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PCLinuxOS mirrors moving
« on: January 04, 2013, 08:54:38 AM »
Edit: the mirror move has finished. Please follow these instructions to switch to a working repo and to update your system.  

IMPORTANT:

We are in the process of moving to a new primary server for PCLinuxOS and the official mirror maintainers have been provided the updated mirror information. Some of the official mirrors have already started synching to our new primary server. This process implies for the mirror servers to delete their current directories of packages and re-download the entire repo and obviously this will take some time, can be 2 days or even more.

During the transition phase:

a) your repo as configured in Synaptic may not be fully populated and you may not be able to update properly. In that case DO NOT UPDATE ANYTHING.

b) please wait for some days until your mirror repo has finished updating from our new primary server

c) the above does NOT apply to the ibiblio server, which is being updated in parallel to our new primary server and will be functional until further notice.

As soon as the transition phase is terminated: a note will be posted here, a list of uptodate mirrors will be provided here, and an updated package of apt-sources-list having these new mirrors will be available in Synaptic.

In short, in the transition phase:  do not update      or       update using the ibiblio server only.

thanks for the understanding.
-p.

P.S. The PASS server is not affected by this change.
« Last Edit: January 12, 2013, 07:18:00 AM by pinoc »

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Re: PCLinuxOS mirrors moving
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2013, 08:29:27 AM »
The steps below are NOT needed if you use the PASS server of the ibiblio mirror

Intermediate update:
Thanks to the fantastic and professional help of the Dutch server the first step of the mirror move is now completed: You can now update as usual in Synaptic by using the new mirror location for the mandatory standard sections:



and the megagames section (optional):



Alternatively: make sure Synaptic is closed. Then open the file /etc/apt/sources.list as root and
- disable any active repo you had specified by prepending a # at the beginning of that line
- copy/paste the following two lines at the beginning of the file:
Code: [Select]
rpm http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pclinuxos/ megagames megagames
rpm http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/apt/ pclinuxos/2010 main updates nonfree kde games xfce4
- save the file, start Synaptic, press Reload, etc.

a further update will be provided here when all other mirrors have successfully moved. Until then please use the new mirror info above, or PASS, or the ibiblio server.

Note: all official PCLinuxOS iso-images can now be downloaded from: http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/live-cd/

-p.