Created lørdag 22 oktober 2016
Use European servers
# Edit the /etc/pacman.conf file. Add the following server lines before the include lines.
[core] Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/$arch Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [extra] Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/$arch Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [community] Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/$arch Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Using Reflector
# Reflector is a package that retrieve the latest mirror list, filter the most up-to-date -
# sort them by speed and overwrite the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.
$ pacman -S reflector
# To rate and update the mirrorlist
$ reflector --verbose -l 30 --number 20 -p https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Automatic update mirrorlist when a new is installed (.pacnew)
# You can create a pacman hook to run reflector everytime pacman-mirrorlist gets an upgrade.
# Create a new hook /etc/pacman.d/hooks/mirrorupgrade.hook
[Trigger] Operation = Upgrade Type = Package Target = pacman-mirrorlist [Action] Description = Updating pacman-mirrorlist with reflector and removing pacnew... When = PostTransaction Depends = reflector Exec = /usr/bin/env sh -c "reflector --verbose -l 30 --number 20 --age 24 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist; if [[ -f /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew ]]; then rm /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew; fi"