On Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 9:52:22 PM UTC-5 Shawn Creighton wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 10:26:48 AM UTC-5 unman wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 11:34:30PM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote: >> > On 1/27/21 7:44 AM, Shawn Creighton wrote: >> > > What is the quickest and most secure way to update the entire system >> > > including Dom0 on the first boot of a new install? I've noticed that >> it >> > > takes awhile for the updates to populate to the qubes updater when >> first >> > > connected to the net even though there are obviously updates >> available. >> > > Is there a way to expedite the process? >> > >> > I think you can always run the dom0 updater to get the updates, and for >> the >> > VMs it seems that starting one reduces the time until updates for the >> > corresponding template are found. >> > Still I'd like an explicit "check for updates"... >> > >> >> It's also worth checking to see what templates were installed with the >> new install. >> Depending on what installer you used you may find you have outdated >> templates - rather than upgrading these in place it''s almost always >> better to install a clean new template: >> e.g. sudo qubes-dom0-update template-qubes-debian-10 >> >> As Ulrich says, starting a qube will (by default) check for updates and >> report back to the system - you may or may not want this to happen >> automatically - it's a service that can be disabled across the system. >> >> You need not wait for this to happen if you use the gui updater tool - >> just open the tool, select "Enable updates for qubes without known >> available updates", and go ahead. >> N.B Install any new templates *before* you do this. >> >> unman >> > > So "sudo qubes-dom0-update template-qubes-debian-10" installs a new fully > updated Debian 10 template? Why is it better than updating the default > templates? > > Is it best to do all updating via Dom0? > > Thanks > Also does the baremetal hypervisor ever need to be updated from a default install of the newest version of Qubes? I am using a Purism Librem 15v4 laptop. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/abcc5c50-4b65-4af9-aa49-44bd7b30048bn%40googlegroups.com.
