Update failing (core, extra, multilib not downloading)

General system Pacman
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hi, while trying regular update, I get the following at the end of this post. I have tried to update mirrors but in vain (nor do I manage to get the GUI screen of reflector simple to check mirror countries). Would any body have a starting recommendation ?
Many thanks in advance,
Sotiris

: Synchronizing package databases…
endeavouros is up to date
core.db failed to download
extra.db failed to download
multilib.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file ‘core.db’ from repo.greeklug.gr : Failed to connect to repo.greeklug.gr port 443 after 10002 ms: Timeout was reached
error: failed retrieving file ‘extra.db’ from repo.greeklug.gr : Failed to connect to repo.greeklug.gr port 443 after 10002 ms: Timeout was reached
error: failed retrieving file ‘multilib.db’ from repo.greeklug.gr : Failed to connect to repo.greeklug.gr port 443 after 10002 ms: Timeout was reached
warning: too many errors from repo.greeklug.gr, skipping for the remainder of this transaction
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)

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does the upgrade continue?

it appears this mirror is down for what ever reason

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No. Should I maybe wait and retry and if it persists to manually add another mirror in mirrolist file?

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If you run-

sudo reflector --protocol https --verbose --latest 25 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

What do you get in the terminal?

If that command completes, attempt the update again and see what happens - potentially reboot in between just to make extra-certain it’s pulling from the refreshed mirror list.

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follow the instructions of @z580c

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Alternatively, in file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist you could comment out (by adding character # as first) the line containing the failing mirror.

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Apparently after a few hours the update worked (so probably the original mirror was up and running again) and after that having run too z580c’s recommendation, the mirror.list was updated to contain more than 1 mirror (25 ones actually).

Many thanks to all for your suggestions & support, esp. on a Sunday evening.

Running Endeavour 3 yrs as a simple user (not IT and not young), this was the first time update did not work and not easy for me to find a quick fix from past incidents, so I am thankful for getting back on track.
best regards.

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It is a very good idea to have more than one mirror in the list. If the first mirror in the list fails, pacman will try the next one, and so forth.

Also, many times a remedy is rather straightforward, but not always. That’s why it is a very good idea to come here and ask, just like you did. :+1: