- I set up a server with the
apt-cacher-ng
package. - I configured a PC to use this cache. I created
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
, with this line:
Acquire::http::proxy "http://my-server:3142";
- I installed Google Chrome. I.e. downloaded and installed
google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
.
Q: Later, I noticed a problem if I check for software updates. What happened?
On Ubuntu Desktop 22.04, Software Updater just says "Failed to download repository information. Check your internet connection".
Or on Debian 11 (GNOME), Software shows a popup error:
Unable to download updates:
E: https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease is not (yet) available (Invalid response from proxy: HTTP/1.0 CONNECT denied (ask the admin to enabled HTTPS tunnels) [IP: my-server-IP 3142]
Running apt update
shows the full error, on both Ubuntu and Debian.
Finally, if you use Ubuntu 22.04, but switched to using the GNOME Software app (e.g. to avoid snaps), there is no error message at all! It appears that security updates for the Chrome web browser will be skipped, without any warning. Maybe because it's an older version of GNOME Software.
Tested package versions
- Software Updater on Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 - update-manager 1:22.04.10
- Software on Debian 11 (GNOME) - gnome-software 3.38.1-1
- Software on Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 - gnome-software 3.38.1-1
- apt-cacher-ng 3.6.4-1