Where is Debian sources list?

The file ‘/etc/apt/sources. list’ in Debian contains the list of the ‘sources’ from which the packages can be obtained.

How do I get old Debian packages?

If you need to access one of the old distributions of Debian, you can find them at the Debian Archives, http://archive.debian.org/debian/. Releases are stored by their codenames under the dists/ directory. As time goes on we will expire the binary packages for old releases.

Where is the fastest mirror in Debian?

A command line tool called “netselect-apt” is available to find the fastest debian mirror. It automatically creates a sources. list file for using with apt for the specified distribution by downloading the list of Debian mirrors using wget and choosing the fastest servers (both US and non- US) using netselect.

Does Debian use GNOME?

Debian Buster includes GNOME version 3.30, which can be installed by a simple apt install gnome (it can also be installed by selecting the “Debian desktop environment” task). GNOME is noteworthy for its efforts in usability and accessibility.

Is wheezy no longer supported?

Yep, this is expected — Wheezy has been EOL since April 25th, 2016 (which is when the security team stopped supporting it and the LTS team picked it up, but the LTS support even ended 31 May 2018). The next update to the debian image should be removing the wheezy tags from the supported list altogether.

How do I access the Debian unstable/contrib area?

Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as well as the one in the previous example in sources.list a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines.

How do I access the Debian universe archive?

Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp. tlh. debian. org, under the universe directory, and uses only files found under unstable/binary-i386 on i386 machines, unstable/binary-amd64 on amd64, and so forth for other supported architectures.

How does the source list work?

The source list /etc/apt/sources.list is designed to support any number of active sources and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line, with the most preferred source listed first. The information available from the configured sources is acquired by apt-get update (or by an equivalent command from another APT front-end).