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is there another option besides rankmirrors? [SOLVED]

sudo  rankmirrors -n 6 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
bash: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist: Permission denied


i had renamed mirrorlist to mirrolist.backup before running the command but it doesnt run....  am i not a member of the right group?

Re: is there another option besides rankmirrors?

Reply #1 –
Hello,

in your example you run rankmirrors as root (sudo) but forward the output to /atc/pacman.d/mirrorlist as normal user (bash).
So run bash as root or login as root in shell or use different commands to the job.

You might also consider adding "-r system" switch to rankmirrors command.

Re: is there another option besides rankmirrors?

Reply #2 –
Quote from: SGOrava – on
Hello,

in your example you run rankmirrors as root (sudo) but forward the output to /atc/pacman.d/mirrorlist as normal user (bash).
So run bash as root or login as root in shell or use different commands to the job.

You might also consider adding "-r system" switch to rankmirrors command.


TY TY!