man netselect-apt (Commandes) - create sources.list for the fastest Debian mirrors
NAME
netselect-apt - create sources.list for the fastest Debian mirrors
SYNOPSIS
netselect-apt [OPTIONS] [stable|testing|unstable|experimental|woody|sarge|etch|sid]
DESCRIPTION
netselect-apt automatically creates a sources.list file for using with apt for the specified distribution by downloading the list of Debian mirrors using wget and choosing the fastest servers (both US and non-US) using netselect. The output file is written to OUTFILE.
If there is a file called mirrors_full in the current directory which lists the Debian mirrors, netselect-apt uses that rather than downloading another copy.
OPTIONS
- stable|testing|unstable|experimental|woody|sarge|etch|sid
- Specify which distribution of Debian to use. By default stable is used.
- -s, --sources
- While generating OUTFILE include also deb-src lines to use with ``apt-get source'' to obtain Debian source packages.
- -i, --infile INFILE
- Use INFILE instead of mirrors_full for reading mirror list. The file must be in the same format as mirrors_full.
- -o, --outfile OUTFILE
- Use OUTFILE instead of sources.list.
- -n, --nonfree
- Include also non-free section while generating OUTFILE.
- -f, --ftp
- Use FTP mirrors instead of HTTP and generate OUTFILE accordingly.
ENVIROMENT
- WANT_SOURCES
- setting this to 1 is equivalent to --sources
- WANT_NONFREE
- setting this to 1 is equivalent to --nonfree
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@nit.ca>