The main command to run to keep everything up-to-date is:
- pacman -Syu
- '-S' - synchronize packages
- '-y' - down load a fresh copy of the master package list from the server(s). Usually used with the 'u' option.
- '-u' - upgrade all packages that are out of date.
This is the man page:
hostname
Setting the host name seems to be straight forward in Arch Linux.
Set the 'HOSTNAME' variable in the /etc/rc.conf file.
HOSTNAME="Plugbox" Map the new name in the /etc/hosts file.
# # /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names # #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost gtripg01 ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost gtripg01 #127.0.0.1 Plugbox # End of file
Much of this information was confirmed or gleaned from this thread:
time
This will take some time today. I will just gather the links for now.
The Arch Linux page on time with some nice links at the bottom.
The LinuxSA page on time. Talks about 'rdate' and its replacement 'xntpd'
General pages on time and time jargon:
I now know enough to find the correct page for setting time in PlugApps:
I am not sure what the 'configuration file' is or where it is, but I will try to figure that out with I install the 'openntpd' package.
pacman -Sy openntpd
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