RANKMIRRORS(8)

📦 version 1.13.1, in arch rolling

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, meet rankmirrors — the rankmirrors(8) girlie from the Pacman-contrib Manual whose whole job is ranking pacman mirrors by their connection and opening speed. It's giving speed-dating for servers, and honestly? iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rankmirrors [options] <mirrorfile | url>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Like literally, rankmirrors will rank pacman mirrors by their connection and opening speed. Pacman mirror files are located in /etc/pacman.d/ — yes, that's the spot. It can also rank one mirror if the URL is provided. One mirror, one vibe check.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Every flag, served fresh:

  • -h, --help — display syntax and command-line options. ur own personal cheat sheet.
  • -n <num> — number of servers to output, 0 for all. give me everything or give me a number.
  • -m, --max-time <num> — specify a ranking operation timeout, can be decimal number. yes, decimals are allowed, fancy.
  • -p, --parallel — run tests in parallel for all servers (may be inaccurate, depends on GNU parallel). lowkey chaotic, highkey useful.
  • -r, --repo — specify a repository name instead of guessing. no detective work needed.
  • -t, --times — only output mirrors and their response times. just the receipts.
  • -u, --url — test a specific URL. one link, all the attention.
  • -v, --verbose — be verbose in output. talk ur talk.
  • -V, --version — display version information. the lore.
  • -w, --working-only — only output mirrors that respond within the timeout. if u ghost the timeout, u don't make the list.

💀 BUGS 💀

The page is living its best delulu: “Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software.” But if we happen to be wrong — and bestie, sometimes software is a little messy — file an issue with as much detail as possible at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman-contrib/-/issues/new. Receipts help!

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Current maintainers, the main characters:

  • Johannes Löthberg <johannes@kyriasis.com>
  • Daniel M. Capella <polyzen@archlinux.org>

For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman-contrib.git repository. Team effort, always.

that's the whole vibe. This page is from Pacman-contrib 1.13.1, dated 2025-12-11 — mwah, go rank those mirrors bestie 💅✨

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