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rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Mirror ftp.br.debian.org does not always connect

Good afternoon,

I'm doing tests with Scorpion 2.4 version.

One of the first things I do is edit the "sources.list" file and add the ftp.br.debian.org mirror, because the default address (ftp.debian.org) is too slow for my location.

sudo kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
Include -> deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
sudo apt-get update

But it happens that when I install Full Profile, or some other application via apt-get, packages are rarely downloaded by "ftp.br.debian.org", but by the default address "ftp.debian.org", and the installations they take too long for me!

Is there any way to bypass the default address and just force "ftp.br.debian.org"?

Last edited by rafaelramos (2017-11-14 18:50)

Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

Re: Mirror ftp.br.debian.org does not always connect

You would need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/20_debian.list but there is a warning from the devs not to edit this CRITICAL system file, but so long as you make the changes correctly it should be ok. Some future update might re-write this file though, but that would need confirmation from the devs.

rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Re: Mirror ftp.br.debian.org does not always connect

@q4osteam,

Is there a problem editing this file?

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

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Re: Mirror ftp.br.debian.org does not always connect

Is there a problem editing this file?

If you exactly know what you are doing, no.

rafaelramos

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2016-07-19

Posts: 146

Re: Mirror ftp.br.debian.org does not always connect

In case I just want to add the ".br", change a line:

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

For:

deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

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Re: Mirror ftp.br.debian.org does not always connect

Yes, depending on the mirror status, it should be ok.