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 Depending on what installer you used you may find you have outdated 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 -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/f04ea65c-a788-4837-a365-a6f4dc15033en%40googlegroups.com.
