Arch Linux local mirror synchronizer

Introduction

This project can be used to synchronize a local mirror of Arch Linux packages using a script called sync. This mirror can be HTTP served locally by running the serve script (it requires ruby).

Note	Related projects: archlinux-installer.

Use

Copy the config.sample file to config and configure it as you want:

$ cp config.sample config
$ vim config

The mirror will be synchronized with $MIRROR_BASE_URL. The local copy of the mirror will be downloaded in $MIRROR_BASE_DIR. The HTTP server port used by this script is configured in $HTTP_SERVER_PORT.

Warning

Downloaded mirror size after sync (aproximately, on 2019 March): $ du -hs mirror/ 38G mirror/

Note	Proxy settings: If you are behind a proxy you may need to configure the RSYNC_PROXY variable before using the sync script. Example: $ export RSYNC_PROXY=user:password@proxy_host:proxy_port

References

1. https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/

2. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rsync