Comments on: Find The Fastest Arch Linux Reposity Mirror(s) With Rankmirrors http://blog.zelut.org/2009/03/12/find-the-fastest-arch-linux-repository-mirrors-with-rankmirror/ Brain Dump of a Linux Admin Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: admin http://blog.zelut.org/2009/03/12/find-the-fastest-arch-linux-repository-mirrors-with-rankmirror/comment-page-1/#comment-55 admin Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:26:25 +0000 http://blog.zelut.org/?p=65#comment-55 @Jaap - thanks for catching my mistake. I have updated the post to read 'rankmirrors' where applicable. Also, the touch command shouldn't be needed, as the redirection using > will create the file if it doesn't exist. Thanks again for your feedback! @Jaap – thanks for catching my mistake. I have updated the post to read ‘rankmirrors’ where applicable.

Also, the touch command shouldn’t be needed, as the redirection using > will create the file if it doesn’t exist.

Thanks again for your feedback!

]]> By: Jaap Visser http://blog.zelut.org/2009/03/12/find-the-fastest-arch-linux-repository-mirrors-with-rankmirror/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Jaap Visser Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:46:08 +0000 http://blog.zelut.org/?p=65#comment-54 Good suggestion but there is a little mistake in the example. a) The command is not "rankmirror" but "rankmirrors" b) After moving "mirrorlist" to "mirrorlist.orig" you have to create a new "mirrorlist" file before you can ">" to it. Below worked for me: mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig touch /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist rankmirrors -n3 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Good suggestion but there is a little mistake in the example.

a) The command is not “rankmirror” but “rankmirrors”
b) After moving “mirrorlist” to “mirrorlist.orig” you have to create a new “mirrorlist” file before you can “>” to it.

Below worked for me:

mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig

touch /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

rankmirrors -n3 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

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