netselect -apt not working in debian buster

[arkalonewolf]

I used the command

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sudo netselect-apt

to find the fastest debian repo for my system.
Unfortunately, I get this result:

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Using distribution stable.
Retrieving the list of mirrors from www.debian.org...

URL transformed to HTTPS due to an HSTS policy
--2021-06-05 15:24:01--  https://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full
Resolving www.debian.org (www.debian.org)... 128.31.0.62, 149.20.4.15, 130.89.148.77, ...
Connecting to www.debian.org (www.debian.org)|128.31.0.62|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 129551 (127K) [text/html]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/netselect-apt.kg9ixi’

/tmp/netselect-apt.kg9ixi                       100%[=======================================================================================================>] 126.51K   138KB/s    in 0.9s    

2021-06-05 15:24:04 (138 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/netselect-apt.kg9ixi’ saved [129551/129551]

Choosing a main Debian mirror using netselect.
netselect-apt was unable to obtain a list of valid hosts from
the file downloaded from the url 'http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full'.
This might happen because of any of the following reasons: 
   - there was an error in the file 
   - the file is not in the format netselect-apt expected 
   - there is a bug in netselect-apt 
Please manually check the file. If you believe its contents are correct, file 
a bug (hint: use 'reportbug') against netselect-apt and provide the file as 
well as the output generated by the program (hint: use 'script').

Anyway to solve this issue?

[arochester]

1) Have your recently done ?

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sudo apt update && sudo -full-upgrade

2) Have you tried reinstalling netselect?

3) Do you have Synaptic? You could do Synaptic>Settings>Repositories> Software & Updates>Download from > (Change to Other) > Select Best Server

[arkalonewolf]

I have done all but it did not work out.

Plus, there is no option as "Software and Downloads" under the repository tab in settings option in synaptic package.

[arkalonewolf]

1) Have your recently done ?

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sudo apt update && sudo -full-upgrade

2) Have you tried reinstalling netselect?

3) Do you have Synaptic? You could do Synaptic>Settings>Repositories> Software & Updates>Download from > (Change to Other) > Select Best Server

I have done all but it did not work out.

Plus, there is no option as "Software and Downloads" under the repository tab in settings option in synaptic package.

[arochester]

Synaptic method here: https://www.unixmen.com/find-fastest-mi ... rivatives/

[arkalonewolf]

In my system, synaptic does not look like this.