set mirror option

[Kent Frazier]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:04:16 +0200, Wilhelm du Plessis
<wilhelm at spheniscus.net> wrote:
> hello,
> 
> is there only one mirror for apt-get to use, namely archive.ubuntu.com
> or are there any other mirrors to download packages from?
> 
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You can add pretty much any Debian repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
and get packages selectively.  Be careful with apt-get upgrade and
apt-get dist-upgrade if you do this, cause you may accidentally
install Debian Sid (or just break some packages) if you are not.  In
my sources.list, I have several Debian repositories commented out so I
can check them if I need to.  I also have the Debian Marillat
repository (ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/), which is useful for
finding propriety codecs and such.  If you are just looking for extra
software though, make sure you have the universe and multiverse
sections of the Ubuntu repository turned on.  Universe is included by
default but comemnted out in sources.list.  Multiverse you will have
to add (either just add it to the end of the Ubuntu repository line,
copy the entry for universe and just replace universe with
multiverse.)  All of the above can also be accomplished graphically
through Synaptic.

Enjoy.

Kent