How to Add New Sources to Your Sources List in Linux

Written by Richi González Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Hello,

You have probably found yourself in the need of adding a new source to the sources list, either to get a specific package or just for new updates. Well, no matter why you want to do it, I will show you how to.

Difficulty level: Easy

1. Open a terminal or konsole

2. Open /etc/apt/sources.list with your favorite text editor, as super user. In my case I will simply use gedit. To open it, we will execute the following:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

3. If we, for example, want to add a debian repository: deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main, we would simply add it at the bottom of the list.

4. Save and close.

That’s it! You can now test your new source with apt-get update, yum update, etc.

If you have any problem, let me know and I’d be more than glad to assist you.

Best Regards,

Richi

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