Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

sensen_jessica · Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 5

hi,

i am trying to use getpup in my office but i am behind a firewall. how do i set proxy for puppy? in dsl it is using export command in bash.rc. anything similar in puppy?

also, with gaim i cannot seem to login to msn in the office not sure why. maybe it is the same issue.

also puppy rocks!!! wish it has dsl's looks though.......

Lobster · Posted: Fri 02 Sep 2005, 03:33 Post subject:

You can change the way puppy looks with the icewm and fluxboxwm (wm = windows manager) once you are able to bypass your firewall. Also KDE window manager is on the way as a pupget . . .

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

PupGet uses wget to download the package
if you chose to download from the nluug.nl site, there should be no problems, because it is an http website that uses http protocol, port 80

that is, if you can see web pages in your browser, then PupGet should work

if you choose to download from ibiblio.org, it uses ftp protocol, and you might have firewall problems

you can download the packages from here anyway, using your web browser, and install the package as an alien package
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/puppylinux/pupget_packages-1/

you download dotpup files with your browser, then click them, so there should be no problem with dotpups

sensen_jessica · Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 5

is there a way to tell pupget package manager as to where to get the packages? i mean tell it to go to ftp site or http site? thanks.....

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

i am running Puppy 1.0.5 alpha 2 right now
i have not used pupget much
i looked in the pupget script, and it seems to ask you where you want to download from, ibilio or nluug.nl
pupget in earlier versions might be different

you should still be able to download the packages using the browser, and install as a local package, it should be about as easy

rarsa · Posted: Sat 03 Sep 2005, 01:10 Post subject:

sensen_jesica,

Puppy does not have multiple mirrors for the pupgets as other distributions have.

So you have to use the servers listed in the pupget.

puppian · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 538 Location: PuppyLand

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

pupget in 1.0.5 alpha 2 is probably different

it asks where you want to download from:
http://tinypic.com/dbp91v.jpg

it downloads:
http://tinypic.com/dbpair.jpg

everything is ok:
http://tinypic.com/dbpb0p.jpg

Guest · Guest

when i use pupget:

puppian · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 538 Location: PuppyLand

me above

btw it seems that no one is complaining about the same thing except me
perhaps only me have the problem...

sensen_jessica · Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 5

thanks for all the suggestions and inputs. i have tried choosing either the ftp or http site in the office but it just doesnt work. i have set proxy for mozilla and i am able to browse in the office. but i guess getpup needs a global proxy setting. like in dsl you can do this by changing bash.rc file and do an export proxy.

in any case i can always do the alien package thing. so there is a way around it.

Bruce B · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 02:06 Post subject:

there are enviroment settings and .wgetrc settings, but even if all this were set correctly, there is no gaurantee that it will work, depending on the firewall restrictions and proxy services available.

pupget allows you to get your pups from anywhere on the local filesystem including cdrom thereby side-stepping the firewall and proxy.

you can download the pupgets and burn them to cdrom if you want.

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

sorry, i was just thinking about the firewall part
what you really wanted to know was the proxy part

pupget downloads using wget
so all you need to do is configure wget to use your proxy

if you make a file in /root called .wgetrc (a hidden file because of the dot), you can put your proxy configuration in it ... some thing like:

http_proxy = 127.0.0.1:8118
ftp_proxy = 127.0.0.1:8118

of course, changing the ip and port to the values you need to use ... your proxy may have a name instead of ip numbers

i think you can also set a user name and password if necessary

proxy_user = string
proxy_passwd = string

if you can access web pages with your browser, then if you configure wget to use the same proxy, then pupget and wget should also work

i don't use an external proxy, but i tested .wgetrc with my Privoxy proxy, and it seems to work ok

see: http://tinyurl.com/828kk
and: http://tinyurl.com/djt23

Bruce B · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 04:07 Post subject:

BTW - If the firewall - proxy combination doesn't allow for FTP, you would want to choose nluug.nl

nluug.nl is http
ibiblio is ftp

Bruce B · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 04:19 Post subject:

Thinking more about it - I'd say that error 10 and 11 is generated by a failure of the ping command to get a response.

It seems to me that even IF all your configurations were correct AND IF the ping command failed you'd still be in the error loop.

AND - It seems to me by method of logical deduction, based on what you've already reported, the firewall is not permitting ping through.