On Wednesday 13 January 2016 23:22:30 David Christensen wrote: > On 01/13/2016 10:31 AM, Amr Saber wrote: > > Hi there, > > While I was configuring some thing in the sources.list file as apt-get > > couldn't get any package I wanted or asked for (I double checked the > > spelling for each package) and it just said package not found ... > > You can search for packages here: > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > > any way, The problem is that the sources.list file was accidentally > > deleted > > It's useful to make copies of original configuration files before > editing them: > > # cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list-orig > > # vi /etc/apt/sources.list > > > Better yet is putting them into a version control system. > > > and I can't find any version of it online and ofcourse the apt-get is > > no longer working at all > > Somebody already posted a Jessie file. Here's my Wheezy file: > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list > #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.8.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 xfce-CD > Binary-1 20150110-14:41]/ wheezy main > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main > > deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main > > > David
And in case you are less purist: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy-backports iceweasel-release Though in both cases Brian's choice of mirror was better. Lisi
