I just installed 17.10. Software Boutique can not find the internet. I’m using firefox on that computer. How do I get this new crap to work?
Have you tried updating your Software Boutique?
On the startup of the software boutique, check the lower left corner for any updates on the latest software listing. Sometimes when it is not updated, it won’t show anything.
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Or even just regular OS updates. What you’re describing was a bug in Boutique a while back that was fixed shortly after, sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade does the trick.
Evidently adding a proxy doesn’t work either. I had to manually add it for updates to work.
I did “sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade”, nothing has changed. I assume since everything else can get to the internet, Software Boutique doesn’t read the same proxy information. Where can I set that?
Question: Why do you need to set a proxy? and How did you set the proxy?
Because it’s required to leave our network. Many places require them. Most browsers need the proxy set internally when it’s needed.
Some things will use the system proxy settings which I had to manually set in “/etc/apt/apt.conf”
I personally think its weird that even Software Boutique needs a proxy just to work properly but who am I to judge.
Anyways, have you tried setting the proxy via the network settings found on the top right corner of the screen?
I’m not really sure how Software Boutique works when it comes to proxy - I’m just in the same boat as you are - I just assume that it will take the proxy settings a user has set (as most applications tend to do).
All programs need the proxy to get outside of our network. I have not used our Proxy pac in years so I need to ask where it’s at again.
I really shouldn’t have to jump through hoops though.
That didn’t help either.
It’s amazing that the software that worked was removed entirely and replaced with software that doesn’t.
Use Synaptic Package Manager.
It works better and has more features.
sudo apt-get install synaptic
THANK YOU!!! That’s the one I couldn’t remember. It’s downloading now.
Glad I could be of help. 
Except that it doesn't read proxy settings, so it's a bug. One could also assume that it happens at a network level, so any application would transparently travel through a proxy, but apparently not. 
If it's just the "internet not detected" message getting in the way, there is a way to override it:
ubuntu-mate-welcome --boutique --force-net
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I didn’t see this until just now. Thank you lah7 for trying. That does nothing either.