Please change your repository mirror!

[gapan]

As you have probably noticed by now, the server that hosted the main Salix repository at salix.enialis.net has had a lot of downtime. Unfortunately, that server was set as the default after a new Salix installation and most users would never think of switching to another. To make matters worse, the server maintainer hasn't done much to fix these problems. The main Salix repository has since been moved to a new server, but most users still have that server set as the one to use in their configuration files. The upside is that now we have more repository mirrors than we ever had before. So, please edit your /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc and /etc/slapt-get/slapt-srcrc configuration files and change every instance of

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http://salix.enialis.net

to one of the servers found in the following wiki page:
http://docs.salixos.org/wiki/Repository_mirrors

Servers closest to you geographically are probably going to be the faster ones to use.

To make this change easier, I have written a new system tool, reposetup. It is now in the repositories (or should be when all mirrors have synced), but if you're using enialis, you'll never get it as that server is not being updated. This new tool is included in an updated salixtools package, so if you want to use it, download the new package from the following URL:
http://download.salixos.org/i486/14.0/s ... ch-1gv.txz

This package will work correctly only on Salix 14.0.

Once you have it, open a terminal window in the same directory where you downloaded it and run:

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su
spkg -u salixtools-1.7.0-noarch-1gv.txz
reposetup

which will bring up a dialog to select a mirror.

[Andyun]

Gapan, thank you for reposetup!

[sojurn]

As you have probably noticed by now, the server that hosted the main Salix repository at salix.enialis.net has had a lot of downtime. Unfortunately, that server was set as the default after a new Salix installation and most users would never think of switching to another....

Yup, have noticed! And just as yup, I would normally not think of switching to another (like might be the last one in the whole universe to do so...), but so just did, updated, and I thought "ahhhh...", now that is how things are supposed to be! Thanks Gapan!

[Atip]

I have chosen the mirror http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/salix and it worked, however,
"mate" is not taken . Which new mirror would have this?

[gapan]

I have chosen the mirror http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/salix and it worked, however,
"mate" is not taken . Which new mirror would have this?

What do you mean?

[maximus]

I have chosen the mirror http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/salix and it worked, however,
"mate" is not taken . Which new mirror would have this?

I'm going to assume you're using Salix 14, and I'm going to take a wild guess and say you couldn't install mate using that mirror? If so you probably have a configuration problem as the mate packages are there:
http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/sali ... alix/mate/

Check /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc and make sure all three "source" lines are correct, and do #slapt-get --update . You can also edit them through the Gslapt GUI if you prefer (Edit/Preferences/Sources). For your comparison, my slapt-getrc looks like this:

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WORKINGDIR=/var/slapt-get
EXCLUDE=^aaa_elflibs,^aaa_base,^devs,^glibc.*,^kernel-.*,^udev,^rootuser-settings,^zzz-settings.*,-i?86-
SOURCE=http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/salix/x86_64/slackware-14.0/:OFFICIAL
SOURCE=http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/salix/x86_64/slackware-14.0/extra/:OFFICIAL
SOURCE=http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/salix/x86_64/14.0/:PREFERRED

EDIT: OR.... download and update the salixtools package with the one gapan has provided above, and run #reposetup to choose your mirror. So many choices....

[Atip]

Thanks maximus!

I put http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/sali ... alix/mate/ into slapt-getrc and it works.

[gapan]

Thanks maximus!

I put http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/sali ... alix/mate/ into slapt-getrc and it works.

What? No! There's no way that it works because what you did is definitely wrong.

[maximus]

Sorry Atip if I wasn't clear, I wasn't suggesting you put that link into slapt-getrc; the reason I posted the link to the mate packages was just to show that the packages are indeed on that mirror and therefore your problem is likely a misconfiguration of slapt-getrc.

I'm glad you are able to install mate, but something else has changed to make it work (a different edit you have made perhaps?) As gapan said, putting that link into slapt-getrc wouldn't fix anything.

[Atip]

Thanks maximus!

I put http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/sali ... alix/mate/ into slapt-getrc and it works.

What? No! There's no way that it works because what you did is definitely wrong.

You said it and I removed it.
I guess http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/salix/i486/14.0/ will take care of mate.