Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > There is a gentoo package called mirrorselect.
> I can't see a version of it in debian. > If I would try to compile and use it in debian what would be the best > way to do that? No need for such a package. Just use httpredir.debian.org as your mirror server and a close mirror will be automagically selected for you. Your sources.list could look like this: # Main Repository deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free # Non-Sec Updates deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free # Security Updates deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free # Backports deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.