rankmirrors on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "rankmirrors" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install rankmirrors on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                rankmirrors
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall rankmirrors on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                rankmirrors
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "rankmirrors" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone rankmirrors's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rankmirrors.git 
            
                        
                ~/rankmirrors
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/rankmirrors folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/rankmirrors
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rankmirrors package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1217587
Name: rankmirrors
PackageBaseID: 186559
PackageBase: rankmirrors
Version: r2.60f7568-1
Description: Read a list of archlinux mirrors from a file and rank them by speed.
URL: https://github.com/whoisYoges/rankmirrors
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.565123
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: castorIsDead
Submitter: castorIsDead
FirstSubmitted: 1665660203
LastModified: 1677294101
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rankmirrors.tar.gz