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Is it safe to use a ghost Arch derivative ?

Hello, Archlabs is gone . I use this distro so I wonder If I can still update it safely ?

My /etc/pacman.conf


<span style="color:#323232;">#[testing]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[core]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[extra]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#[community-testing]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[community]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># The multilib repositories are enabled by default in ArchLabs.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># If you don't run 32 bit applications you may comment them out
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#[multilib-testing]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[multilib]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># [archlabs-testing]
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Server =  https://pub-7d84e047b852442a86fd6d7feb1ff2cd.r2.dev/$repo/$arch
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Server =  https://github.com/ArchLabs/$repo/raw/master/$arch
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Server =  https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/$repo/raw/master/$arch
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[archlabs]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Server = https://pub-7d84e047b852442a86fd6d7feb1ff2cd.r2.dev/$repo/$arch
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Server = https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/$repo/raw/master/$arch
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Server = https://github.com/ArchLabs/$repo/raw/master/$arch
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Server = https://sourceforge.net/projects/archlabs-repo/files/$repo/$arch
</span>

If it is unsafe how I can turn this into a normal arch ?

Sailor_jets ,
@Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works avatar

It should be okay, just comment/delete out the archlabs repos as they are dead and make sure the mirrorlist in /etc/pacman.d is actually pointing at arch repos and then just run sudo pacman -Syu. If you want/need to edit names and logos and stuff just edit /etc/os-release.

Static_Rocket , (edited )
@Static_Rocket@lemmy.world avatar

You’ll need to do 4 things:

  1. Refresh your keyring

<span style="color:#323232;">pacman-keyring --init
</span><span style="color:#323232;">pacman-keyring --populate archlinux
</span>
  1. Remove the archlabs section from your pacman.conf
  2. pacman -Syyu
  3. Maintenance: wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_maintenance#Check…

This should be everything. You’ll need to be careful with removing packages with no upstream. I’m not sure how archlabs distributed their configuration files but if they were packages you’ll have to be selective about what you remove. Ideally you’ll slowly drop those configs for your own versions with future upgrades.

UnfortunateShort ,

It’s not unsafe, unless the servers are kept up but not maintained. If you want to turn in into “normal” Arch you have to replace all packages from the Archlabs repos to some from the official (or other) ones. This might be anything from trivial to painful, depending on modifications.

Also, kinda sad to hear Archlabs is dead, although EndeavourOS is a minimal enough alternative I guess.

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