whole progress will be involved , e.g when install mscorettf-installer with wget

%> cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00proxy 
Acquire {
    Retries "0";
    HTTP {
        Proxy "http://221.176.168.178:80";
    };
};

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