Forgot to mention, you can add it to your pacman.conf like this:
[universe]
Server = https://universe.artixlinux.org/$arch
On 3/7/21 7:54 PM, Javier wrote:
> On 3/7/21 4:32 PM, Chris Cromer wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> I would say universe is just one tiny step down security wise from our
>> official repos and that is just because human hands are building them
>> and uploading them. Personally I trust our packagers and would not
>> hesitate to install their packages from universe.
>
> Oh, it's actually maintained by Artix devs, cool !
>
> Regarding outdated packages that might be a concern, I only noticed
> tor-browser being behind, but as the process is manual, and building
> browsers is way slow, then it might be that's the way it is...
>
> BTW, freetube is something I also build from AUR, and it's nice it's
> there (no more building).
>
> And as far as adding universe to pacman.conf, it seems it worked:
>
>> % 'grep' -A1 universe /etc/pacman.conf [universe]
>> Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
>
> However it looks like several mirrors don't include it unfortunately, :(
>
>> error: failed retrieving file 'universe.db' from mirrors.dotsrc.org :
>> The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file
>> 'universe.db' from ftp.cc.uoc.gr : The requested URL returned error:
>> 404 error: failed retrieving file 'universe.db' from quantum-mirror.hu
>> : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file
>> 'universe.db' from ftp.sh.cvut.cz : The requested URL returned error:
>> 404 error: failed retrieving file 'universe.db' from
>> artix.unixpeople.org : The requested URL returned error: 404 error:
>> failed retrieving file 'universe.db' from artix.cccp.io : The
>> requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file
>> 'universe.db' from mirror.linux.pizza : The requested URL returned
>> error: 404 error: failed retrieving file 'universe.db' from
>> mirror.one.com : The requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed
>> retrieving file 'universe.db' from mirror.pascalpuffke.de : The
>> requested URL returned error: 404 error: failed retrieving file
>> 'universe.db' from linuxer.ellak.gr : The requested URL returned
>> error: 404
>
> Perhaps I need to comment out those mirrors, :)
>
> Thanks !
>
>
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