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Sources.list
This is my /etc/apt/sources.list which grew and changed a lot 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/country code.
If you use a notebook, make sure to also read these instructions and enable TLP in your sources.list.
Stretch
sources.list
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### Main Sources deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free ### Security Updates deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free ### Software Updates deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/ stretch-proposed-updates main contrib non-free ### Unofficial Packages #deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch main non-free # Marillat ### Importing GPG keys for APT # 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 'stretch-updates' repository. And for firmware files (sometimes necessary on servers) you should add the “non-free” section as well.
# Main Sources deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/ stretch main # (Security) Updates deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main #deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main
Jessie
The security support for Jessie ended in june 2018, I no longer recommend to make a fresh Jessie install.
sources.list
Because of the by now very old software available in Jessie I do no longer recommend to use it on a desktop at all.
For servers
Although the official support for Jessie ends in june 2018, you can still get security support for it by adding the jessie-lts repository. However, this works only for the i386 and amd64 architectures and will be maintained until june 2020.
If you are using fast-moving packages like ClamAV you should also enable the 'jessie-updates' repository. And for firmware files (sometimes necessary on 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 deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian/ jessie-lts main
Wheezy
Currently you shouldn't use Wheezy or older anymore for there are no more security updates. The following sources.list can be used if needed, it contains all (security) updates that were available for Wheezy.
# Main Sources deb http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian-archive/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
Older
The sources.list for older distributions looks similar to the Wheezy list, just replace 'wheezy' with the codename of the respective release.
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