Optimizing Pacman Mirrors

References

• Pacman Mirrorlist Generator
• Reflector- Reflector can be used to grab the latest mirrorlist and sort them by speed, also making sure they are up-to-date
• RankMirrors to setup the Fastest Download Server in Manjaro

STEP 1 - BACKUP your mirrorlist first

In case something goes wrong, you can simply restore the original list … though there ARE OTHER ways around the issue of a goofup. Here is an example.

To backup

To restore

Reflector - Examples for Arch

• Filter the first 10 mirrors, sort them by download rate and save the results to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist: reflector --verbose -l 10 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist`
• Rate the 100 most recently synchronized HTTP servers, sort them by download rate, and save to the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:
   reflector -l 100 -p http --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
• Rate the 50 most recently synchronized HTTP servers located in the US, sort them by download rate, and save to the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:reflector --country 'United States' -l 50 -p http --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Manjaro

• Update the Mirrorlist sudo pacman-mirrors -g
• • Syncing your Pacman Database
  • The Pacman database has a list of installable packages and by syncing this database, you assure yourself that your system has the newest list of packages available TO DOWNLOAD
  sudo pacman -Syy

Updating via pacman is planned for an entirely other section, by the way