Overview

pacmaria2 aims to boost package download speed by pulling files from multiple mirrors. pacmaria2 can be used to download packages faster, or to output a metalink file for later use.

Requirements

• pacmaria2 is written in BASH.
• aria2 is used to download files.
• reflector is used for the --r option.

Usage

USAGE: pacmaria2.sh [--d <directory>] [--p] [--r] <arguments>

OPTIONS:
  -h,--help       Print this message and exit.
  --d <directory> Download files to directory.
  --m <file>      Use file as mirrorlist file.
  --r             Run reflector to retrieve server list.
  --p             Print metalink to stdout and don't download.

NOTES:
  Arguments are passed to pacman in addition to -Sp.
  If no arguments are passed, -u is passed to pacman.

Examples

Download packages to current directory, then install with pacman.

$ pacmaria2 --r --d . sound-juicer && sudo pacman -S sound-juicer --cachedir .

Generate a metalink file and download later.

$ pacmaria2 --r --p k3b > k3b.metalink
$ aria2c --metalink-file=k3b.metalink

Notes

• Since there's no configuration file and few command line options, users are encourageed to modify the aria2c / reflector options in the script.
• By default, packages are downloaded to /var/cache/pacman/pkg/. Make sure you have write permission to it.
• If aria2c couldn't finish the download, you will get left-over .aria2 files and incomplete packages in your download directory.

See Also

• aria2c man page: aria2c(1)