[artix-general] [universe] Adding universe repo

[Chris Cromer]

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 Regarding outdated packages that might be a concern, I only noticed 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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Chris Cromer
Artix Developer