auto-apt-proxy installs itself as an APT proxy autodetector, and detects common setups by checking localhost and the network default gateway for well-known APT proxies such as apt-cacher-ng.
This package is most useful for development environments, and will Do The Right Thing for:
This package does not query mDNS SRV records, which would require avahi. If you need that, consider the `squid-deb-proxy-client` package instead.
This package is most useful for development environments, and will Do The Right Thing for:
- build chroots, with a proxy running on the host system.
- docker/lxc containers, with a proxy running on the host system.
- Virtual machines with NAT networking, with a proxy running on the host
- system.
- any other system, with a proxy running on its default gateway.
- apt-cacher-ng
- approx
- apt-cacher
- any proxy advertised by an _apt_proxy._tcp SRV record in your domain
This package does not query mDNS SRV records, which would require avahi. If you need that, consider the `squid-deb-proxy-client` package instead.
Original maintainer | Antonio Terceiro |
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Homepage | https://salsa.debian.org/debian/auto-apt-proxy |
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Distribution | Version | Since | Package | Installed | Packager | |
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![]() | deb | 11 | 2019-01-12 | 6.54 kiB | 28 kiB | Antonio Terceiro |
![]() | deb | 2+deb9u1 | 2018-03-14 | 4.72 kiB | 22 kiB | Antonio Terceiro |
![]() | deb | 2 | 2017-11-10 | 4.46 kiB | 20 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 8ubuntu2 | 2018-06-19 | 6.38 kiB | 27 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 10 | 2019-01-14 | 6.45 kiB | 28 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 11 | 2019-01-14 | 6.61 kiB | 28 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 11 | 2019-06-17 | 6.61 kiB | 28 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 12 | 2020-01-07 | 7.68 kiB | 30 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
Manual pages
auto-apt-proxy(1)
auto-apt-proxy - autodetect common APT proxy setups
Latest updates

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/universe: Version 12 introduced
2020-01-07

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-10-10

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2019-10-10

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-10-10

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2019-10-10

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Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-09-25

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2019-09-25

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2019-09-06

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2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 11 reintroduced
2019-09-05