On Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 8:41:53 PM UTC-4, Unman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 06:25:09PM -0400, Gaiko Kyofusho wrote:
> > Thanks for the response.
> > You mentioned I can use the package manager, are you refering to the
> > package managers in deb or fed? I tried the "software" programs in the
> > templates and neither came up with brave when I searched.
> > Anyway, I will look over the software-update-vm doc and do it the manual
> > way, was just feeling lazy ;)
> > Thx
> > 
> > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Unman <un...@thirdeyesecurity.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 10:35:14AM -0400, Gaiko Kyofusho wrote:
> > > > I am not sure I used to right terminology but I wanted to install the
> > > > "Brave" browser which does not seem to be available in the repositories.
> > > I
> > > > have tried adding brave to my deb and fed templates, per thier
> > > instructions
> > > > <https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/docs/
> > > linuxInstall.md>,
> > > > but get errors at the points when I try to import/add keys? For example
> > > > when I try in deb this:
> > > > curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-apt-staging/keys.asc |
> > > sudo
> > > > apt-key add -
> > > > it tells me it can't find the keys and ends up putting the help page for
> > > > apt-key into the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-*.list file
> > > > in fed when I type:
> > > > sudo rpm --import
> > > > https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-rpm-release/keys.asc
> > > > I get an error:
> > > > curl: (6) Could not resolve host: s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com
> > > > error: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-rpm-release/keys.asc:
> > > > import read failed(2).
> > > >
> > > > I have occasionally had other "connection" type issues like when I tried
> > > > configuring a default FF setup complete with addons but FF could not
> > > access
> > > > the web nor addons.
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > now that I think about it, are the templates setup to only be able to
> > > > access the deb/fed repositories? That just occurred to me, I am still
> > > > posting this as even if that is the case I'd like to know how to install
> > > > something like brave (as it seems to be the "best" bet for chromium like
> > > > sec with better than chromium privacy)(I hope).
> > > >
> > > > Thx!!!
> > > >
> > >
> > > As you can see from the error report, DNS isn't enabled for the
> > > templates, so that the address doesn't resolve.
> > > I would download the keys in a normal qube, and then copy them across
> > > to the target template and install them there.
> > >
> > > There are instructions to help you install in templates in the docs:
> > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/software-update-vm/
> > >
> > > In this case, you can use the package manager to download and install
> > > brave. The proxy no longer restricts access to official repositories, so
> > > you should be fine using the existing proxy.
> > >
> > > unman
> > >
> 
> Just so you know, the convention on these lists is to avoid top posting.
> 
> If you install the key you will need to run apt-get update to pull the
> package information from the brave repository that you have configured
> as per the instructions. Then the brave package will be available in
> package managers.

Ahhhhhh! Sorry, I've managed to not mess up on top posting... until now, 
appologies. As for the update, got it, keys first, then update. Will give it a 
try. Thanks again.

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