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Use any Linux applications through a proxy (apt-get, wget etc)

Use any Linux applications through a proxy (apt-get, wget etc)

It's pretty normal in many Organizations to use get servers to connect to Internet via a Proxy. In most cases it's for updating apt-get or yum via  proxy. However, quite often you might need to download packages directly using wget or curl and setting up apt-get or apt via proxy, wget via proxy, curl via proxy is a pain. What if you could simply setup a  Proxy and just use any applications to use that using a simply command? I faced this many times and hence writing this guide. Note that if you're only allowing apt-get via proxy then stick with configuring /etc/apt.conf or /etc/apt/conf.d/00proxy or something similar but if you need to allow different applications via a proxy then this method is best and simplest.

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