Question setting up pacman

windtalker · 2008-03-18 16:45:56

The beginners guide stated to add the preferred mirror to the list in pacman.conf with a comment.
I've tried it both ways and when my manual entry is not commented, pacman is a bit faster,,,, but I don't want to limit myself to one repo out of ignorance.
I thought if an entry was commented it would not be read.
The reason I'm asking this is I'm wanting to install Frostwire.
Frostwire is supposed to be in the unstable repo but pacman can't find it.
I did the -Syu and - Syy thing as well.
All these commands, hope alzheimers don't creep up on me.:o

Misfit138 · 2008-03-18 17:15:29

I'm a bit confused as to what you are trying to do.
To clarify, please post your pacman.conf.

windtalker · 2008-03-18 17:45:21

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server= http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server= http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server= http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

The beginners guide shows to # the entries I have listed as server=.
If I'm understanding correctly, placing a # on them renders them ignored.

Misfit138 · 2008-03-18 17:57:59

windtalker wrote:

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server= http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server= http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server= http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

The beginners guide shows to # the entries I have listed as server=.
If I'm understanding correctly, placing a # on them renders them ignored.

Ok, well the above is fine.
You are directing pacman to use the umflint mirror, and are essentially bypassing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.
All that is fine. You also have the option of commenting out the 'Server=' lines, which will then direct pacman to read from /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.
If you want to enable the [unstable] repo, then add it to pacman.conf using the same syntax.

windtalker · 2008-03-18 18:25:52

Thx for that.

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