I accidently messed up sources.list

[PhoxFyre]

I accidentally messed up and deleted my sources list for Debian stable 8.7.1 amd64, any place where I can download a new one and how to fix it?

[stevepusser]

https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

[No_windows]

Easy fix. It's just a text file you'll need to recreate while root.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

In future, use this command to edit your sources:

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# apt edit-sources

This will check the file and will not save it if there are any errors.

[Ardouos]

If you do edit your sources with a text editor, it is best practice to backup the sources first before making any changes. Heck, it's even good to do this with most config files.

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# cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bk