Debia repositories

isengart · 11-27-2011, 08:08 AM

Hello guys,I just installed Debian and i got a major problem with repositories.There is only the default repository installed, so if u know any unofficial but trusted repository i could install you could give me a great help !

Person_1873 · 11-27-2011, 08:30 AM

i'll post my stable server's sources.list file

Code:

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deb http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.iinet.net.au/debian/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

# sid-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian/ squeeze-updates main
deb-src http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian/ squeeze-updates main

TobiSGD · 11-27-2011, 08:43 AM

May I ask what actually your major problem with the main repositories is?

isengart · 11-27-2011, 09:06 AM

thank you very much ! Btw i got a problem with install ssh now xD im using apt-get install openssh-client and get an error that openssh-client has not an installation candidate.
Tried to do it with both apt-get and dpk -i ssh_blabla.deb ^^

TobiSGD · 11-27-2011, 09:17 AM

May be we can help with your issues if you actually show us your sources.list.

arochester · 11-27-2011, 09:25 AM

1) Use Synaptic to find the fastest server. Synaptic>Settings>Repositories. In the first page "Debian Software" click Download from and change it to Other ---then hit the Select Best Server button.

2) Have a look at Debian Sources List Generator - http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/

jv2112 · 11-27-2011, 11:19 AM

http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/

This has served me well in the past.

If you are concerned with stability then I would stick with squeeze repositories.

Sample Output -->

Code:

#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL DEBIAN REPOS ###################
#############################################################

###### Debian Main Repos
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free 
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main 

###### Debian Update Repos
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free 

##############################################################
##################### UNOFFICIAL  REPOS ######################
##############################################################

###### 3rd Party Binary Repos

#### Debian Multimedia - http://www.debian-multimedia.org/
## Run this command: apt-get update && apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring && apt-get update
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main non-free