Difference between revisions of "Switching Branches"

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In order to access the testing branches, there are two methods available. The first one is a temporary solution, in which if the mirrorlist is recompiled after switching the branch, the selected branch will be reverted to ''stable''. The second one is a permanent solution, where checking for updates using the Update Manager GUI will check for updates from the selected branch.

~~== Temporary Method ==~~

~~Changing the selected branch is fairly simple. We make use of the '''pacman-mirrors''' command to update the selected branch.~~

~~Run the following command in a terminal note that you can add a number after -f to limit the number of mirrors:~~

~~sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack --branch {branch}'' && sudo pacman -Syyu~~

* '''pacman-mirrors --fasttrack''' will generate a new mirrorlist, sorting the available servers according to their access time.

** '''--branch {branch}''''' tells ''pacman-mirrors'' to use the specified branch. Valid values are: ''stable'', ''testing'', ''unstable''

* '''pacman -Syyu'' will synchronize the local package databases with the remote package databases.

** '''-yy''' will force a refresh on the local package databases, even if they are up to date.

** '''-u''' performs an upgrade to the installed packages.

~~{{Note|You '''must''' replace '''{branch}''' with one of the following options: ''stable'', ''testing'', ''unstable''}}~~

~~{{Note|Rebuilding the mirrorlist after performing the method described above will revert the selected branch to ''stable''. If you want a permanent solution, check out below.}}~~

== Permanent Method ==

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 {{tip|Why not become and active part of the Manjaro community by becoming a tester? Just let us know of any bugs by reporting them via our '''[http://blog.manjaro.org/feedback/ feedback form]'''.}}
 In order to access the testing branches, there are two methods available. The first one is a temporary solution, in which if the mirrorlist is recompiled after switching the branch, the selected branch will be reverted to ''stable''. The second one is a permanent solution, where checking for updates using the Update Manager GUI will check for updates from the selected branch.
-== Temporary Method ==
-Changing the selected branch is fairly simple. We make use of the '''pacman-mirrors''' command to update the selected branch.
-Run the following command in a terminal note that you can add a number after -f to limit the number of mirrors:
- sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack --branch {branch}'' && sudo pacman -Syyu
-* '''pacman-mirrors --fasttrack''' will generate a new mirrorlist, sorting the available servers according to their access time.
-** '''--branch {branch}''''' tells ''pacman-mirrors'' to use the specified branch. Valid values are: ''stable'', ''testing'', ''unstable''
-* '''pacman -Syyu'' will synchronize the local package databases with the remote package databases.
-** '''-yy''' will force a refresh on the local package databases, even if they are up to date.
-** '''-u''' performs an upgrade to the installed packages.
-{{Note|You '''must''' replace '''{branch}''' with one of the following options: ''stable'', ''testing'', ''unstable''}}
-{{Note|Rebuilding the mirrorlist after performing the method described above will revert the selected branch to ''stable''. If you want a permanent solution, check out below.}}
 == Permanent Method ==