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<br>Please explain this a bit. Where are the configuration files for cabal install. I tried to enter the line in the terminal and it apparently it accepted i.e gave no error but then running cabal update results in this error <br>No action for prompting/generating user+password credentials provided (use: setAuthorityGen); returning Nothing<br>cabal: Failed to download index 'ErrorMisc "Unsucessful HTTP code: (4,0,7)"'<br>This is the first time I am using cabal so I am almost completely blank for it.<br>Thanks<br>Azeem<br>> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:26:08 +1000<br>> Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Cabal proxy configuration<br>> From: ivan.miljenovic@gmail.com<br>> To: azeeem@live.com<br>> CC: haskell-cafe@haskell.org<br>> <br>> On 28 January 2011 15:13, Azeem -ul-Hasan <azeeem@live.com> wrote:<br>> > My university requires the students to use internet through an authenticated<br>> > http proxy. How do I configure cabal for that? I am using Ubuntu. Please be<br>> > detailed about it.<br>> <br>> Do you mean Cabal or cabal-install?<br>> <br>> Assuming the latter:<br>> <br>> export http_proxy=http://${username}:${password}@${proxy_address}<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Ivan Lazar Miljenovic<br>> Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com<br>> IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com<br> </body>
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