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</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Finally, start the service and check if it worked.</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-fallback data-lang=fallback><span style=display:flex><span>sudo systemctl start reflector.service </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist </span></span></code></pre></div><p>If everything went smoothly, enable reflector&rsquo;s timer so it runs weekly.</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-fallback data-lang=fallback><span style=display:flex><span>sudo systemctl enable reflector.timer -</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Done!</p><p>Now, by default pacman <em>does</em> update its mirrorlist. It creates a file called <code>mirrorlist.pacnew</code> and it expects you to pick your favorite mirrors each time its generated. You can disable this (now unneeded) behavior by adding <code>NoExtract</code> under &ldquo;# Misc options&rdquo; in <code>/etc/pacman.conf</code>:</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-fallback data-lang=fallback><span style=display:flex><span># Misc options -</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>NoExtract +</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Done!</p><p>Now, by default pacman <em>does</em> update its mirrorlist. It creates a file called <code>mirrorlist.pacnew</code> and it expects you to pick your favorite mirrors each time its generated. You can disable this (now unneeded) behavior by uncommenting and setting <code>NoExtract</code> in <code>/etc/pacman.conf</code>:</p><div class=highlight><pre tabindex=0 style=color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4><code class=language-fallback data-lang=fallback><span style=display:flex><span>... +</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>NoExtract = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew +</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> +</span></span><span style=display:flex><span># Misc options </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>Color </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>ILoveCandy -</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>CheckSpace </span></span><span style=display:flex><span>ParallelDownloads = 3 +</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>... </span></span></code></pre></div></section><div class=post-tags><nav class="nav tags"><ul class=tags><li><a href=/tags/foss>foss</a></li><li><a href=/tags/advice>advice</a></li></ul></nav></div></article></main><footer><div style=display:flex><a class=border></a><a class=soc href=/articles/index.xml rel=me title="RSS Feed"><i data-feather=rss></i></a> <a class=border></a><a class=soc href=https://github.com/BiRabittoh rel=me title=GitHub><i data-feather=github></i></a> <a class=border></a><a class=soc href=https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-andronaco/ rel=me title=LinkedIn><i data-feather=linkedin></i></a>