Reflector Delete Edit

Installing reflector and setting up a systemd timer to update it weekly

• Install reflector
  • pacman -Sy reflector
• Create .service file

  • cat >> /etc/systemd/system/reflector.service << EOF
    [Unit]
    Description=Run reflector to update pacman mirrorlist
    After=network.target network-online.target nss-lookup.target
    Wants=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
    
    [Service]
    Type=simple
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/env sh -c "reflector --latest 50 --age 12 --fastest 20 --sort rate --threads 10 --country SE,NL,DE,NO,PL,GB,DK --protocol https --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist; if [[ -f /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew ]]; then rm /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew; fi"
    EOF

• Create .timer file

  • cat >> /etc/systemd/system/reflector.timer << EOF
    [Unit]
    Description=Timer for running reflector and updating pacman mirrorlist
    
    [Timer]
    OnCalendar=weekly
    RandomizedDelaySec=5m
    Persistent=true
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=timers.target
    EOF

• Reload systemd
  • systemctl daemon-reload
• Enable timer
  • systemctl enable --now reflector.timer