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Therefore you need to be familiar with basic terminal usage. '''nano''' is a terminal based text editor available with all Manjaro editions. | Therefore you need to be familiar with basic terminal usage. '''nano''' is a terminal based text editor available with all Manjaro editions. | ||
=== Terminal === | |||
You will need to first open your terminal in order to edit the mirrorlist file. The syntax of the command to edit the mirrorlist is: | You will need to first open your terminal in order to edit the mirrorlist file. The syntax of the command to edit the mirrorlist is: | ||
sudo [text editor] /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | sudo [terminal text editor] /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | ||
For example, if you wish to edit the file within the terminal using ''nano'' (a standard terminal-based text editor) then enter: | For example, if you wish to edit the file within the terminal using ''nano'' (a standard terminal-based text editor) then enter: | ||
sudo nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | sudo nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | ||
=== GUI loophole === | |||
However, a loophole exist for editing system files with a GUI editor. That requires you to know the binary name for the editor. For example does Gnome based editions often include the '''gedit''' text editor. If you are unsure - just type <code>gedit</code> in a terminal. Depending on availability it will open or the terminal displays an error message. | However, a loophole exist for editing system files with a GUI editor. That requires you to know the binary name for the editor. For example does Gnome based editions often include the '''gedit''' text editor. If you are unsure - just type <code>gedit</code> in a terminal. Depending on availability it will open or the terminal displays an error message. | ||
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To use gedit (if available), the command is: | To use gedit (if available), the command is: | ||
gedit admin:/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | gedit admin:/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | ||
If above command fails, the '''gvfs''' package is not installed. This package can be installed with | |||
sudo pacman -Syu gvfs | |||
or with pamac | |||
pamac install gvfs | |||
A list of common GUI editors (a lot more exist) | |||
* gedit | |||
* xed | |||
* pluma | |||
* mousepad | |||
* leafpad | |||
* l3afpad | |||
* kate | |||
* geany | |||
* juffed | |||
== Edit the Mirrorlist == | == Edit the Mirrorlist == | ||