

The solution documented below adds and starts the rngd service prior to running setup-alpine which fixes the wifi connection problems and allows you to walk through the setup script successfully. I had problems with it initially as WiFi wouldn't connect when going through the setup-alpine script and when I was able to get it connect (after numerous failed manual attempts) it wouldn't reconnect on reboot. This wiki describes how I installed Alpine Linux 3.9.2 armhf on a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Make sure no other pages link here and check the page's history before deleting. This page may be consolidated into the main Raspberry Pi installation page and then deleted. now tells it do perform the action immediately ( 15 would tell the machine to shutdown in 15 minutes).This material is proposed for deletion.

The desktop includes a standard shutdown button in the desktop main menu but you can also tell the Pi to shutdown through the CLI using this command: language:bash

This downloads and upgrades all packages on the system and may take a while. It temporarily allows the user (if you’re not already logged in as root) the ability to run these commands if your user name is in a list of users ('sudoers').Īpt-get is the package manager and update is the command we are giving it. Sudo (also known as super user) is a command that you will see a lot, specifically with high security commands. This command tells the Pi to retrieve the latest package information and tells the package manager what needs updating. Access it by opening the terminal and type the following and hit Enter: language:bash In case you skipped the step in the set up wizard or need to update software packages in the future, we can update the software package on the Pi through the Command Line Interface (CLI). Make sure to write down the password somewhere safe before saving! You can also change the username as well. Warning: We recommend changing your password from the default to secure your Raspberry Pi.
