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1The APT installation method encompasses most other installation methods
2under the umbrella of the new Package Acquisition code. This method allows
3installation from locations in the filesystem, ftp and http URLs, supports
4full installation ordering and dependency checking as well as multiple
5sources. See the man pages apt-get(8) and sources.list(5)
6
7HTTP proxies can be used by setting http_proxy="http://proxy:port/" before
8running DSelect. FTP proxies require special configuration detailed in
9the apt.conf(5) man page (see /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf)