By Debian uses APT as package installation and update manager. This also applies to a distribution (release) upgrade. Usually not much changes in the APT configuration, except the code name. But sometimes, the /etc/apt/sources.list file needs some adjustments for a different release. This is where this list comes to help.
If you want to add the "backports" repositories, read our related article How to enable Debian backports repositories.
Debian 7 (Wheezy)
Archived:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security wheezy/updates main contrib non-freeDebian 8 (Jessie)
Original:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-freeArchived:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main contrib non-freeDebian 9 (Stretch)
Original:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-freeArchived (announced on March 27th 2023):
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ stretch-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-freeDebian 10 (Buster)
Original:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free contrib
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main non-free contribDebian 11 (Bullseye)
Careful: Syntax change (debian-security)!
Original:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-freeDebian 12 (Bookworm)
Note: Newly added non-free-firmware area added by default
Original:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
Oh you precious human being! I have been going in circles ALL DAY trying to figure out what I originally did wrong to make my machine go stupid. Then I made it worse! Can I just go into my sources.list, delete all the lines and then come back and paste the .list above (Debian Bullseye) back in there? Or do I need to do a bunch of other things as well (PLEASE tell me it's as simple as erase, paste, save, exit!). Thanks!
Yes, you can. Followed by a
apt-get updateof course.Thanks! It worked for my installation of Debian 11.
Hi Claudio,
Debian Stretch is now archived.
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
Cheers Joerg
Thanks for these updated lists! I'll be copying and pasting into my own resource file. I have a stretch box I'm keeping current and I also fixed a dependency issue and updated a Kali-rolling box today..I'm on a roll I guess!!
You saved my day. Thanks to you I recovered what looked like a sure path to a frankendebian