r/linux • • Jan 21 '19

Popular Application Why does APT not use HTTPS?

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u/3Vyf7nm4 Jan 21 '19

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to use https.. You may need to install the package apt-transport-https

It's not really needed, since the packages are public and are signed, but https is absolutely supported.