Flashplayer does not install under synaptic when behind a proxy.

[will_in_wi]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

When I try to install flashplugin-nonfree from synaptic or any other gui, the wget command in the script does not pick up the $http_proxy variable and fails the download. If I install from the command line with apt-get, it picks up the proxy and works perfectly.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Either synaptic isn't using /etc/apt/apt.conf and/or the proxy is not configured in the System menu.

[will_in_wi (will-in-wi)]

I verified that the proxy is set in the system menu. I think that gnome-terminal sets http_proxy and it does not get set in the terminal that synaptic uses. I checked and the proxy variable is not set in a system terminal (tty1) either.