diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 03017ce6746df..99d7ce3d4aefe 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -3685,7 +3685,7 @@ container.labels.value = Value
 cran.registry = Set up this registry in your <code>Rprofile.site</code> file:
 cran.install = To install the package, run the following command:
 debian.registry = Set up this registry from the command line:
-debian.registry.info = Choose $distribution and $component from the list below.
+debian.registry.one_of_vars = Choose one of:
 debian.install = To install the package, run the following command:
 debian.repository = Repository Info
 debian.repository.distributions = Distributions
diff --git a/templates/package/content/debian.tmpl b/templates/package/content/debian.tmpl
index 73b82578357fd..15eff9e1589ca 100644
--- a/templates/package/content/debian.tmpl
+++ b/templates/package/content/debian.tmpl
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 		<div class="ui form">
 			<div class="field">
 				<label>{{svg "octicon-terminal"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "packages.debian.registry"}}</label>
-				<div class="markup"><pre class="code-block"><code>sudo curl <origin-url data-url="{{AppSubUrl}}/api/packages/{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}/debian/repository.key"></origin-url> -o /etc/apt/keyrings/gitea-{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}.asc
-echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/gitea-{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}.asc] <origin-url data-url="{{AppSubUrl}}/api/packages/{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}/debian"></origin-url> $distribution $component" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gitea.list
+				<div class="markup"><pre class="code-block"><code>{{if gt (len .Distributions) 1}}DISTRIBUTION="" # {{ctx.Locale.Tr "packages.debian.registry.one_of_vars"}} {{StringUtils.Join .Distributions ", "}}
+{{end}}{{if gt (len .Components) 1}}COMPONENT="" # {{ctx.Locale.Tr "packages.debian.registry.one_of_vars"}} {{StringUtils.Join .Components ", "}}
+{{end}}{{if or (gt (len .Distributions) 1) (gt (len .Components) 1)}}
+{{end}}sudo curl <origin-url data-url="{{AppSubUrl}}/api/packages/{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}/debian/repository.key"></origin-url> -o /etc/apt/keyrings/gitea-{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}.asc
+echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/gitea-{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}.asc] <origin-url data-url="{{AppSubUrl}}/api/packages/{{$.PackageDescriptor.Owner.Name}}/debian"></origin-url> {{if eq (len .Distributions) 1}}{{index .Distributions 0}}{{else}}$DISTRIBUTION{{end}} {{if eq (len .Components) 1}}{{index .Components 0}}{{else}}$COMPONENT{{end}}" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gitea.list
 sudo apt update</code></pre></div>
-				<p>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "packages.debian.registry.info"}}</p>
 			</div>
 			<div class="field">
 				<label>{{svg "octicon-terminal"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "packages.debian.install"}}</label>