Howto setup FreeBSD behind a http proxy

If you are installing some package using FreeBSD port, it is going to download the package from the internet using fetch. If you machine is behind a proxy, you have to set the environment for HTTP_PROXY :

setenv HTTP_PROXY http://your_proxy_server:port

or add the line to your .cshrc

If the proxy need authentication, add HTTP_PROXY_AUTH :

setenv HTTP_PROXY_AUTH ‘basic:*:<username>:<password>’

then reboot your machine.