[SOLVED] netselect-apt output

amc252 · 2022-09-24 21:08:37

Hi,

I have installed netselect-apt but when I run it the output is:

        http://debian.osuosl.org/debian/
	http://mirror.dal.nexril.net/debian/
	http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/debian/
	http://debian.osuosl.org/debian/
	http://mirror.estone.ca/debian/
	http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
	http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian/

that is, debian mirrors.
If I use the option |release_codename| chimaera I get:

$ sudo netselect-apt release_codename| chimaera
bash: chimaera: command not found
Invalid distribution: release_codename

So, how do I get to find out the fastest devuan mirrror?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2022-09-24 21:23:27

Just use the round-robin redirector, as suggested on the Devuan site.

https://www.devuan.org/os/packages

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2022-09-24 21:23:40)

amc252 · 2022-09-24 21:35:03

Hi,

in the page you indicated there is no mention of a round-robin redirector.
Also, is the netselect-apt package usable in Devuan?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2022-09-24 22:04:14

amc252 wrote:

in the page you indicated there is no mention of a round-robin redirector

Yes there is. Read it again. The page doesn't use that term but it only provides a single repository URL. Use it.

amc252 wrote:

is the netselect-apt package usable in Devuan?

Doesn't look like it but that package has been irrelevant in Debian for several years now. CDNs ftw!

amc252 · 2022-09-24 22:46:00

Thanks for the clarification.

Odd to keep in the repo a package that points to debian mirror though.

Just for curiosity, I ping-ed some of the mirrors in http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt

the closest to my location and the faster would be ocf.berkeley.edu (time=19.9 ms)
Too bad it gives an error "Release is expired (invalid since 314d 18h 52min 26s)"
the next best option, was dev.beard.ly ( time=41.6 ms)
whereas pkgmaster.devuan.org was ( time=183 ms)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2022-09-24 22:57:20

Don't use pkgmaster.devuan.org, that's the main mirror.

The URL given on the page to which I linked should be optimal for everybody all around the world. That's why it's the only URL listed.

amc252 · 2022-09-24 23:00:24

Thanks.

golinux · 2022-09-24 23:24:17

@amc252 . . . FYI this is how Devuan package mirrors are built.

The officially official Devuan Forum!

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