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Sources.list

This is my /etc/apt/sources.list which grew during the past few years. Maybe it'll be helpful for you.

You should—of course—use a Debian mirror that is not too far away from you. The examples below contain the generic mirrors where you have to replace “XX” by your language code.

If you use a notebook, make sure to also read these instructions and enable TLP in your sources.list!

Jessie

sources.list

sources.list
### Main Sources
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie			main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie			main contrib non-free
 
### Security Updates
deb	http://security.debian.org/		jessie/updates		main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://security.debian.org/		jessie/updates		main contrib non-free
 
### Software Updates
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie-updates		main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie-updates		main contrib non-free
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie-proposed-updates	main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie-proposed-updates	main contrib non-free
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie-backports	main contrib non-free
 
### Unofficial Packages
deb     http://mozilla.debian.net/              jessie-backports        iceweasel-release
#deb	http://www.deb-multimedia.org		jessie			main non-free		# Marillat
 
### Importing GPG keys for APT
# Iceweasel	apt-get install pkg-mozilla-archive-keyring
# Marillat	apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring

For servers

Although my page is aimed at desktop usage, please don't use the above sources.list on a server! There it should look something like this.

If you are using fast-moving packages like ClamAV you should also enable the 'wheezy-updates' repository. And for firmware files (sometimes necessary in servers) you should add the “non-free” section as well.

# Main Sources
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie		main
 
# (Security) Updates
deb	http://security.debian.org/		jessie/updates	main
#deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	jessie-updates	main

Wheezy

Because Jessie has been released I no longer recommend installing Wheezy as your Desktop OS.

sources.list

### Main Sources
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy			main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy			main contrib non-free

### Security Updates
deb	http://security.debian.org/		wheezy/updates		main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://security.debian.org/		wheezy/updates		main contrib non-free

### Software Updates
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy-updates		main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy-updates		main contrib non-free
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy-proposed-updates	main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy-proposed-updates	main contrib non-free
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy-backports	main contrib non-free

### Unofficial Packages
deb	http://mozilla.debian.net/		wheezy-backports	iceweasel-release	# Firefox
deb	http://www.deb-multimedia.org		wheezy			main non-free		# Marillat

### Importing GPG keys for APT
# Iceweasel	apt-get install pkg-mozilla-archive-keyring
# Marillat	apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring

For servers

# Main Sources
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy		main
 
# (Security) Updates
deb	http://security.debian.org/		wheezy/updates	main
#deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy-updates	main
#deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	wheezy-lts	main

Squeeze

Although the official support for Squeeze has ended, you can still get security support for Squeeze by adding the squeeze-lts repository. However, this works only for the i386 and amd64 architectures and will be maintained until february 2016.

Because of the by now very old software available in Squeeze I do no longer recommend to use Squeeze on a desktop.

For servers

If you still have servers running Squeeze you can use this sources.list.

# Main Sources
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	squeeze			main
 
# (Security) Updates
deb	http://security.debian.org/		squeeze/updates	main
#deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	squeeze-updates	main
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/	squeeze-lts		main

Lenny

Currently you shouldn't use Lenny anymore for there are no more security updates. The following sources.list can be used anyway, it contains all security updates that were available for Lenny.

# Main Sources
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian-archive/debian	lenny	main contrib non-free

Etch

Currently you shouldn't use Etch anymore for there are no more security updates. The following sources.list can be used anyway, it contains all security updates that were available for Etch.

# Main Sources
deb	http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian-archive/debian	etch	main contrib non-free

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