how to force the use of proxy?

[dbi]

Hi,

I've set the environment variable http_proxy and portsnap obeys it.
I've also set "Manual Proxy" in "KDE System Settings", but the
PC-BSD Software Manager seems to use the proxy server only when
browsing the pbidir site nut not when actually downloading the
pbi packages.
How should I force it to use proxy for downloading too?

[kmoore134]

You'll probably need to make sure the KDE proxy is set for "root" as
well, try running this:

% kdesu kcmshell4 proxy

Then setup your proxy stuff and restart the software manager. Does it
work now? How about if you try a different mirror?

[dbi]

You'll probably need to make sure the KDE proxy is set for "root" as
well, try running this:

% kdesu kcmshell4 proxy

Then setup your proxy stuff and restart the software manager. Does it
work now? How about if you try a different mirror?

You're absolutely correct. I should've thought about this:
the package manager runs as root ergo it uses root's environment.
Problem solved.
Thank you!