… or: "apt-spy for Ubuntu"
gem install apt-spy2
$ apt-spy2 [21:03:52]
apt-spy2 commands:
apt-spy2 check # Evaluate mirrors
apt-spy2 fix # Set the closest/fastest mirror
apt-spy2 help [COMMAND] # Describe available commands or one specific command
apt-spy2 list # List the currently available mirrors
Displays a list of currently available mirrors. These mirrors are automatically selected via ubuntu-mirrors using your IP's location.
$ apt-spy2 list
...
Since mirrors.ubuntu.com
is frequently down, you can the list on Launchpad:
$ apt-spy2 list --launchpad --country=Germany
...
check
works like list
, but also determines if the servers returned are working. It supports the flag --launchpad
as well and additionally a flag --strict
which checks if a mirror carries a certain release and distribution.
$ apt-spy2 check
...
$ apt-spy2 check --launchpad --country=US
...
$ apt-spy2 check --strict
fix
applies the result of check
and updates /etc/apt/sources.list
.
Once the fix is applied, please run apt-get update
.
Please note: Depending on the context, it may require sudo.
See apt-spy2 help list|check|fix
for available options.
Please note: --launchpad
always requires you pass --country=FOO
as well.
- 0 - all went well
- 1 - some kind of error
See apt-spy2 help COMMAND
for more information.
Generally, apt-spy2
plays especially nice in a non-interactive environment and won't ask for anything without setting environment variables or using the usual -y
.
- update version in
lib/apt/spy2/version.rb
bundle install
- `git commit -a 'Prep x.y.z'
git tag -a vVERSION && git push --tags