{"id":6773,"date":"2025-01-31T03:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T22:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/?p=6773"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:36:24","slug":"debian-repo-urls-for-sources-list-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/debian-repo-urls-for-sources-list-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Debian Repo URLs for \u2018sources.list\u2019 File"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Debian<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This knowledge base is your essential guide for configuring the right Debian<\/a> repository URLs for your sources.list file which is used to fetch software packages and updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \/etc\/apt\/sources.list file<\/strong> is the main configuration file for managing Debian repositories. It contains the URLs of the repositories that your system uses to search for and install software. This guide provides the correct repository URLs for Debian in case you have misconfigured it or deleted it by any chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1 Configuring the right repository url can resolve errors such as E: The repository ...... does not have a Release file<\/strong> on your Debian OS.<\/pre>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. How to modify the 'sources.list' file and include Repository URLs?<\/a>
  2. Debian 12 (Bookworm)<\/a>
  3. Debian 11 (Bullseye)<\/a>
  4. Debian 10 (Buster)<\/a>
  5. Debian 9 (Stretch)<\/a>
  6. Debian 8 (Jessie)<\/a>
  7. How to update Repository URLs after adding to sources.list?<\/a><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n
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    How to modify the ‘sources.list’ file and include Repository URLs?<\/h4>\n\n\n
    Before modifying the sources.list, create a backup using: sudo cp \/etc\/apt\/sources.list \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.backup<\/strong> to ensure safe repository changes.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    To update the repository sources, open the sources.list file located in \/etc\/apt\/ using a command-line editor of your choice, such as vi<\/a> or nano<\/a>. Then, copy the code from the knowledge base that corresponds to your version of Debian into the file. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo vi \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Additionally, repository files can also be placed in ” \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/<\/strong> “
    Each file inside this directory follows the same format as sources.list<\/code> and allows modular repository management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    Debian 12 (Bookworm<\/span>)<\/h4>\n\n\n
    deb https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware\ndeb-src https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware\ndeb https:\/\/security.debian.org\/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware\ndeb-src https:\/\/security.debian.org\/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware\ndeb https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware\ndeb-src https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n
    Debian 11 (Bullseye)<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n
    deb https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bullseye main\ndeb-src https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bullseye main\ndeb https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian-security\/ bullseye-security main\ndeb-src https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian-security\/ bullseye-security main\ndeb https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bullseye-updates main\ndeb-src https:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian bullseye-updates main<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n
    Debian 10 (Buster)<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n
    deb http:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian buster main contrib non-free\ndeb http:\/\/security.debian.org\/debian-security buster\/updates main contrib non-free\ndeb http:\/\/deb.debian.org\/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n
    Debian 9 (Stretch)<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n
    deb http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian stretch main contrib non-free\ndeb-src http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian stretch main contrib non-free\ndeb http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian-security\/ stretch\/updates main contrib non-free\ndeb-src http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian-security\/ stretch\/updates main contrib non-free<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n
    Debian 8 (Jessie)<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n
    deb http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian\/ jessie main non-free contrib\n deb-src http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian\/ jessie main non-free contrib\ndeb http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian-security\/ jessie\/updates main non-free contrib\n deb-src http:\/\/archive.debian.org\/debian-security\/ jessie\/updates main non-free contrib<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n
    How to update Repository URLs after adding to sources.list?<\/h4>\n\n\n
    After modifying the sources.list<\/code> file, update the package lists using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    sudo apt update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
    The sources.list<\/strong> file is crucial for managing package sources in Debian. Properly configuring this file allows you to access security updates, official repositories, and other software sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Similarly, you can also easily configure the Repo URL list for Ubuntu<\/a>, AlmaLinux<\/a>, CentOS<\/a>, CentOS Stream<\/a>, and RockyLinux<\/a>. To find the working URLs, visit this link: 
    CentOS:     https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/centos-repo-list-working-urls\/<\/a>
    CentOS Stream:     https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/centos-stream-repo-list-working-urls\/<\/a>
    RockyLinux:     https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/rockylinux-repository-list-working-urls\/<\/a>
    AlmaLinux:     https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/almalinux-yum-repository-list-working-ur<\/a>ls\/<\/a>
    Ubuntu:     https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/sources-list-file-urls-ubuntu\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    Here is the working Repository URLs list for Debian 8, Debian 9, Debian 10, Debian 11 and Debian 12 needed for sources.list 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