To maintain the security of your system, you should also add the Debian repository for security updates to your sources.list file. This line instructs your system to look for Bullseye-specific packages in the main, contrib, and non-free portions of the Debian repository (Debian 11). list file: deb bullseye main contrib non-free Add the following line to your sources to accomplish this. The official Debian repository should be the first repository added. To open the file with Nano, for instance, enter the following command on the terminal: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list Step 2: Add the Debian repository You can use any text editor, such as Nano or Vim, to access the file. The sources.list file resides in the /etc/apt/ folder.
#Debian sources.list how to#
In this article, we will demonstrate how to configure your Debian 11 sources.list file.
The sources.list file contains a list of software repositories used by your system for software installation and updating. If you are using Debian 11, you may need to configure your sources.list file in order to obtain the most recent software packages and updates. If you are in doubt about the naming convention for the packages in the list file, you can always do man to Configure sources.list on Debian 11
#Debian sources.list update#
You can run apt-get check, apt-get autoclean, and apt-get update in sequence afterwards and you should come out clean. In my case I just ran /* and that removed all the broken packages (after verifying the contents of /*, of course). Then if you cd into /etc/apt you will notice. Be careful not to remove those that are working. You might need to remove (as in rm foo-bar) those packages that are causing the 404s. There might also be package information in /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/.
If you do ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ you'll see a list of the resources that are causing the 404s. Sources.list(5) Configuration Item: Dir::State::Lists. Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in You will need to clear the package cache from: /var/lib/apt/lists/
Man apt, man apt-cache, and man apt-get provide information regarding package caching maintenance.Īfter updating the /etc/apt/sources.list file, bear in mind that package information is stored in various places, and that just running apt-get clean or apt-get autoclean will not clear out these fouled packages (you will continue to receive a 404 error for those packages not found). Is there a command that needs to be run to clear the cache?
#Debian sources.list archive#
Here's the contents of the current list: deb etch ndnįrom what I read on the archive README, I was thinking that the format would be something like this: deb dists/etch/updates/ mainĪlso, after commenting out most, if not all of the lines in the sources file, I still get the same errors. I am inside, but I am a little confused as to how to follow it's instructions/modify the sources list. As I run apt-get update I get all kinds of 404s not found, for example: Failed to fetch 404 Not Foundįailed to fetch 404 Not Found Īs I look into, I don't see any information regarding archives. I am trying to update my /etc/apt/sources.list on my VPS.
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