changeAPTproxyState

Change the proxy state for APT. It activates or deactivates proxy rules in /etc/apt/apt.conf

Compatibility

Tested on Ubuntu 18.10 and 19.04 .
Not work in Ubuntu 16.04, yet.

Usage

You Must execute ./updateProxy with root privileges

 SYNOPSIS
    ./updateProxy [ -dhv ] [ -i eth0 ] [ -n 192.168.1.0 ] [ -p 80 ] proxyUrl

 OPTIONS
    -i, --interface       This argument will be used to check if interface, in witch the proxy must be activated, is up 
    -n, --network         This argument will be compared with your actual network ip
    -p, --port            Set the port of the Proxy. Default port: 8080
    -d, --debug           Enable debug mode to print more information
    -t, --timelog         Add timestamp to log ("+%y/%m/%d@%H:%M:%S") 
    -h, --help            Print this help
    -v, --version         Print script information

 EXAMPLES
    sudo ${SCRIPT_NAME} proxy.domain.xx
    sudo ${SCRIPT_NAME} -n 10.11.12.0 proxy.domain.xx
    sudo ${SCRIPT_NAME} -i enp2s0 -n 10.11.12.0 proxy.domain.xx
    sudo ${SCRIPT_NAME} -dt proxy.domain.xx

Shortcuts

Beyond manual use, there are some method to simplified the script calls:

• Create alias in your ~/.bashrc ( ~/.zshrc -> in case of ZSH)

  alias "SHORTCUT_NAME"='sudo bash SCRIPT_PATH/changeAPTproxyState/updateProxy.sh -i enp0s2 10.11.12.0 proxy.domain.sh'

License

The project is under GPL v3 (see LICENSE.md)