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# List generated at http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/ for:
# * Country: Germany
# * Release: Testing (jessie)
# * Architecture: 64 bits
# * Sources: Main, Contrib, Non-free, Security, Updates
# * Source packages: not selected
# * Third party: none
#
# On 28 Mar 2015 that generated:
# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
# deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
#
# Did not like ftp.debian.org because it was likely to result in geo-located
# repos so browsed http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/ which listed ...
# jessie-backports
# jessie-proposed-updates
# jessie-updates
# jessie
# ... so adapted the list above to:
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib non-free
### Updated: 2016.06.07
### Debian [unstable]
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
### Debian [experimental]
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
### Debian Snapshots
# deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150610T162317Z/ unstable main contrib non-free
### Debian Multimedia
deb http://deb-multimedia.org/ unstable main non-free
### Aptosid
deb http://oscar.aptosid.com/debian/ sid main fix.main
### Linux Mint Debian Editiony
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ sarah main upstream import
### VirtualBox - Debian Repository
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/ jessie non-free contrib
### Launchpad - Compton
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/richardgv/compton/ubuntu/ saucy main
### Launchpad - notify-send
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/izx/askubuntu/ubuntu/ precise main
### Launchpad - DockbarX
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dockbar-main/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
### ZFS on Linux
deb http://archive.zfsonlinux.org/debian/ jessie main
### Google Chrome
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
### Liquorix Kernel
# deb http://liquorix.net/debian sid main
# deb-src http://liquorix.net/debian sid main
### Asix AX88179 kernel module
### https://launchpad.net/~qji/+archive/ubuntu/ax88179/+packages
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/qji/ax88179/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/qji/ax88179/ubuntu precise main
### Ubuntu Repository
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel main restricted universe multiverse
I have it set up so that I can install a specific package from outside of Debian's unstable branch, without bringing in all of the dependencies from other branches (unless they don't exist in Debian's unstable branch).
For instance, sometimes I use a package from Ubuntu that Debian might not have, but relies on depends that Debian does have (ex. indicator-application).
# Debian Unstable
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main
# Debian Experimental
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main
# Debian Mozilla (Aurora)
deb http://mozilla.debian.net experimental firefox-aurora
deb-src http://mozilla.debian.net experimental firefox-aurora
Distribution: Primarily Deb/Ubuntu, and some CentOS
Posts: 829
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Code:
erik@mydesktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
### Updated: 2016.06.07
### Debian [unstable]
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
### Debian [experimental]
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
### Debian Snapshots
# deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150610T162317Z/ unstable main contrib non-free
### Debian Multimedia
deb http://deb-multimedia.org/ unstable main non-free
### Aptosid
deb http://oscar.aptosid.com/debian/ sid main fix.main
### Linux Mint Debian Editiony
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ sarah main upstream import
### VirtualBox - Debian Repository
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/ jessie non-free contrib
### Launchpad - Compton
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/richardgv/compton/ubuntu/ saucy main
### Launchpad - notify-send
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/izx/askubuntu/ubuntu/ precise main
### Launchpad - DockbarX
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dockbar-main/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
### ZFS on Linux
deb http://archive.zfsonlinux.org/debian/ jessie main
### Google Chrome
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
### Liquorix Kernel
# deb http://liquorix.net/debian sid main
# deb-src http://liquorix.net/debian sid main
### Asix AX88179 kernel module
### https://launchpad.net/~qji/+archive/ubuntu/ax88179/+packages
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/qji/ax88179/ubuntu precise main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/qji/ax88179/ubuntu precise main
### Ubuntu Repository
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ devel main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://debian.cn99.com/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
deb http://debian.cn99.com/debian/ jessie-updates main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.cn99.com/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.cn99.com/debian/ jessie-updates main non-free contrib
deb http://debian.cn99.com/debian-security/ jessie/updates main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.cn99.com/debian-security/ jessie/updates main non-free contrib
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org testing main non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian yakkety contrib
You have some redundancy in there. For example, stretch/updates already has main and contrib so you only needed to specify non-free in the section you added. You could also have just added the non-free to the already-existing section.
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