GNU/Linux Debian Bookworm Adding Backports Repo
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Enable/Add Debian 12.x Bookworm Backports Repository.
And the Debian Bookworm Backports Repo provides Packages with New Features on supported Debian Stable releases.
As a matter of Backports Policy, Packages in the stable-backports Suite are taken from Debian Testing; however, in rare cases such as Security updates, Packages are taken from Unstable.
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1. Accessing Shell
Open a Terminal window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)Or Login into Server Shell.
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2. Adding Backports Repo
Then to Add Backports Repository for Debian 12
Simply execute:su -c "echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list"
And respectively to Enable also the Driver’s Non Free sources:
su -c "echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list"
The Setup includes ‘contrib‘ and ‘non-free‘ Sources.
If you want to further Managing these Sources see: Debian Non-free Repo Setup. -
3. Refreshing Debian Sources
Next to Refresh Debian Apt Repo Sources
Play:sudo apt update
Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.
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