10-10-2012, 12:25 PM | #1 |
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Calibre 2 behind Windows Proxy Server
I'm running Windows 7, have installed Calibre but can not connect to the internet. The problem is that Calibre is not detecting the proxy server settings
From the command prompt entering C:\Program Files\Calibre2> calibre-debug -c "from calibre import get_ nt get_proxies()" I get: Using proxies: {'ftp': 'proxy:8080', 'http': 'proxy:8080', 'https': } {'ftp': 'proxy:8080', 'http': 'proxy:8080', 'https': 'proxy:8080'} which is incorrect for my network According to the FAQ http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....-my-http-proxy , it says: for example, on windows if you don’t use Internet Explorer then the proxy settings may not be up to date. You can tell calibre to use a particular proxy server by setting the http_proxy environment variable. The format of the variable is: http://usernameassword@servername you should ask your network admin to give you the correct value for this variable. What it does not say is where the http_proxy environmental variable is located. It does not appear as a Windows environmental valable when entering set from the command prompt. Please advise, our school library has just purchased 3x Kindles and Calibre appears to be an excellent program to help them resolve their problems managing them. If we can get it to connect to the internet, that would be excellent. |
10-10-2012, 12:41 PM | #2 |
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Try going to Control Panel | System & Security | System or
Control Panel | System then Advanced System Settings | Environment variables then under the System Variables section select New and type http_proxy for variable name and the correct value in variable value. This will set a system wide variable http_proxy. The next time you start calibre that value will be in effect. You could also set it as a user variable for the current user. |
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