Re: [arch-general] new here and need some help, please...
You shouldn't really have to mess with that file. Your repository list is kept in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. Maybe you could explain a bit more of what environment in particular you want. ----- Original message ----- Hi, I am very new to AL. I heard about it today and just finished the basic installation. Now, I am ready to get to the GUI. The problem I am having is where to find the repositories for the /etc/pacman.conf file? It would be helpful if someone explained how to place the repos in the .conf file? I am using the Beginners Guide, and am starting to have a little trouble. Thanks, Preston
You shouldn't really have to mess with that file. Your repository list is kept in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.
Maybe you could explain a bit more of what environment in particular you want.
Thank you for the reply. For now, I would primarily like to get KDE 4.2 up and running, if it is possible; with audio/video playback, etc. I have been reading the Beginners Guide and am at this section, Step 2: Update, Sync and Upgrade the system with pacman- A: Configuring pacman. That is why I asked the question. Below the section I just mentioned it talks about the, /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file. Thanks, this distro sounds amazing! No new OS installs!
2009/2/9 Jeffrey Parke <jeffrey.parke@gmail.com>:
You shouldn't really have to mess with that file. Your repository list is kept in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.
perhaps he should manually define the different REPOs such as core, extra and community, etc. and make sure pacman knows to retrieve servers in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. what's more, sometimes some secondary servers are faster than the ones provided in original mirrorlist.
Maybe you could explain a bit more of what environment in particular you want.
I guess that it depends on whether or not I need to edit the /etc/pacman.conf ? When I open the /etc/pacman.conf file using NANO and read the file it makes it sound like I am supposed to manually enter the repos? Perhaps I misunderstand.
Hey, Basically ArchLinux Repos are enabled by two lines: 1: [Reponame] 2: Where to find the repo The second line may be a bit tricky, because it be either a specific server (indicated by "Server = http://foo.bar") or a list of servers resp. mirros (indicated by "Include = /foo/bar"). For the official ArchLinux-Repositories you will find the following entries in your /etc/pacman.conf
[core] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
(perhaps you have to uncomment their entries, but defaults are safe). So this means, that pacman will look in your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist for mirrors for a specific repository. So all you have to do is edit your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist to have only those mirrors uncommented you whish to use (usually they should be located as close as possible to have low latency) respectively move them to the top of the file since pacman will try each uncommented "Server = ..." - Line beginning in the top until it finds a working one. You can also have a look at http://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus;orderby=syncdelay;sort=1 (german) which is a nice graphical overview for mirrors. Have a nice day, Markus
just edit pacman.conf and uncomment neccessory lines. for example: [core] # Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first Server = <URL of the repo> Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist the repo defined here in the line 'Server = ' has the highest priority. of coz it's optional. if undefined, all the repos weill be retrived from the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. many REPOs have been pre-defined in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and what you should do is simply uncomment the ones you want to use. 2009/2/9 Preston C. <gprestonc@gmail.com>:
I guess that it depends on whether or not I need to edit the /etc/pacman.conf ? When I open the /etc/pacman.conf file using NANO and read the file it makes it sound like I am supposed to manually enter the repos? Perhaps I misunderstand.
Ok, I think that I have got it. The file /etc/pacman.conf, is fine and does not need editing. I need to edit the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist , which I can do by following the directions. Thanks to all.
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Christian Leng
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Jeffrey Parke
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Markus Heuser
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Preston C.