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Execute following command before running eclipse. This bug affects wizards, button clicks, etc... export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1

To this date installing apt-cacher-ng is the most simple way to setup apt proxy in ubuntu. Install apt-cacher-ng sudo apt-get -y install apt-cacher-ng Lets call the system which has apt-cacher-ng as server and other systems that are going to use this cache as client. After installing the apt-cacher-ng on the server you have to make sure server it self uses this apt-proxy. You can do this by creating a file called /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy and enter following line and save the file. Acquire::http { Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3142"; }; Now open terminal in client systems and create the same /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy file and enter the following code and save the file. Acquire::http { Proxy "http://<server ip address>:3142"; }; Replace "&lt server ip address &gt" with real server ip address. That's it all your apt fetch and updates will go through your apt proxy and you will save tons of bandwidth if you have multiple...