HTTP Repository

[rhyous]

I download the PC-BSD VMware Virtual Machine at my work and loaded it up. However, FTP is blocked at work and HTTP/HTTPS only are allowed threw the proxy.

When I open AppCafe, I get this error:

Missing meta-files for RepoID: 001. This is normally due to the internet connection being offline or misconfigured.

Two questions:
1. Is there an HTTP repository?

The AppCafe has three repos by default. See the problem, they are all FTP sites.

ftp://ftp.pcbsd.org/pub/mirror
ftp://mirrors.isc.org/pub/pcbsd
ftp://pub.allbsd.org/pub/pcbsd

I tried a Google searching to no avail.
I tried just changing the above sites to start with HTTP and they worked in a browser. But AppCafe still didn't work. That may be due to the proxy . That lead me to believe that AppCafe doesn't use the HTTP_PROXY environment variable.

2. How do I set the AppCafe to use a Proxy?

I tried to set the HTML_PROXY environment variable and fetch works but AppCafe doesn't.

I setup Konqueror to use a proxy and Konqueror works but AppCafe doesn't.

I configured the PCBSD Network Manager, still AppCafe doesn't work.

I ran this command, kdesu kcmshell4 proxy, and then set a proxy there (I had expected this to be the same as for Konqueror). AppCafe doesn't work.

I restarted the PC-BSD settings (in case any setting needs a reboot). Same issue. AppCafe doesn't work.

I set a proxy in the /usr/local/etc/wgetrc. AppCafe doesn't work.

I am obviously failing to set the proxy in the correct place, not to mention uncovering an ugly issue of configuration sprawl for the proxy setting.

Any body have any more ideas?