I came across this page to automatically update mirrors. The 1st step is to install reflector, but it seems that is part of the default set-up, which is great. Then one has to open /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf to add a line. That is where I get confused, because when one does a normal mirror …

[image] Klaas-Vaak: when one does a normal mirror update with yay -Syyu you get a list of countries to choose from I think you have mistyped something here. In EnOS, you can regenerate your mirrorlist by launching the application reflector-simple or doing the same from the welcome app. […

I am not sure what you mean by “mistyped”: isn’t -Syyu the mirror update command? OK, I just did eos-update-notifier -init for automatic updating. If, as per your advice, I want to revert to manual updating, how can I: disable the init service, i.e. with what command as per the mistype issue, wha…

[image] Klaas-Vaak: isn’t -Syyu the mirror update command? No, not the mirror update command. It is the system update command. And the second y will just force a refresh of the local package data base which in most cases is unnecessary to use. Please refer to man pacman for more info. For …

No, what @pebcak meant was that we have reflector-simple shipped by default, it is a script that was created by Manuel. If you open the welcome app, you will see a button called “update mirrors”, this will open a GUI version of that script and whenever you have an issue with your mirror, just click…

Something related to it : [image] Why should we not use worldwide mirror? EndeavourOS installation I never sort my mirrors manually, and never according to geography. I used to generate my mirrorlist with reflector -a 10 --sort score | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist …

[image] pebcak: No, not the mirror update command. I don’t understand this anymore. @sradjoker said explicitly here that-Syyu is to update mirrors. Whatever, as per Bryan’s advice, I will use the button on the Welcome app. Do I still need to do something about eos-update-notifier -init ?

Thanks, that sounds like the easiest, surest way, certainly for a newbie.

Why should we not use worldwide mirror? I use rate-mirrors arch | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Sounds interesting. Is that something as a set & forget, or do you need to run a command? If so, is it literally a matter of typing in the terminal rate-mirrors arch | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/m…

You only use pacman -Syyu when you update your mirrors. the y in Syu is for refreshing the database Ah, now I see the possible source of the “misunderstanding”. The “better” formulation, in my opinion, would be: whenever you have updated your mirrors or after you have updated your mirro…

[image] Klaas-Vaak: I don’t understand this anymore. @sradjoker said explicitly here that-Syyu is to update mirrors. Updating your mirrors and updating your mirrorlist are two different steps when maintaining your system. What @sradjoker said is correct, it was just already implied that once …

[image] Scotty_Trees: hen in addition you also are encouraged to update your mirrors your system? :wink:

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