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Q&A Get current server of pacman

with pacman --debug We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the --debug option. For example, when running pacman --debug -Sy, pacman will write lines like these to standard error: debug...

posted 3y ago by Matthias Braun‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Matthias Braun‭

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#4: Post edited by user avatar Matthias Braun‭ · 2021-07-25T13:34:51Z (almost 3 years ago)
improve grammar, remove leftovers of a markdown link
  • # with `pacman --debug`
  • We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the `--debug` option.
  • For example, when running `pacman --debug -Sy`, pacman will write lines like these to standard error:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • We can use grep to filter the lines containing URLs:
  • pacman --debug -Sy |& grep "url is"
  • Which will print this, in my case:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • debug: core.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.sig
  • debug: extra.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db
  • debug: extra.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.sig
  • debug: community.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db
  • debug: community.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db.sig
  • The [ampersand after the pipe](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Pipelines.html) in the command above will also redirect the standard error stream to grep, not only standard out.
  • []()
  • # with `pacman --debug`
  • We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the `--debug` option.
  • For example, when running `pacman --debug -Sy`, pacman will write lines like these to standard error:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • We can use grep to filter the lines containing URLs:
  • pacman --debug -Sy |& grep "url is"
  • Which prints this, in my case:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • debug: core.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.sig
  • debug: extra.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db
  • debug: extra.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.sig
  • debug: community.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db
  • debug: community.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db.sig
  • The [ampersand after the pipe](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Pipelines.html) in the command above will also redirect the standard error stream to grep, not only standard out.
#3: Post edited by user avatar Matthias Braun‭ · 2021-07-25T11:19:17Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • # with `pacman --debug`
  • We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the `--debug` option.
  • For example, when running `pacman --debug -Syu`, pacman will write lines like these to standard error:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • We can use grep to filter the lines containing URLs:
  • pacman --debug -Sy |& grep "url is"
  • Which will print this, in my case:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • debug: core.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.sig
  • debug: extra.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db
  • debug: extra.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.sig
  • debug: community.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db
  • debug: community.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db.sig
  • The [ampersand after the pipe](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Pipelines.html) in the command above will also redirect the standard error stream to grep, not only standard out.
  • []()
  • # with `pacman --debug`
  • We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the `--debug` option.
  • For example, when running `pacman --debug -Sy`, pacman will write lines like these to standard error:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • We can use grep to filter the lines containing URLs:
  • pacman --debug -Sy |& grep "url is"
  • Which will print this, in my case:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • debug: core.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.sig
  • debug: extra.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db
  • debug: extra.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.sig
  • debug: community.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db
  • debug: community.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db.sig
  • The [ampersand after the pipe](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Pipelines.html) in the command above will also redirect the standard error stream to grep, not only standard out.
  • []()
#2: Post edited by user avatar Matthias Braun‭ · 2021-07-25T11:16:45Z (almost 3 years ago)
explain |&
  • # with `pacman --debug`
  • We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the `--debug` option.
  • For example, when running `pacman --debug -Syu`, pacman will write lines like these to standard error:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • We can use grep to filter the lines containing URLs:
  • pacman --debug -Syu |& grep "url is"
  • Which will print this, in my case:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • debug: core.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.sig
  • debug: extra.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db
  • debug: extra.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.sig
  • debug: community.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db
  • debug: community.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db.sig
  • # with `pacman --debug`
  • We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the `--debug` option.
  • For example, when running `pacman --debug -Syu`, pacman will write lines like these to standard error:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • We can use grep to filter the lines containing URLs:
  • pacman --debug -Sy |& grep "url is"
  • Which will print this, in my case:
  • debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
  • debug: core.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.sig
  • debug: extra.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db
  • debug: extra.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.sig
  • debug: community.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db
  • debug: community.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db.sig
  • The [ampersand after the pipe](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Pipelines.html) in the command above will also redirect the standard error stream to grep, not only standard out.
  • []()
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Matthias Braun‭ · 2021-07-25T11:12:22Z (almost 3 years ago) 
# with `pacman --debug`

We can display the mirrors that pacman uses with the `--debug` option.

For example, when running `pacman --debug -Syu`, pacman will write lines like these to standard error:

    debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db


We can use grep to filter the lines containing URLs:

    pacman --debug -Syu |& grep "url is"

Which will print this, in my case:

    debug: core.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db
    debug: core.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/core.db.sig
    debug: extra.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db
    debug: extra.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.sig
    debug: community.db: url is http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db
    debug: community.db.sig: url is http://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64/community.db.sig