Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list
On 01/14/2016 02:08 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 13 Jan 2016 at 12:36:33 -0600, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
>
>> On Wed, January 13, 2016 12:31 pm, Amr Saber wrote:
>>> The problem is that the sources.list file was accidentally deleted
>>> and I can't find any version of it online
>>
>> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
>> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
>
> Why not suggest a mirror which would be suitable for anyone, no matter
> what their location in the world is?
>
> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
> deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
I tried the redirector a while ago, but one mirror kept returning 403,
necessitating reruns of apt(itude). So, I switched to specific
mirrors after that. I haven't revisited using the redirector since
then.
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