PCLinuxOS Synaptic File/Software Mirror Status Report

[wedgetail]

Not sure where this belongs, but I often use aarnet mirror  here in Australia but got a bit confused for about a week

1.. I went here  http://www.pclinuxos.com   to download kde

2.. Clicking on address for aarnet (bottom of page) failed  --->   http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/pclinuxos/live-cd/  

3.. Then I stepped through,  beginning  http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/

     seems that an extra /pclinuxos is required in the address

http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/live-cd/


In this case I ended up using the internode mirror, this worked fine, and later using aarnet with the red addition in Synaptic also worked fine.

[Village Idiot]

They're just checking to see if you are awake. 

I use heanet from down here and I seem to have less problems than most of the people who have problems. If that makes sense. 

[Tony]

Being "Downunder", or "On top", depending how I'm feeling I too find :
rpm http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/apt/ pclinuxos/2010 main updates nonfree kde4 games
a fast server, but we don't all want to be using it. 
I find just as good:
# rpm http://debian.ethz.ch/mirror/pclinuxos/apt/ pclinuxos/2010 main updates nonfree kde4 games
# rpm http://ftp.ch.debian.org/mirror/pclinuxos/apt/ pclinuxos/2010 main updates nonfree kde4 games
# rpm http://gnustep.ethz.ch/mirror/pclinuxos/apt/ pclinuxos/2010 main updates nonfree kde4 games

Plus keep an eye on: -

PCLinuxOS Synaptic File/Software Mirror Status Report and apply one of the three , "new sources.list" download methods if things are screwy when updating via Synaptic.

I was having a problem as stated below, which may have been related to the server being down for work, or sources.list,:
http://ftp.vim.org/ibiblio/distributions/pclinuxos/megagames/apt/pclinuxos/2010/base/pkglist.megagames: 403 Forbidden [IP: 192.87.102.43 80]
dunno but... updated (added) new sources.list, problem fixed.

There really is not a lot to read; either HERE
OR HERE for instructions on getting up to date with your New sources.list
 

[Village Idiot]

.../
a fast server, but we don't all want to be using it.  

.../

Yes. And while things may be different since the main server initially went walkabout, the tests I conducted at the time led me to that. Down here, with such draconian net coverage and a couple of linux users under my wing, complaining about "firefox this" and "flash that", "frostwire so and so" and "VLC whaaaaa", I need a HDD full of current luvilyness to appease the whining dummy spitters.

 

[Tony]

"...I need a HDD full of current luvilyness to appease the whining dummy spitters."

A Slab of VB might do the trick  

1.) Locality Edit: VB Victoria Bitter - Best Beer in the World. "Slab" - 24 pack - One day quota of beer.

[pinoc]

Option 0 added in original post, yet another easy way to get a current sources.list...
-p.

[Tony]

Thankyou pinoc - Are we still having to "Update" ?
My Synaptic Repos seems to be 'up to date' however ongoing activity here suggests continuum ongoing at servers ?

[pinoc]

just keep on updating as usual to get the latest goodies for your system.

[pinoc]

added Japanese yamagata mirror (06/13/2011) to the original post

[menotu]

FTPeed to it and it's all looking rosey!!

Edit - tried the link (posted at the top of the thread) in Synaptic

http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/pclinuxos/apt/

but it wouldn't work for some reason.

The following one does work though:

ftp://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/mirror/pclinuxos/apt/

[pinoc]

FTPeed to it and it's all looking rosey!!

Edit - tried the link (posted at the top of the thread) in Synaptic

http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/pclinuxos/apt/

but it wouldn't work for some reason.

The following one does work though:

ftp://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/mirror/pclinuxos/apt/

they both work fine and the http-protocol is preferred.
-p.

[menotu]

they both work fine and the http-protocol is preferred.

I won't be using it - just testing it out for the forum - but it now seems to be working with http as well

[embellisher]

Back when the issue with the repos started, a thread on here said to use http://distro.ibiblio.org/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/apt/, so that is what I have been using.

Today I realized that I had not updated in quite a while, so I did a reload and mark all updates.

When I restarted, it now shows PCLinuxOS 2011. When I saw that, I remembered that I had changed my repo due to issues with ibiblio, so I came to the forums and found this thread.

So now, I wonder, if I update my repos with the new list, am I going to break my install? Right now everything works, and I would like to keep it that way without doing a new install, but I would also like to get back to using a mirror. Is it safe? Should I wait a couple of days after I update my repos list to make sure that the one that I choose is synced? From what I understand the one that I am using is the 'main' repo, where all the others sync from.

Thanks!

[wedgetail]

embellisher
On some of my systems, I do like you, don't update for while (= a few month) and I have found on occasions this may not be too wise ( errh ummm, due to my inquisitive nature I do not unfrequently send an OS on its last journey  )

Now just in case of Unwanted Surprise is planning a visit to my abode,  I try to remember to make  LiveCD of my system just before doing an update where it has been some time. In my case I run smaller systems and the cost in time is around 8-10 minutes and I store the ISO safely away.  Recovery is then just about the same.

Could I ask if you do or consider doing such as a regular item. The backup is so easy and does help stopping your spirit hitting your feet in record time if something goes wrong.   I pray I am preaching to the converted.

Not an answer to your question which I will leave to more experienced people, but to me it seems you have made a rather bigger than usual upgrade in that it has changed to show 2011.

[embellisher]

I have never made a LiveCD of a current install. One reason that I haven't is my personal /home/ directory is about 100GB. This update was probably about a month since the last one, but I just freaked when I saw my startup and splash screens had changed to show a new version.