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Re: Time, Date Applications



Ron Johnson writes:
>  $ apt-cache show ntpd-simple
>  W: Unable to locate package ntpd-simple
>  E: No packages found

It's ntp-simple.

> It seems OP wants a client.

ntpd is both server and client (so is chronyd).  Either  the ntp-simple
package or the chrony package will do what he wants (though as Chrony
maintainer I'm biased in favor of Chrony).

> ntpdate or chrony.

Ntpdate merely forceably sets the clock.  Ntp and chrony compensate for
skew and constantly keep the clock synchronised.

-- 
John Hasler



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