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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.
Install netselect-apt in debian using the following command
#aptitude install netselect-apt
This will complete the installation
Using netselect-apt
netselect-apt Syntax
netselect-apt [OPTIONS] [stable|testing|unstable|experimental|woody|sarge|etch|sid]
Available 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.
Examples
If you want non-free repos use the following command
#netselect-apt -n etch (For etch)
#netselect-apt -n lenny (For Lenny)
Once it finishes, you will find a newly created sources.list file in your current directory which will have the necessary code pointing to the fastest Debian server for your location. Now all you have to do is to copy the sources.list file to /etc/apt/ directory and do an apt-get update.
# cp ./sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
Update source list using the following command
# apt-get update
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May 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Why don’t use apt-spy?
;-)