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netselect-apt — Create a `sources.list` file for a Debian mirror with the lowest latency. More information: <https:/

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Problem

How to use the netselect-apt command: Create a sources.list file for a Debian mirror with the lowest latency. More information: <https://manned.org/netselect-apt>.

Solution

netselect-apt — Create a sources.list file for a Debian mirror with the lowest latency. More information: <https://manned.org/netselect-apt>.

Create sources.list using the lowest latency server:

sudo netselect-apt

Specify Debian branch, stable is used by default:

sudo netselect-apt {{testing}}

Include non-free section:

sudo netselect-apt {{[-n|--non-free]}}

Specify a country for the mirror list lookup:

sudo netselect-apt {{[-c|--country]}} {{India}}

Code Snippets

Create `sources.list` using the lowest latency server

sudo netselect-apt

Specify Debian branch, stable is used by default

sudo netselect-apt {{testing}}

Include non-free section

sudo netselect-apt {{[-n|--non-free]}}

Specify a country for the mirror list lookup

sudo netselect-apt {{[-c|--country]}} {{India}}

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tldr-pages: linux/netselect-apt

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