How to Specify a Mirror URL in PCBSD 8.1

28 July 2011

The following snippet will allow you to specify your preferred PCBSD mirror without using KDE or PCBSD tools. This works in PCBSD 8.1:

### Setup local mirror path
echo 'SoftwareManager\currentMirror=http://my.happy.mirror/pub/pcbsd/' >> /root/.config/PCBSD.conf
echo 'SoftwareManager\mirrorType=2' >> /root/.config/PCBSD.conf