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#1 2010-08-01 01:18:15

psihokiller4
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[SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

ok according to the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#.2Fetc.2Fpacman.d.2Fmirrorlist


# pacman -S curl

all server mirrors have failed in mirrorlist (I have uncommented all mirrors to at least being able to do it(not for speed))

but when I tried to install

pacman -S xorg

says I have to update the pacman witch get's updated with high failure rate
and the xorg too with very high failure rate almost every 4. server is good or what?

but from all servers have failed to be able to download the curl why?
do I need to change anything or is wiki needs to be repaired?

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#2 2010-08-01 01:24:40

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

Search the forums.

For eg. This thread or this or this and finally this

There are a high number of mirrors that have not synced. See the status of the mirrors and accordingly use them in your mirrorlist

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#3 2010-08-01 01:39:55

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

so the best idea would be coping them from here right


https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorSt … y;sort=asc


well thanks

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#4 2010-08-01 01:43:01

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

psihokiller4 wrote:

so the best idea would be coping them from here right


https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorSt … y;sort=asc


well thanks

Yup, you got it.


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#5 2010-08-01 01:51:06

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

well just when I started to copiing them well a problem

well it's this and
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/

the same one in mirrorlist is:
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686

so... what I want to say is: is there any list (of working arch servers that would be) written for 32bit if I understand correctly
if it's not how do I know what means repo and how do I know what to add or what exactly write on end of the server page that, that page gives me?

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#6 2010-08-01 05:13:15

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

psihokiller4 wrote:

well just when I started to copiing them well a problem

well it's this and
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/

the same one in mirrorlist is:
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686

so... what I want to say is: is there any list (of working arch servers that would be) written for 32bit if I understand correctly
if it's not how do I know what means repo and how do I know what to add or what exactly write on end of the server page that, that page gives me?

Any server that you copy from that Active Servers link should simply have $repo/os/i686 at the end of it. This is only because you are a 32 bit user. If you use 64 bit Arch, then you would have to append $repo/os/x86_64


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#7 2010-08-01 08:43:31

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

psihokiller4 wrote:

well just when I started to copiing them well a problem

well it's this and
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/

the same one in mirrorlist is:
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686

so... what I want to say is: is there any list (of working arch servers that would be) written for 32bit if I understand correctly
if it's not how do I know what means repo and how do I know what to add or what exactly write on end of the server page that, that page gives me?

You could also comment all servers in your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist (or similar one, if you changed it), then search at https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus for some nice servers and uncomment them in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.

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#8 2010-08-01 10:50:18

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

Any server that you copy from that Active Servers link should simply have $repo/os/i686 at the end of it.

After you update pacman to 3.4, that would turn into  "[...]$repo/os/$arch" (altough either would work) - good opportunity to get familiar with merging .pacnew/.pacsave config files.

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#9 2010-08-01 15:08:57

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

hokasch wrote:

Any server that you copy from that Active Servers link should simply have $repo/os/i686 at the end of it.

After you update pacman to 3.4, that would turn into  "[...]$repo/os/$arch" (altough either would work) - good opportunity to get familiar with merging .pacnew/.pacsave config files.

Hmm.

I did use $arch in my i686 machine, but it told me that the variable $arch is not defined. Something to that effect. I can change it again and give you the exact error message. Also my 64 bit machine has x86_64 at the end

╔═[11:10]═[inxs @ wolfdale]
╚═══===═══[~]>> pacloc pacman
Name           : pacman
Version        : 3.4.0-2
URL            : http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/
Licenses       : GPL
Groups         : base
Provides       : None
Depends On     : bash  libarchive>=2.7.1  libfetch>=2.25  pacman-mirrorlist
Optional Deps  : fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user
Required By    : clyde-git
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 2284.00 K
Packager       : Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Mon 21 Jun 2010 08:51:14 AM EDT
Install Date   : Wed 23 Jun 2010 06:32:43 AM EDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : A library-based package manager with dependency support

and here's the error that I get if I use $arch

╔═[11:11]═[inxs @ wolfdale]
╚═══===═══[~]>> pacup
error: The mirror 'ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' contains the $arch variable, but no Architecture is defined.
error: The mirror 'ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' contains the $arch variable, but no Architecture is defined.
error: The mirror 'ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' contains the $arch variable, but no Architecture is defined.
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to update core (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update extra (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to update community (no servers configured for repository)
error: failed to synchronize any databases

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#10 2010-08-01 15:12:11

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

Well, that's why you should merge your config files big_smile

p.s.: check if you have "Architecture = auto" (or i686/x86_64) in pacman.conf

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#11 2010-08-01 15:16:09

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

I think I had done that...atleast I don't see a pacman.conf.pacnew file under /etc.

and no, I don't have Architecture -auto in pacman.conf

EDIT: Added it in pacman.conf and $arch is recognized. I could have sworn I had merged the conf files. I probably screwed up somewhere.

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#12 2010-08-01 15:19:20

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Re: [SOLVED] arch servers? and mirrors

Hmm, maybe it somehow slipped through. The new pacman.conf definitely sets architecture:
http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/package … acman.conf

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