Curl-proxy / wget-proxy scripts in Templates so users can add GPG distro keys linked to added external repositories

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An alternative idea to the alias: set https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8082 env variable. This will make curl/wget work automatically, in this terminal only. No need to change anything in upstream installation instruction then. The steps are then:

  1. Open terminal in the template
  2. Enter export https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8082
  3. Follow upstream instructions

The command is easy to enter wrong, but we could have an alias like enable-network-proxy. I think that’s significantly simpler than wrapping curl, wget and whatnot. And also, should allow only https traffic, but not plain http (at least in theory).

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