On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 01:16:57AM +, john s. wrote:
> On 3/23/19 6:31 PM, Jon deps wrote:
> > On 3/19/19 4:59 PM, Steven Walker wrote:
> > > I am still pretty new to Qubes. I have managed to create a new qube,
> > > but I want to install some software for use with this qube. I have
> > > read that it has to be installed to the template and not the actual
> > > qube. As the template has no actual network connection, how do I go
> > > about this?
> > >
> > > Using 4.0.1, Fedora 29
> > >
> > > Any help greatly appeciated.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> >
> > pretty sure, there are different ways to skin the cat, though
> >
> >
> > the Templates are designed to obtain access indirectly, that is what the
> > "salt" stuff is they talk about it seems by default to be setup to
> > use sys-whonix-14 to install updates , somewhat magically
> >
> > you can actually change the netvm without shutting down the templates
> >
> > generally it's bad form to give the templates direct access, though
> > may you might want to once in while in order to troubleshoot something
> > , etc .testing it the morning , you should be able to install non
> > updates without Direct access
> >
> >
> >
> > for me Templates aren't worth backing up , I'm not worried about my
> > system melting down much . and anyway its going to be best to
> > fresh install , which is easy-ist in Qubes, which is one of the
> > beauties of the technology
> >
> > hence, I clone for other reasons
> >
> > one word of advice is keep a paper list of custom packages you
> > install so when it goes to Fedora-30 you install fresh and then add
> > back fresh packages , your files will persist,
> >
> >
> > my problem what few files I have end up spread out over 10 App Qubes
> >
> >
>
>
>
> If I do this :
>
> echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" |
> sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
> deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
>
>
>
>
> then I do NOT need to add anything to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qubes-r4.list
> ??
>
> nor
>
> /etc/apt/sources.list ??
>
>
> for Debian-9 stretch ?
>
>
> ty
>
>
That's right.
'man sources.list' gives you chapter and verse.
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