Linux Mirrors

Overview

This service is to provide an on campus mirror of Linux distributions frequently used in Research and Academic Computing.

Details

How do I access the Linux Mirrors

The best advice will be to consult your distribution's documentation on how to update your software manager's configuration

Ubuntu

Apt Repositories

Mirrors of the apt repositories for the following x64 Ubuntu LTS distributions can be found at http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu . Multiverse, universe, and restricted are included.

• 20.04 LTS (Focal Foass): main, updates, security, backports
• 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver): main, updates, security
• 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus): main, updates, security
• 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr): main, updates, security

The mirror synchronizes with the main archive at 1:30 PM, 7:30 PM, 1:30 AM, 7:30 AM.  

Sample lines for sources.lst:

deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal main restricted
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal universe
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal-updates universe
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal multiverse
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal-updates multiverse
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal-security main restricted
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal-security universe
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu focal-security multiverse

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Iso Images

A current mirror of the supported install images can be found at http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/ubuntu-releases.  As of this writing, 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), 14.04 (Trusty Tahr), 16.04 (Xenial Xerus), 18.04 (Bionic Beaver), 19.10 (Eoan Ermine), and 20.04 LTS (Focal Foass) are available.  This is a complete mirror, and install media will both be added and dropped according to the master repository.  This mirror synchronizes every Sunday at 3:30 AM.

Debian

x64 mirrors of Debian 10 (stable, buster), 9 (old-stable, stretch), and 8 (jessie) can be found at http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/debain.  The main, contrib, and non-free pools are all mirrored, along with the update repositories.  This mirror updates at 2:30 PM, 8:30 PM, 2:30 AM, and 8:30 AM daily.

An x64 mirror of Debian 6 (Squeeze) can be found at http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/debian-archive.  This is an unchanging snapshot of an obsolete release.

Sample lines for sources.lst:

deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/debian buster main non-free contrib
deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/debian buster-updates main

deb http://reflections.server.rpi.edu/debian-archive squeeze main non-free contrib

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Centos

Coming Soon

EPEL

Coming Soon

elrepo

Coming Soon

Why should I use the on campus mirrors?

File access from the local mirrors should be faster than using the public sites.  It is also useful in cases where you don't want to allow your server to make outbound connections to the internet.

What documentation is available

Please see your distro's documentation on using a local mirror.

Last Reviewed:  09-May-2020