Debian 9 (Stretch) Indian repository

Debian Indian repository can speed up the download speed while upgrade and installation of new packages. Indian users get the advantage of local Debian repository. Here is the Indian repository of Debian 9 (Stretch).

Add to sources.list

Open the sources.list using your favourite text editor,

su
leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

Delete or comment out the existing repository details in the file. Copy and paste the following content into the file.

deb http://debianmirror.nkn.in/debian/ stretch main
deb-src http://debianmirror.nkn.in/debian/ stretch main

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main

deb http://debianmirror.nkn.in/debian/ stretch-updates main
deb-src http://debianmirror.nkn.in/debian/ stretch-updates main

Save and close the file.

Apply the following commands to update the repository information.

apt update
apt upgrade

Install Indian fonts

India is a country rich with regional languages. You can install regional language fonts in Ubuntu. Apply following command in a terminal,

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fonts-indic

This font package include Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada etc.

Install Malayalam Fonts alone
Apply following command to install only Malayalam Fonts.

sudo apt-get install fonts-mlym

Beautiful Malayalam fonts available at Swathantra Malayalam Computing website.

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