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Today when I tried to download source-code of an application from a repository on googlecode, an error saying "could not connect to server xxxx.googlecode.com" occurred. I thought the repository might have been down and not available for download. Then I tried the same URL in web browser and it worked. On searching for a while, I found that this problem is created by proxy settings. SVN needs the proxy settings, apart from that you applied system-wide settings. Then I came to know a solution which worked perfectly. Here it is: svn --config-option servers:global:http-proxy-host=MY_PROXY_HOST --config-option servers:global:http-proxy-port=MY_PROXY_PORT checkout http://xxxx.googlecode.com/yyyyy/ If the proxy server needs authentication, then try this: svn --config-option servers:global:http-proxy-host=MY_PROXY_HOST --config-option servers:global:http-proxy-port=MY_PROXY_PORT --config-option servers:global:http-proxy-username=USERNAME --config-option servers:global:http...

This will help you to download entire website along with the links to other pages.i.e, you can almost browse the website offline. First install wget(if not present). Then run this from terminal. wget --mirror -p --convert-links -P ./LOCAL-DIR WEBSITE-URL –mirror : turn on options suitable for mirroring. -p : download all files that are necessary to properly display a given HTML page. –convert-links : after the download, convert the links in document for local viewing. -P ./LOCAL-DIR : save all the files and directories to the specified directory.