Difference between revisions of "Change to a Different Download Server"

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  ## United States
  ## United States
  # http://mirror.dacentec.com/manjaro/$repo/$arch <font color="red">... 0.887</font color>
  # http://mirror.dacentec.com/manjaro/$repo/$arch <font color="red">... 0.887</font color>
#
  '''<font color="green">Server =</font color> http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/$repo/$arch'''
  '''<font color="green">Server =</font color> http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/$repo/$arch'''
  '''<font color="green">Server =</font color> http://mirrors.mycraft.eu/manjaro/$repo/$arch'''
  '''<font color="green">Server =</font color> http://mirrors.mycraft.eu/manjaro/$repo/$arch'''
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'''Lines beginning with a hash '#' will be ignored by pacman.''' As such, the top part of the file is a table that lists the names of countries followed by their server internet addresses purely for your own information. Its purpose is to tell you - not pacman - which servers are available in what countries. The text coloured in <font color="red">red</font color> at the end of each internet address is there to tell you the <font color="red">download speed</font color> of the server. It is actually the bottom part of the file that is intended to be used by pacman to connect to the Manjaro servers. Notice that each of these lines does not have a hash, and begins with the command <font color="green">Server =</font color>. They are also accessed in the order that they are listed.
'''Lines beginning with a hash '#' will be ignored by pacman.''' As such, the top part of the file is a table that lists the names of countries followed by their server internet addresses purely for your own information. Its purpose is to tell you --not pacman-- which servers are available in what countries. The text coloured in <font color="red">red</font color> at the end of each internet address is there to tell you the <font color="red">download speed</font color> of the server. It is actually the bottom part of the file that is intended to be used by pacman to connect to the Manjaro servers. Notice that each of these lines does not have a hash, and begins with the command <font color="green">Server =</font color>. They are also accessed in the order that they are listed.


Remember, speeds of servers may be relative to your local internet providers speed, which may vary during the day. Make a backup copy, such as mirrorlist.bak before editing mirrorlist, for comparison purposes.


Any of the servers listed at the bottom of the file may therefore be disabled by placing a hash at the beginning of the appropriate line. The order they are used may also be changed by changing the order that they are listed in turn. '''If you wish to use any of the servers listed in the table above instead''':
Any of the servers listed at the bottom of the file may be disabled by placing a hash at the beginning of the appropriate line. The order they are used may also be changed by changing the order that they are listed. '''If you wish to use any of the servers listed in the table above instead''':


* start the server address line with the <font color="green">Server =</font color> command, and
* start the server address line with the <font color="green">Server =</font color> command, and
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