Mirrors

Before we initiate the installation process let’s select the fastest/closest mirrors so that you get the best speed while downloading packages.

Backup

Let's make a backup of the existing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file:

cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup

Rankmirrors

We need to install pacman-contrib package to rankmirrors, run the following command:

$ sudo pacman -S pacman-contrib

Now, we’re going to run the following command to uncomment every mirror:

sed -i 's/^#Server/Server/' /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup

Then run the rankmirrors command below. this will adjust your mirror list properly so that it uses a handful of mirrors with the lowest ping:

rankmirrors -n 10 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

You should see something similar

## Worldwide
Server = http://mirrors.evowise.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## United States
Server = https://arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.wdc1.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.wdc1.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arch.mirror.square-r00t.net/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.stephen304.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Canada
Server = http://mirror.sergal.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.olanfa.rocks/$repo/os/$arch