APT sources.list entries for every Debian release

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/etc/apt/sources.list entries for every Debian release since Wheezy, including archived releases

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.

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-free

Debian 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-free

Archived:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main contrib non-free

Debian 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-free

Archived (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-free

Debian 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 contrib

Archived (announced in March 2024):

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free contrib
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main non-free contrib
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ buster-proposed-updates main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main non-free contrib

Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Note: 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-free

Debian 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

Debian 13 (Trixie)

Original:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main contrib non-free-firmware non-free

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