This is geared towards newbies to Ubuntu. I’m sure people who’ve been using it for awhile have a pretty good source list themselves, but as someone that is new to Ubuntu I was having dependency problems installing with just the default Ubuntu source list. So while searching for the required files and doing other searches I compiled one of my own. I really haven’t had any dependency issues since. So I thought I’ll share it in case it can help others.
I use Nano
sudo apt install nano
to edit use command
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
These are the lines I added after enabling all the official ones. You can just copy and paste them to the end of your list.
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security restricted main
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security restricted main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal restricted main multiverse universe
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.lug.mtu.edu/ubuntu focal main
# deb-src http://mirrors.lug.mtu.edu/ubuntu focal main
deb http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu focal main
# deb-src http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu focal main
deb http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu focal main
# deb-src http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu focal main
Or if you just want to add individual repository’s. You can do it like this.
sudo apt-add-repository ‘deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security restricted main’
replace “deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security restricted main” with whichever repository you want to add. You can easily just copy and paste the lines from the above list.
After you are finished
sudo apt update
That will tell you if there’s any issues with the repository’s you just added or any updates available
As of November 11, 2020 the mirrors added are up to date.
Have a different Ubuntu?
For other Ubuntu releases Groovy, Bionic, Xenial etc… you can just paste the list in a application like gedit. Highlight focal hold down ctrl+h and replace focal with the name of your release. Most if not all mirrors I added cover all the releases.
To find your release use command.
lsb_release -a
You’ll get something like this
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
Codename is the information we’re looking for. That is what you replace focal with if yours says something other than focal.
Any questions? I’ll be happy to help.
