Note: Some computer systems do not retain time and date settings after power cycling. This is particularly true of embedded systems. Installation of the GigE-V Framework for Linux can be affected by misconfigured time and date settings if the files being installed are timestamped in the future when compared to the current system time.

 

In such instances, it may be necessary to install/enable an NTP (Network Time Protocol) capability in order to keep the time and date settings current.

 

For example, the following message indicates the timestamp of the file is in the future:

 

 

As an example, the ntpdate package can be installed and configured to use an available local or online NTP server to synchronize the system clock.

 

To install and configure the ntpdate package (using sample server address), use the following commands:

sudo apt-get install ntpdate

sudo ntpdate 140.165.161.1

 

It may be necessary to stop the service before initiating the update; for example:

sudo service ntp stop

sudo ntpdate time.nist.gov

sudo service ntp start

 

Additionally, the /etc/ntp.conf file can be updated to include the required NTP server. For example, the following lines can be modified to add the NTP server (using sample server address):

 

# Use Ubuntu's ntp server as a fallback.

pool ntp.ubuntu.com

140.165.161.1

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