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Debian Sources List Generator mentions (8)

• Installing a headless Debian (Linux) server for file storage and other cool stuff [Text]

  You’re still in PuTTY - open your browser and go to the Debian sources.list generator. Source: over 1 year ago

• How new are the packages in Debian Testing?

  1) Beware New Shiny Stuff Syndrome Https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian/#Don.27t\_suffer\_from\_Shiny\_New\_Stuff\_Syndrome 2) I assume you want the latest versions of some things and not all. From Stable you can use a) Backports b) Flatpak and Snaps c) SOME Third Party Repositories. Compare Don't Break Debian https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian and some of the Third Party Repositories on e.g.... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Debian does not recognize commands

  You have to comment out the cdrom entries in /etc/apt/sources.list and make sure your other entries are correct and then run apt update. I always end up using this for generating sources lists. Source: about 2 years ago

• Can anyone help me with my apt update list?

  The list looks alright. If you are unsure about if it's only the repos that you need, you can grab from google a fresh offical debian sources.list. Also there is a website, you can generate for debian custom sources.list with and mark which repos you want in the list, you can also mark repos like spotify, signal and more. On this link you can generate your own list: https://debgen.simplylinux.ch/ Just double check... Source: almost 3 years ago

• Curl not working with SUDO

  Even the generator's selection of third-party repos seem copy-pasted.. (and definitely not by someone who cares about free software). Source: about 3 years ago

Just Install mentions (0)