Hello unman, Am Sonntag, 12. April 2020 18:16:39 UTC+2 schrieb unman: > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 08:20:23AM -0700, viktor....@gmail.com > <javascript:> 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?* > > > > ... > > 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 >
I misunderstood the responsibility split b/w TemplateVM & AppVM completely :-( Thanks for your explanation & the link to the relevant documentation! With kind regards, VR -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/0d73a258-cf7d-422b-b80d-744dddc72ed4%40googlegroups.com.
