what to do when download.opensuse.org unreachable

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At the moment download.opensuse.org is unreachable for me (and also for IsUp.Me -> Check if your website is down or up?).

So what to do if you urgently want to install some software? As described on openSUSE:Mirrors - openSUSE
download.opensuse.org selects the best mirror for you. Well, if it does not respond we have to do it manually.

Go to openSUSE Download Mirrors - Overview (luckily that seems to use different infrastructure and it is
reachable now) and pick a suitable mirror.

The URL can be changed in yast → software → software repositories for the repo you need.
Note that the URL on the mirrors can be longer than on download.opensuse.org. I used the /distribution/ part
of the URL to “synchronize”

And maybe it might be a good idea to revert the change when download.opensuse.org is up again. Mirrors might
change in the future.

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On 2012-08-23 11:06, geuder wrote:
>
> At the moment download.opensuse.org is unreachable for me (and also for
> ‘IsUp.Me -> Check if your website is down or up?’ (http://isup.me)).

What to do? Wait. No? Wait more :slight_smile:

And I downloaded something minutes ago, it works.

> The URL can be changed in yast → software → software repositories
> for the repo you need.
> Note that the URL on the mirrors can be longer than on
> download.opensuse.org. I used the /distribution/ part
> of the URL to “synchronize”

I would instead edit /etc/zypp/repos.d/reponame, which doesn’t force a full refresh.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)