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I have a server which has only access to the outer world via port 22 (for the use of ssh from the server to other computers).

I want to install some packages via apt-get on this server.

Can I achive this with a ssh-tunnel to my super-machine which has internet access on all ports?

If so, how? Because if I start a tunnel via ssh to my super-machine, the super-machine has its sshd waiting on port 22. I assume that I cannot reuse this same port 22 for the tunneling, can I?

Is there another solution?

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Try to run it via ssh socks proxy:

echo 'Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://localhost:3128/";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf
ssh -CND localhost:3128 user@remote.host

in another terminal session:

sudo apt-get whatever you need
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Why the compression? And how do you end the SSH if it's not running a shell to ctrl+d? – erikbwork Sep 17 '15 at 15:32
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compression helps on slow channels. though it's not necessary here. I use ctrl+c to close the connection. – rush Sep 17 '15 at 17:02

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