Steam-Linux behind a proxy server

Posted by Karthik on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Karthik
Published on 2012-12-09T08:46:57Z Indexed on 2012/12/09 11:20 UTC
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I just downloaded Steam Beta from here.

I installed the package, and when I start steam, I get the following enter image description here

It then says, unable to connect.

When I start it from the terminal, I get this error.
SteamUpdater: Error: Download failed: http error 407

Since I get a 407 error, it is related to Proxy Authentication.

I have set up my http_proxy, ftp_proxy, https_proxy environment variables. I am behind an authenticated proxy server.

How do I get Steam working from behind a proxy server?

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