https://github.com/davidfoerster/aptsources-cleanup

Detects and interactively deactivates duplicate Apt source entries and deletes sources list files without valid enabled source entries (as requested in https://askubuntu.com/a/762815/175814).
https://github.com/davidfoerster/aptsources-cleanup

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Detects and interactively deactivates duplicate Apt source entries and deletes sources list files without valid enabled source entries (as requested in https://askubuntu.com/a/762815/175814).

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/davidfoerster/aptsources-cleanup
• Owner: davidfoerster
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-08-01T11:44:32.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-16T01:40:50.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-13T05:08:33.474Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: apt, debian, ubuntu
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 343 KB
• Stars: 680
• Watchers: 19
• Forks: 88
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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## Purpose

Detects and interactively deactivates duplicate Apt source entries and

deletes sources list files without valid enabled source entries in

`/etc/sources.list` and `/etc/sources.list.d/*.list`.

## Prerequisites

**TL;DR:** Have a supported Ubuntu or other Debian-based system and install a

couple of Python packages:

    sudo apt install python3-apt python3-regex

For details see below.

### Mandatory

  * Python 3.4+

  * The `aptsources` module. In Debian-based distribution you can find it in

    the `python3-apt` package.

### Optional

  * The `regex` module for improved (non-European) language support.

    Package name: `python3-regex`.

## Download / Installation

### Option 1: Python ZIP application

 1. Download the ZIP application bundle:

      * [Latest Release](https://github.com/davidfoerster/aptsources-cleanup/releases/latest)

      * [All Releases](https://github.com/davidfoerster/aptsources-cleanup/releases)

 2. Mark it as executable through your file manager or the command-line:

        chmod a+x aptsources-cleanup.pyz

### Option 2: From source

Alternatively, you can download the source code and run it in Python (albeit without translations).

## Usage

  * From a ZIP application bundle:

        sudo ./aptsources-cleanup.pyz

  * From source code:

        sudo ./aptsources-cleanup

For a (slightly more) detailed description and individual command-line options

see the output of

    ./aptsources-cleanup.pyz --help

or

    ./aptsources-cleanup --help

depending on the deployment type.