On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 08:20:23AM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > Hello Qubes community, > > I'm only a short-term user of Qubes-OS - and - I'm still struggling with > all the details you have to know & understand. > > *How could it be explained, that a package, which was manually installed > into an freshly created AppVM, get's removed?* > > I've tried to find an answer or explanation both in the Qubes - as well as > - Fedora documentation myself, unfortunately without success. > > Here's the timeline of the activities I performed in that particular AppVM: > > ### > > 2020-04-10 ~ 12:45 - Install PHP & Composer > > 2020-04-10 ~ 15:00 - Resolve the problem using the built-in web server > > <Next day> > > 2020-04-11 ~ 16:10 - Read & execute the 'Installing Yii' section in > 'The Definitive Guide to Yii2' > > * Unable to install Yii2, since PHP & Composer are no longer found :-( > > 2020-04-11 ~ 16:50 - Analyze <?what?> > > * I guess it's time to learn / read more about 'DNF' ... > > ### > > I did not further touch that AppVM, beside running a few DNF commands in > order to understand the status a bit better ... > > Any ideas, what might have happened to this Fedora 30-based AppVM - or - > any pointers, what I could check/ do in order to resolve this issue? > > With kind regards, > > VR
Welcome to Qubes When you use an appVM it is based on a template - almost all the file system is derived from the template except for files and directories stored in /rw which includes /home. This means that when you close down the qube and restart it you get a clean copy of the rest of the filesystem but any changes in /home/user will be maintained. If you install applications in the qube, they will (in most cases) disappear on a reboot. To avoid this you need to install the application in the template used by the qube. This is a core feature in Qubes and you can read about it at https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template-implementation unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200412161635.GA16014%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
