Ubuntu
software-properties package

  1. Bug #443404
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 443404

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Korny Sietsma (korny) wrote : Re: add-apt-repository insists on downloading GPG key even if keyserver is down. If keyserver is down, add-apt-repository can't proceed.

Clarification of Heiko's workaround:
- you need to set https_proxy
- you may need to set it to "http://my-proxy-host" not "https://my-proxy-host" (which is what Ubuntu sets it to by default)
- beware that 'sudo add-apt-repository' might load a new shell and overwrite the environment; use 'sudo bash' then set 'https_proxy' in the root shell