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| + | === Set the time/zone === | ||
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| + | [http://aryo.lecture.ub.ac.id/configure-timezone-settings-on-raspberry-pi-raspbian-wheezy/ http://aryo.lecture.ub.ac.id/configure-timezone-settings-on-raspberry-pi-raspbian-wheezy/] | ||
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| + | By default, Rasbian has an ntp daemon running, but you may still need to select a timezone. Use tzselect to set the timezone, then echo the returned line into .profile. | ||
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| + | for me, this means: | ||
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| + | echo "TZ='America/Chicago'; export TZ" >> ~/.profile | ||
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Revision as of 14:28, 7 June 2015
I'm using an RPi 2 model B for this project. Here are my notes.
Install OS
I'm just using Rasbian from the foundation's download page. I find Debian derivatives to be comfortable for projects such as this. You're welcome to use whatever distro you like.
I strongly recommend you follow some official guide for installing the OS if you're at all uncertain. The notes here are sparse and meant to make it faster for me to recover from a broken system.
Get the archive, extract the file. Should be along the lines of '2015-05-05-rasbian-wheezy.img'.
Flash it to the SD card: 'sudo dd if=2015...img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M'.
Configure things with the raspi tool that loads on first boot, then install your favorite packages. Mine are:
htop vim emacs byobu tmux build-essential bash-completion haproxy authbind
Set the time/zone
http://aryo.lecture.ub.ac.id/configure-timezone-settings-on-raspberry-pi-raspbian-wheezy/
By default, Rasbian has an ntp daemon running, but you may still need to select a timezone. Use tzselect to set the timezone, then echo the returned line into .profile.
for me, this means:
echo "TZ='America/Chicago'; export TZ" >> ~/.profile
