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Sandshark
Sensei
Apr 11, 2023

How I got apt update and install to work (with Debian Jessie retired)

OK, so I started off creating my own local Debian repository.  Not recommended -- it's a lot of work.  But with a lot of Googling and experimenting, I finally got apt to work using an online source.  Now, this requires bypassing a lot of security features, so use at your own risk.  It works on ARM and Intel based systems.

 

My /etc/apt/sources.list now looks like this:

deb https://apt.readynas.com/packages/readynasos 6.10.8 updates apps main

# deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian jessie main
# deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main

deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.kernel.org/debian-archive/debian jessie main contrib non-free
deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.kernel.org/debian-archive/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free

I commented out two original lines, but you can remove them if you like. archive.kernel.org is a US repository, so you can look for another if you like.  Netgear never had a jessie-backports source or  contrib and non-free included for jessie, so you may not want them.

 

Then you need to create /etc/apt/apt.conf with the following content:

Get::AllowUnauthenticated true;
Acquire::Check-Valid-Until false;

How long will this last?  I don't know, but that archive has some distros even older than Jessie, so I suspect for a while.

 

 

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