#Arch mirror install
#Arch mirror update
#Arch mirror upgrade
#Arch mirror code
#Arch mirror download

#Arch mirror download

This command will select the top 10 HTTPS mirrors synchronized within the last 12 hours and located in either United States or India, sort them by download speed, and overwrite the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file. $ sudo reflector -country 'United States,India' -l 10 -age 12 -protocol https -sort rate -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist You can also specify multiple countries with comma-separated like below. Retrieve mirror list from multiple countries Unfortunately, there are only three Arch Linux mirrors available in India.Ģ.5. # With: reflector -verbose -country India -l 5 -sort rate -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Let us verify the updated mirror list using command: $ cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

-save - save the downloaded mirrorlist to /etc/pacman-d/mirrorlist.

-l 5 - retrieves top five mirrors of India.

-country India - my preferred mirror location.

-verbose - prints more information than normal.

The following is the brief summary of what these flags in the above command will do. $ sudo reflector -verbose -country 'India' -l 5 -sort rate -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist The following command will retrieve top 5 mirrors from India, sort them by the download rate, and save them to the mirrorlist file. To retrieve a mirror from a specific country, you can use the country name or country code, or a mix of both.

#Arch mirror code

To list all available Arch Linux mirrors world-wide, run: $ reflector -list-countriesĪs you see in the above output, reflector lists the available mirrors in the world along with country code and the number of mirrors in each country.Īs of writing this guide, the most number of Arch Linux mirrors are located in USA (134 mirrors), Germany (114), and Netherlands (51).

#Arch mirror update

For example, if you live India, you might want to update the mirrorlist with the servers only from India. You can also restrict mirrors to selected countries. To retrieve the top mirrors and sort them by their age i.e last server synchronization, run: $ sudo reflector -latest 20 -protocol https -sort age -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlistĢ.4.

Retrieve latest N mirrors and sort by age

#Arch mirror upgrade

Now, you can install, update, and upgrade packages from the most update-to-date mirrors. With: reflector -latest 20 -protocol https -sort rate -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector # You can verify it by listing the content of /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file.

-sort rate - sort mirrorlist based on the download rate.

-protocol https - retrieve https enabled mirrors.

-latest 20 - fetch the most recently synchronized servers.

Let us break down the above command and see what each option does. Please note that this will replace the existing mirrors with new mirrors. Let us retrieve top 20 latest mirrors and sort the mirror list by their download rate, and save them in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file using command: $ sudo reflector -latest 20 -protocol https -sort rate -save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Retrieve latest N mirrors and sort by download rate To backup the current mirror list, run: $ sudo cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bakĢ.2.

Because, Reflector will overwrite it and replace the existing mirror list with a new one. Retrieve latest mirror list using Reflector in Arch Linuxīefore running Reflector, you must backup your default mirror list file.

#Arch mirror install

The above command will install Reflector along with its dependencies rsync and curl packages. To install Reflector in Arch Linux and its variants such as EndeavourOS and Manjaro, run the following command from your Terminal: $ sudo pacman -S reflector rsync curl Install Reflector in Arch Linux, EndeavourOS, Manjaro Reflector is free and open source Python script, which works just fine on Arch Linux and its derivatives such as EndeavourOS and Manjaro Linux.

Reflector will retrieve and filter a list of the latest as well as fastest Arch Linux mirrors based on the speed, country, and age (last server synchronization). So, how do you add or retrieve the latest and update-to-date mirror list of your choice in Arch Linux? This is where Reflector comes in help. However, there should be more than just one server per country, but the mirror list file will usually have only one. Generally the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file will containe one mirror server per country.