Mirrorscript-v2

Script to change official Kali repository to mirrors. This helps increase packages update and downloading for some user.

Requirements

Kali Linux, Python3

Usage

Run the script in privilege mode, such that sources.list could be edited.

Help

# 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)

Sample output:

# python3 mirrorscript-v2.py -v -https -src

#
# Mirrorscripts-v2 - By vamsee9
# Automatically select the best Kali mirror and apply the configuration
# https://github.com/vamsee9/mirrorscript-v2
#

[-] 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.