Script to change official Kali repository to mirrors. This helps increase packages update and downloading for some user. Please visit my blog post.
Kali Linux, Python3
Run the script in privilege mode, such that sources.list could be edited.
# python3 mirrorscript-v2.py -h
usage: mirrorscript-v2.py [-h] [-v] [-https] [-src]
Kali Mirrorscripts-v2 by IceM4nn automatically select the best kali mirror
server and apply the configuration
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose enable verbose output
-https use HTTPS in apt transport (default HTTP)
-src enable sources packages (default disable)
# python3 mirrorscript-v2.py -v -https -src
#
# Mirrorscripts-v2 - By Hazmirul Afiq
# Automatically select the best Kali mirror and apply the configuration
# https://github.com/IceM4nn/mirrorscript-v2
# https://www.metahackers.pro/speed-kali-linux-update/
#
[-] Checking if 'apt-transport-https' package is installed.
- apt-transport-https is installed
[+] Getting mirror list ...
[+] Found a lists of mirrors:
- https://hlzmel.fsmg.org.nz/kali
- https://wlglam.fsmg.org.nz/kali
- https://mirror.karneval.cz/pub/linux/kali
- https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/kali.org/kali
- https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/kali
- https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/kali
- https://ftp2.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/kali
- https://ftp1.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/kali
- https://mirror.neostrada.nl/kali
- https://kali.download/kali
- https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali
[+] Checking mirrors ... This could take some times.
[+] Finding the best latency
- hlzmel.fsmg.org.nz : 416.890
- wlglam.fsmg.org.nz : 388.998
- mirror.karneval.cz : 391.414
- ftp.acc.umu.se : 313.722
- mirrors.dotsrc.org : 314.235
- ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : 291.252
- ftp2.nluug.nl : 297.838
- ftp1.nluug.nl : 302.336
- mirror.neostrada.nl : 294.256
- kali.download : 40.478
- mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu : 348.848
[+] Fastest mirror: ('kali.download', '040.478')
[+] Preparing ...
- Making a backup file /etc/apt/sources.list.bk ...
- Checking sources.list for older entries ...
- Commenting older entries ...
- Done
[+] Updating sources.list with new entry ...
- Your new mirror: https://kali.download/kali
[+] Done!
- Run 'apt clean; apt update' for the changes to load.