Debian 10 (Buster) -- Full sources.list

sources.list

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free

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

localized example

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

note that those 'ftp' servers didn't work for me using anon ftp, it tried logging in and timed out. welcome to web 3.0

This saved my life! I had issue on the local VPS that unable to install several package

New Version in 2024:

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

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deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free is no longer supported!

Error message:

E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) man page for repository creation and user configuration details.

thanks!

Remove buster-backports

Remove buster-backports

Done. Thanks.

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian buster-backports main
I found this, but I don't know if it's correct

thanks @erwiower2 ! pasted the block and apt-get update works again

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

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

thank you 👍

one note, for some reason there's no buster security updates for mips64. Maybe I already knew why, but at least today I definitely don't.
upgrading from jessie directly in a test, I had to accept following keys:

# apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys \
605C66F00D6C9793 0E98404D386FA1D9 648ACFD622F3D138 \
648ACFD622F3D138 0E98404D386FA1D9 DCC9EFBF77E11517 \
6ED0E7B82643E131 112695A0E562B32A 54404762BBB6E853

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

This is not work anymore

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

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

thanks, that worked for me 👍

thank this works, really helped 👍

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

This worked, thanks !

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

This worked for me as well, thanks !

life saver!

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Estava procurando essa informação. Obrigado.

Also pro tip:

wget https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/pool/main/f/freexian-archive-keyring/freexian-archive-keyring_2022.06.08_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i freexian-archive-keyring_2022.06.08_all.deb

# Freexian Extended LTS (security updates + all packages)
deb http://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts buster main contrib non-free

It's working

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

I just copied pasted BOJILIJEBNIK's sources post into my .list and I'm fixed right up ;~)

Thanks to you all, these are the working ones (October 19-2025)

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

It's still working great (January 2026)