title: Using a proxy with conda
body: <p>I need to configure a proxy in order to upgrade my Python environment in Anaconda. I specified the HTTP_PROXY environment variable:</p>
  
  <pre><code>set HTTP_PROXY=myproxy:8080
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and modified the .condarc file in C:\Users\I328807:</p>
  
  <pre><code>proxy_servers:
      http: http://myproxy:8080
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but conda still struggles with the connection:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\I328807&gt;conda install python=3.5
  Using Anaconda Cloud api site https://api.anaconda.org
  Fetching package metadata: Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/win-64/
  Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch/
  Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/win-64/
  Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch/
  </code></pre>