Hi,
You may require a proxy environment set up if your organization uses a proxy.
Add this to your /etc/profile
export no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,172.16.0.0/12,10.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16,.mycompany.net"
export http_proxy="proxy.mycompany.net:3128"
export https_proxy="proxy.mycompany.net.net:3128"
export ftp_proxy="proxy.mycompany.net.net:3128"
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Paul Clayton
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