Getting pacman to work through proxy with Wget

✎ Last updated on 2018-06-27 at 11:20 EDT

1. Configure pacman to use Wget

   Edit pacman.conf

   $ sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf

   Uncomment or add the following line

   XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

   Save and exit.

Set Wget proxies and set Wget to use proxy

Edit wgetrc

sudo nano /etc/wgetrc

Find the following section in wgetrc regarding proxy settings.

# You can set the default proxies for Wget to use for http, https, and ftp.
# They will override the value in the environment.
#https_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#ftp_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/

# If you do not want to use proxy at all, set this to off.
#use_proxy = on

Uncomment and edit the default proxies, or add your own default proxies for Wget. For example,

https_proxy = http://10.0.2.2:3128
http_proxy = http://10.0.2.2:3128
ftp_proxy = http://10.0.2.2:3128

Uncomment, or add the following line to set Wget use_proxy on.

use_proxy = on