# Update failed retrieving 'endeavouros.db'

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156>\
**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156 "2022-09-25T23:06:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/1 "2022-09-25T23:06:46Z")

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Hey beautiful people!

Ok, feel like a noob. But I get the following error when I update my system:

```auto
$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'endeavouros.db' from ca.gate.endeavouros.com : Failed to connect to ca.gate.endeavouros.com port 443 after 2872 ms: No route to host
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do

```

I updated all my mirrors, and update doesnt seem to be problematic. Does someone know, has this to do with the EOS repo? How to fix, should I change the EOS mirror?

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**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/2 "2022-09-25T23:07:38Z")

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run  
`eos-rankmirrors`

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**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/3 "2022-09-25T23:08:57Z")

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> [@sradjoker](#):
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> eos-rankmirrors

Solution in 1 min, good job! Thanks so much, didnt know about this… 🤣 🤣 😇 so basically eos mirrors have to be ranked independently from arch mirrors if I understand correctly.

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**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/4 "2022-09-26T15:55:40Z")

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Yes, that’s it.

And you _could_ create an alias in your ~/.bashrc that ranks both mirrors, e.g.:

```auto
alias rank-mirrors='sudo bash -c "eos-rankmirrors ; reflector -cus -phttps --latest 15 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"'

```

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**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/5 "2022-09-26T16:06:01Z")

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Do you think either of these two are good ideas?

1. Add rank eos mirrors button in welcome
2. Add rank eos mirrors feature to reflector-simple

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**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/6 "2022-09-26T16:14:37Z")

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The first depends on how many users actually use welcome. But that is something I could consider adding.

The second sounds to me like mixing too much stuff in one app, and it is easy to create an alias or whatever to add both apps in a single command.

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**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/7 "2022-09-26T16:52:30Z")

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> [@sradjoker](#):
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> Add rank eos mirrors button in welcome

Probably an excellent idea, especially for noobs who are likely to use the welcome app. I use it just to rank mirrors because it’s quick and handy!

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**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/8 "2022-09-26T19:36:51Z")

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A button for ranking EndeavourOS mirrors has been added to Welcome, and should be available on mirrors soon.  
Note that it runs in a terminal window.

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**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/9 "2022-09-26T20:38:10Z")

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I am so glad that my ignorance led to a positive outcome! 😁

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**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/10 "2022-09-27T03:19:30Z")

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![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/c/cc37a48486ce317eaf2f614c479b4fbe5197916b.png)

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**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/11 "2022-09-27T03:24:28Z")

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Btw, where are the buttons near the lower edge?  
Lost in translation? 😉

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**Author:** ![Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/zircon34/32/135623_2.png) [@Zircon34](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Zircon34)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/12 "2022-09-27T03:25:25Z")

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this is just a selected region, because I got tiling enabled on gnome… I have the buttons on the bottom. 😁

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/update-failed-retrieving-endeavouros-db/32156/13 "2022-09-29T03:26:14Z")

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