[MonoDevelop] Add-in repository over proxy

[Michael Hutchinson]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Steve B <steve_beauge at msn.com> wrote:
>> I wonder what settings Monodevelop uses for proxy.
>> It can't download anything from the repository and it works OK when I
>> switch to non-proxy network.
>>
>> I am running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.
>> I have defined proxy at 3 places:
>>    - Preferences -> Network Proxy (this is gnome standard)
>>    - In .bashrc I have exported http_proxy variable
>>    - in /etc/apt/apt.conf I have Acquire::http::Proxy defined
>>
>> Browsers, apt-get, and all other network related tools work fine except
>> Add-in manager for Monodevelop.
..
> I'm having the same problem, but with the last 9.04 version.
> Did you find a solution ?

MonoDevelop uses the Mono proxy settings. These can be set in the
relevant .config file (/etc/mono/2.0/machine.config, or
per-application in the appname.exe.config):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sa91de1e.aspx

Note that the default setting (i.e. when no explicit setting is
present) is autoDetect=true, which uses http_proxy. However, it does
not have support for detecting the settings for proxies that require
authentication. Maybe that's your problem?

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Michael Hutchinson
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