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How to enable contrib and non-free repos in Debian
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As root you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.lst

Then add contrib and non-free at the end of each line that begins with deb and deb-src just like the example:

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free

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

Save the file, and run ‘apt-get update‘ and optionally ‘apt-get upgrade‘ to activate the changes.

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bronger commented Jul 2, 2025

Unfortunately, this does not work currently with the new sources format, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/78720328.

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