Difference between revisions of "Switching Branches"

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== Permanent Method ==
== Permanent Method ==
To permanently change the selected branch, we must edit the '''pacman-mirrors configuration file''' located at ''/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf''. You can edit it with any text editor of your liking:
sudo ''<text editor>'' /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf


For example, if we were going to use [http://www.nano-editor.org/ nano] to edit the file, we would run the following command:
  sudo pacman-mirrors -aB <font color="green">branch</font>
  sudo nano /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf


You should substitute the <font color="green">value colored in green</font> (for illustrative purposes only) to one of the following: ''stable'', ''testing'', ''unstable''.


Once you have opened the file with a text editor, look for the following lines:
After you changed the branch, rebuild the mirrorlist and update your packages:
## Branch Pacman should use (stable, testing, unstable)
  sudo pacman-mirrors -f5 && sudo pacman -Syyu
Branch = <font color="green">stable</font>
 
You should then change the <font color="green">value colored in green</font> (for illustrative purposes only) to one of the following: ''stable'', ''testing'', ''unstable''.
 
After you changed the value, just save, exit your text editor, rebuild the mirrorlist and update your packages:
  sudo pacman-mirrors --geoip && sudo pacman -Syyu


== Questions ==
== Questions ==
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