Debian Mirror

Here are few questions you might want to ask about the ‘Debian Mirror’ platform

  1.  What is Debian Mirror?
    Debian mirror is the Debian server that is built to help debian community users to download and update Debian packages as fast as possible.
  2. When was ‘Debian Mirror’ introduced in Rwanda
    The Debian Mirror was introduced in Rwanda on 13th March 2019.
  3. Why is RICTA encouraging Rwandans to use Debian Mirror?
    RICTA is encouraging Rwandans to use the debian mirror as downloading from a local server (Debian Mirror) which provides unmatchable latency, reliability and speed
  4. Client configurations.

To access and use RICTA Debian mirror, edit this file in your Debian server /etc/apt/sources.list and add these lines below then comment other lines.

 deb  http://debianmirror.ricta.org.rw/debian unstable main

deb-src http://debianmirror.ricta.org.rw/debian/ unstable main

 deb  http://debianmirror.ricta.org.rw/debian stable main