[OS X TeX] tlmgr and web proxies

[Peter C. Lichtner]

I am unable to run tlmgr due to a proxy issue:

> Using tlmgr to update the LaTeX installation TeXLive-2008, I get the  
> error message:
>
> [samurai:~] lich_admin% sudo tlmgr update bin-texlive texlive.infra
>
> Password:
>
> tlmgr: installation location http://proxyinfo.lanl.gov/redirect.php?url=mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008
>
> unusable location http://proxyinfo.lanl.gov/redirect.php?url=mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb 
> , could not load any packages
>
> Cannot load TeX Live database from http://proxyinfo.lanl.gov/redirect.php?url=mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008at 
>  /usr/texbin/tlmgr line 2193.
>
> It works at home ok. Does tlmgr have the ability to use web proxies  
> and if so how?
Thanks,
> ...Peter
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