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If you have booted from a Gentoo LiveCD, you are able to use <c>mirrorselect</c> |
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In order to download source code quickly it is recommended to select a fast |
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to update <path>/etc/make.conf</path> so fast mirrors are used for both Portage |
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mirror. Portage will look in your <path>make.conf</path> file for the |
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and source code (of course this requires a working network connection): |
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GENTOO_MIRRORS variable and use the mirrors listed therein. You can surf to |
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our <uri link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirror list</uri> and search |
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for a mirror (or mirrors) close to you (as those are most frequently the |
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fastest ones), but we provide a nice tool called <c>mirrorselect</c> which |
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provides you with a nice interface to select the mirrors you want. |
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<pre caption="Using mirrorselect for the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable"> |
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# <i>mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf</i> |
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A second important setting is the SYNC setting in <path>make.conf</path>. This |
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variable contains the rsync server you want to use when updating your Portage |
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tree (the collection of ebuilds, scripts containing all the information Portage |
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needs to download and install software). Although you can manually enter a SYNC |
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server for yourself, <c>mirrorselect</c> can ease that operation for you: |
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<pre caption="Selecting fast mirrors"> |
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<pre caption="Selecting an rsync mirror using mirrorselect"> |
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# <i>mirrorselect -a -s4 -o |grep 'GENTOO_MIRRORS=' >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf</i> |
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# <i>mirrorselect -i -r -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf</i> |
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If for some reason <c>mirrorselect</c> fails, don't panic. This step is |
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After running <c>mirrorselect</c> it is adviseable to double-check the settings |
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completely optional, the default values suffice. |
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in <path>/mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf</path> ! |
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