Finding the fastest mirror - Revision history

Legale: update mirrors url

2025-11-04T10:39:25Z

update mirrors url

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:39, 4 November 2025
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	{{Cat\|/home/user/fastestmirror\|<nowiki>		{{Cat\|/home/user/fastestmirror\|<nowiki>
	data=""		data=""
	for s in $(wget -qO- ~~http~~://~~rsync~~.alpinelinux.org/~~alpine/MIRRORS~~.txt); do		for s in $(wget -qO- https://mirrors.alpinelinux.org/mirrors.txt); do
	t=$(time -f "%E" wget -q $s/MIRRORS.txt -O /dev/null 2>&1)		t=$(time -f "%E" wget -q $s/MIRRORS.txt -O /dev/null 2>&1)
	echo "$s was $t"		echo "$s was $t"

2024-12-09T16:13:59Z

removed the path as this is not needed and the old path is incorrect due to /usr merge in v3.21

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:13, 9 December 2024
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	After you install Alpine, you may be wondering how do I figure out the fastest mirror again?		After you install Alpine, you may be wondering how do I figure out the fastest mirror again?

	You could run <code>~~/sbin/~~setup-apkrepos</code> again.		You could run <code>setup-apkrepos</code> again.

	The following script shows the closest mirror for a single ping, which might not be accurate:		The following script shows the closest mirror for a single ping, which might not be accurate:

2024-07-07T08:45:24Z

Add link to How to setup a Alpine Linux mirror

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:45, 7 July 2024
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	echo -e $data \| sort		echo -e $data \| sort
	</nowiki>}}		</nowiki>}}

			== See also ==

			* [[How to setup a Alpine Linux mirror]]

	[[Category:Package Manager]]		[[Category:Package Manager]]

2023-01-10T07:09:46Z

cleanup broken script

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 After you install Alpine, you may be wondering how do I figure out the fastest mirror again?
-'''Don't use this script, it's broken'''
+You could run <code>/sbin/setup-apkrepos</code> again.
 {{Cat|/home/user/fastestmirror|<nowiki>
 data=""
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 echo -e $data | sort
 </nowiki>}}
 [[Category:Package Manager]]

2022-11-10T18:47:02Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:47, 10 November 2022
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	After you install Alpine, you may be wondering how do I figure out the fastest mirror again?		After you install Alpine, you may be wondering how do I figure out the fastest mirror again?

			'''Don't use this script, it's broken'''
	{{Cat\|/home/user/fastestmirror\|<nowiki>		{{Cat\|/home/user/fastestmirror\|<nowiki>
	data=""		data=""
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	This is more advanced implementation.		This is more advanced implementation.

			'''Don't use this script, it's broken'''
	{{Cat\|/etc/apk/fastest-mirror\|<nowiki>		{{Cat\|/etc/apk/fastest-mirror\|<nowiki>
	#!/bin/sh		#!/bin/sh

2022-07-11T15:43:50Z

Only try the mirror's once - Certain errors will retry inf and hang the script. sh version of echo does not support -e option corrupting the output.

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:43, 11 July 2022
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	#find best		#find best
	for URL in $MIRRORS; do		for URL in $MIRRORS; do
	TIME=$(time_cmd wget -T 1 -q ${URL%/} -O /dev/null)		TIME=$(time_cmd wget -T 1 -t 1 -q ${URL%/} -O /dev/null)
	if [ -n "$TIME" ]; then		if [ -n "$TIME" ]; then
	echo "$(get_hostname_url $URL) was $TIME"		echo "$(get_hostname_url $URL) was $TIME"
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	echo -e $DATA \| sort -n \| tail -n +2 > $DST		echo $DATA \| sort -n \| tail -n +2 > $DST
	[ $? = 0 ] && echo file $DST created		[ $? = 0 ] && echo file $DST created

2021-09-27T08:28:23Z

2021-09-26T22:14:09Z

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 echo -e $data | sort
 </nowiki>}}
 [[Category:Package Manager]]

2019-09-13T14:41:03Z

2018-02-22T02:16:57Z

remove L and /tmp dir

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:16, 22 February 2018
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	{{Cat\|/home/user/fastestmirror\|<nowiki>		{{Cat\|/home/user/fastestmirror\|<nowiki>
	~~wget -q -O /tmp/MIRRORS.txt http://rsync.alpinelinux.org/alpine/MIRRORS.txt~~
	~~L=$(cat /tmp/MIRRORS.txt)~~

	data=""		data=""
	for s in $L; do		for s in $(wget -qO- http://rsync.alpinelinux.org/alpine/MIRRORS.txt); do
	t=$(time -f "%E" wget -q $s/MIRRORS.txt -O /~~tmp~~/~~MIRRORS.txt~~ 2>&1)		t=$(time -f "%E" wget -q $s/MIRRORS.txt -O /dev/null 2>&1)
	echo "$s was $t"		echo "$s was $t"
	data="$data$t $s\n"		data="$data$t $s\n"