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#1 2009-11-04 09:58:12
- sant527
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pacman mirrorlist
Recently I have added the following link in the pacman mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Server=http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archlinux/$repo/os/i686/
And I know the packages are there at this link. For example I could open the link for extra repository and download the file libsigc++2.0-2.2.3-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz from the browser.
but when I do pacman -S libsigc++2.0
It downloads a corrupt file and later asks to delete the corrupt file
Its a 4.3 mb file but a 2.2k file gets download.
What can be done
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#2 2009-11-04 10:01:36
- Allan
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Re: pacman mirrorlist
run "file" on the downloaded file. 2.2k makes me think it is a small text file...
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#3 2009-11-04 10:12:39
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Re: pacman mirrorlist
No it says its not in gzip format. Neither I can open with vi
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#4 2009-11-04 10:22:25
- Allan
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Re: pacman mirrorlist
Strange. Can you un-gzip it? I am interested in what it contains...
Anyway, does changing mirror fix the issue?
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#5 2009-11-04 12:56:42
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Re: pacman mirrorlist
Yes It works fine for the mirrors already in the mirror list by default.
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#6 2009-11-04 12:59:24
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Re: pacman mirrorlist
I got the following reply from one of my friend: but I couldnt understand much.
You need to install rankmirrors (python script). And run /usr/sbin/rankmirrors against your mirrorlist or its backup to locate nearest and fastest mirrors. Then run pacman -Syy to refresh your dbase. Any changes to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist require pacman -Syy.
Also you need to go to https://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html to check whether the mirror is properly synced.
Currently the site cannot be reached. Some certificate errors.
HTH.
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#7 2009-11-04 14:05:28
- Allan
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Re: pacman mirrorlist
It looks like that mirror has not done a sync in 3 days. It looks like something is just wrong with the mirror.... Easiest solution is just to pick a new one.
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