Using a proxy with conda

Question

I need to configure a proxy in order to upgrade my Python environment in Anaconda. I specified the HTTP_PROXY environment variable:

set HTTP_PROXY=myproxy:8080

and modified the .condarc file in C:\Users\I328807:

proxy_servers:
    http: http://myproxy:8080

but conda still struggles with the connection:

C:\Users\I328807>conda install python=3.5
Using Anaconda Cloud api site https://api.anaconda.org
Fetching package metadata: Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/win-64/
Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch/
Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/win-64/
Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch/

Other example of same question, maybe it will be usefull: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31099279/running-conda-with-proxy — Destrif, May 25 '16 at 12:31
I've read them but as I explained in my post, the definition of an environment variable and the configuration of the condarc file didn't solve the issue. — Mark Morrisson, May 25 '16 at 12:35
If you want to use command line, please check here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31099279/running-conda-with-proxy — su79eu7k, Jan 25 '18 at 01:37

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '16 at 13:53

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Try with an HTTPS proxy, not HTTP.

So the configuration should be,

set HTTPS_PROXY=myproxy:8080

proxy_servers:
    https: https://myproxy:8080

For more info, see here: http://conda.pydata.org/docs/config.html#configure-conda-for-use-behind-a-proxy-server-proxy-servers

answered May 25 '16 at 13:53

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This worked... I supposed that the proxy was a HTTP one because the .pac configuration file just defines it with "PROXY myproxy:8080" but I was wrong. It seems the navigator is able to find out which type of proxy it is. – Mark Morrisson May 25 '16 at 15:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 15 '20 at 15:24

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Please can you retry this:

export HTTP_PROXY rather than set.

sudo -E bash -c 'echo $HTTP_PROXY' for making sure you export your variable.

Otherwise note that in your .condarc you cannot have tab between http: and declaration, only space.

edited Oct 15 '20 at 15:24

Tshilidzi Mudau

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answered May 25 '16 at 13:29

Destrif

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Using a proxy with conda

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