[arch-general] Repository download speed? Any way to improve?
Listmates, After my initial install, loading packages from core, extra and community I was limited to an average of 58K downstream bandwidth. for kdemod-legacy (and normally) I see the full 136K that my pitiful 1M down provides. Currently I have the repositories defined in pacman.conf in the default manner: [core] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [extra] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [community] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Do I need to specify individual mirrors that would work better for my location in TX? If so, where can I get a list that will let me see the closest ones? Thanks. P.S. I apologize for the rapid-fire questions, I'm just trying to make friends with Arch. The questions will taper off soon. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
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Do I need to specify individual mirrors that would work better for my location in TX? If so, where can I get a list that will let me see the closest ones? Thanks. Use the "rankmirrors" skript:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Improve_Pacman_Performance#Choosing_the_... -- Gruß, Johannes Täglich http://blog.hehejo.de und du fühlst dich gut. http://cryptocd.eduforge.org/online_version
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
After my initial install, loading packages from core, extra and community I was limited to an average of 58K downstream bandwidth. for kdemod-legacy (and normally) I see the full 136K that my pitiful 1M down provides. Currently I have the repositories defined in pacman.conf in the default manner:
[core] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [extra] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [community] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Do I need to specify individual mirrors that would work better for my location in TX? If so, where can I get a list that will let me see the closest ones? Thanks.
P.S. I apologize for the rapid-fire questions, I'm just trying to make friends with Arch. The questions will taper off soon.
The mirrorlist file that you see reference 3 times in the pacman.conf is telling pacman which mirror to use. IIRC, by default the mirror list points to the main arch site, but that site intentionally has bandwidth limitations placed on it in order to encourage people's use of the mirror sites. So edit the mirror list making a different mirror have higher priority (i.e., appearing earlier in the file) and that should solve the problem. For example, my mirrorlist file lists a load of mirrors, all commented out. Then at the end of the file I added: Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 HTH, DR
David Rosenstrauch wrote:
The mirrorlist file that you see reference 3 times in the pacman.conf is telling pacman which mirror to use. IIRC, by default the mirror list points to the main arch site, but that site intentionally has bandwidth limitations placed on it in order to encourage people's use of the mirror sites. So edit the mirror list making a different mirror have higher priority (i.e., appearing earlier in the file) and that should solve the problem.
For example, my mirrorlist file lists a load of mirrors, all commented out. Then at the end of the file I added:
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
HTH,
DR
More than helps, that was exactly what I needed. All said, pacman isn't that much different than zypper on openSuSE, I just have to learn its nuances. (now if I could just learn to not automatically type a k in pacman, I'd have it made ;-) Thanks also Johannes, I'll give the rankmirrors script a go. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
David C. Rankin wrote:
David Rosenstrauch wrote:
The mirrorlist file that you see reference 3 times in the pacman.conf is telling pacman which mirror to use. IIRC, by default the mirror list points to the main arch site, but that site intentionally has bandwidth limitations placed on it in order to encourage people's use of the mirror sites. So edit the mirror list making a different mirror have higher priority (i.e., appearing earlier in the file) and that should solve the problem.
For example, my mirrorlist file lists a load of mirrors, all commented out. Then at the end of the file I added:
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
HTH,
DR
More than helps, that was exactly what I needed.
Cool. Glad you were able to get up and running quickly.
All said, pacman isn't that much different than zypper on openSuSE, I just have to learn its nuances. (now if I could just learn to not automatically type a k in pacman, I'd have it made ;-)
Why on earth would you ever have learned to spell pacman with a "k"?!?!?!? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacman :-) DR
pacKage manager? On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:24 AM, David Rosenstrauch <darose@darose.net> wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
David Rosenstrauch wrote:
The mirrorlist file that you see reference 3 times in the pacman.conf is telling pacman which mirror to use. IIRC, by default the mirror list points to the main arch site, but that site intentionally has bandwidth limitations placed on it in order to encourage people's use of the mirror sites. So edit the mirror list making a different mirror have higher priority (i.e., appearing earlier in the file) and that should solve the problem.
For example, my mirrorlist file lists a load of mirrors, all commented out. Then at the end of the file I added:
Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/x86_64 Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
HTH,
DR
More than helps, that was exactly what I needed.
Cool. Glad you were able to get up and running quickly.
All said, pacman isn't that much different than zypper on openSuSE, I just have to learn its nuances. (now if I could just learn to not automatically type a k in pacman, I'd have it made ;-)
Why on earth would you ever have learned to spell pacman with a "k"?!?!?!? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacman :-)
DR
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