pacman downloading very slow

jfca283 · 2009-01-02 12:01:56

i read about a package, named
rankmirrors
but when i do
pacman -Ss rankmirros, i get nothing
does that package exist now?
i have a 2mb conection, but i get the programs no more that 50kb/s in general
thanks by your advices and happy new year folks...

Mr Green · 2009-01-02 12:29:05

 pacman -Qo /usr/bin/rankmirrors 
/usr/bin/rankmirrors is owned by pacman 3.2.1-2

Hope That Helps

Spider.007 · 2009-01-02 14:31:49

^ The above post means that the rankmirrors script is already included in the pacman package; so you should already have it; and be able to run it

Mr Green · 2009-01-02 14:34:33

Sorry that is what I meant to say was just checking .... :-)

jfca283 · 2009-01-02 14:34:47

and how do i run it?

tdy · 2009-01-02 16:26:34

`rankmirrors -h` gives usage details. You can use ">" to redirect the output to a file.

e.g.

$ rankmirrors /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > mirrorlist.ranked

mirrorlist.ranked will contain the ranked list, and you can copy it onto /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist if everything looks ok with it.

proxima_centauri · 2009-01-02 19:53:28

Glad I stumbled upon this. Thanks for the rankmirrors tips fellas

stefanwilkens · 2009-01-03 00:00:55

to the topic starter:
50 kbps in general sounds like you could be haveing something like:

1. /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist only has archlinux.org commented out: archlinux.org is speedlimited at 50 kbps.
2. you updated your mirrorlist with a system upgrade or a pacman upgrade and didn't edit the newly installed mirrorlist. This may cause a lot of mirrors to be uncommented and pacman grabbing files from a remote location, causing bad speeds.

Xyne · 2009-01-03 03:12:52

archlinux.org is throttled at 50 kbps. Make sure that you're using mirrors near you. Pacman uses the first mirror at the top of the mirrorlist file and only moves down the list as servers fail. Rankmirrors will order the servers for you, of course.

If you want to fully use your 2mbps for package downloads, take a look at powerpill (in my sig).

Anonymo · 2009-08-10 20:04:19

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors

See: Sort Your Mirrors by Their Speed

Also, make sure IPv6 is disabled

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IPv6_-_Disabling_the_Module

Also check out:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Improve_Pacman_Performance

Last edited by Anonymo (2009-08-10 20:07:02)

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pacman downloading very slow

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