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Russell L. Harris

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Mar 15, 2023, 4:50:06 PM3/15/23
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Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that
displayed by the installer?

I need to switch from a local Approx repository to one of the
publically-accessible repositories such as maintained by debian.org.

--
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry
ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them
that dwell therein. - Psalm 107:33-34

Greg Wooledge

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Mar 15, 2023, 5:00:06 PM3/15/23
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 08:47:54PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that
> displayed by the installer?

https://www.debian.org/mirror/list

Andrew M.A. Cater

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Mar 15, 2023, 5:00:07 PM3/15/23
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 08:47:54PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
Synaptic is a front end to apt so:

https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

All the best,

Andy Cater

Dan Ritter

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Mar 15, 2023, 5:10:08 PM3/15/23
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Russell L. Harris wrote:
> Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that
> displayed by the installer?
>
> I need to switch from a local Approx repository to one of the
> publically-accessible repositories such as maintained by debian.org.

Regardless of what interface you are using (apt, apt-get,
aptitude, synaptic...) the repos are defined in
/etc/apt/sources.list
and
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

-dsr-

Russell L. Harris

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Mar 15, 2023, 5:10:08 PM3/15/23
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 08:57:16PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 08:47:54PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>> Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that
>> displayed by the installer?
>>
>> I need to switch from a local Approx repository to one of the
>> publically-accessible repositories such as maintained by debian.org.
>>
>
>Synaptic is a front end to apt so:
>
>https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
>
>All the best,
>
>Andy Cater

Thank you! That page provided the URL of the list I needed, which is:

https://www.debian.org/mirror/list

Russell L. Harris

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Mar 15, 2023, 5:30:05 PM3/15/23
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But those contain only the repositories selected for the installation.

Andrew M.A. Cater

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Mar 15, 2023, 5:40:05 PM3/15/23
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They also point either to a content distribution network - deb.debian.org
or to a country mirror - say ftp.uk.debian.org

Mirrors contain all the packages so they're just an apt / synaptic
update away.

That doesn't necessarily apply for third party packages
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

Hope this helps,

Andy Cater
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