Tried to install google earth pro to debian qube, need help understanding error message

[Chrome]

I bolded the relevant terminal text

N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/user/Downloads/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

What does this mean? Did the program fail to install? Do I need to install it to my template VM? What should I do? FYI: I've done my best to install everything to the OSINT qube alone but idk if this particular install got through.

user@OSINT-template-debian:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install -y ./google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'google-earth-pro-stable' instead of './google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb'
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  python-numpy python-olefile python-pil python-pkg-resources
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libglu1-mesa
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  google-earth-pro-stable libglu1-mesa
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 169 kB/56.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 250 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libglu1-mesa amd64 9.0.0-2.1+b3 [169 kB]
Get:2 /home/user/Downloads/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb google-earth-pro-stable amd64 7.3.3.7786-r0 [56.1 MB]
Fetched 169 kB in 1s (236 kB/s)               
Selecting previously unselected package libglu1-mesa:amd64.
(Reading database ... 134496 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libglu1-mesa_9.0.0-2.1+b3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libglu1-mesa:amd64 (9.0.0-2.1+b3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package google-earth-pro-stable.
Preparing to unpack .../google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-earth-pro-stable (7.3.3.7786-r0) ...
Setting up libglu1-mesa:amd64 (9.0.0-2.1+b3) ...
Setting up google-earth-pro-stable (7.3.3.7786-r0) ...
xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found.
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.62) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-10) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
Processing triggers for qubes-core-agent (4.0.61-1+deb10u1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4) ...
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/user/Downloads/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
user@OSINT-template-debian:~/Downloads$

[haaber]

On 6/11/21 9:16 PM, Chrome wrote:
> I bolded the relevant terminal text

> *N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file

> '/home/user/Downloads/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb'
> couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission

> denied)*
> *

if you want to split download & install, run apt-get download as USER
not as root. Then, later, install with apt -i ./my-unsage-deb-file.deb
Do such things better in a separate VM :)

[Chrome]

Thank you for your reply. I'm rather inexperienced with Linux and these sorts of issues. Could you give me the format of the command I need to input? Also, I did not download google earth pro with apt at all, instead, I downloaded it manually off the website and then tried to install it. Does that affect your advice at all? Thank you and be well.

[haaber]

On 6/13/21 7:04 PM, Chrome wrote:
>
>
> On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11:18:33 AM UTC-4 haa...@web.de wrote:
>
> On 6/11/21 9:16 PM, Chrome wrote:
> > I bolded the relevant terminal text
> > *N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file
> > '/home/user/Downloads/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb'
> > couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13:
> Permission
> > denied)*
> > *
>
> if you want to split download & install, run apt-get download as USER

> not as root. Then, later, install with apt -i ./my-unsafe-deb-file.deb

> Do such things better in a separate VM :)
>
> Thank you for your reply. I'm rather inexperienced with Linux and these
> sorts of issues. Could you give me the format of the command I need to
> input? Also, I did not download google earth pro with apt at all,
> instead, I downloaded it manually off the website and then tried to
> install it. Does that affect your advice at all? Thank you and be well.

you can install any .deb file like that. Download whatever (zoom,
google-earth..) deb file in your unsafe VM, then open terminal and launch

sudo apt install some-path/filename.deb (*)

(don't copy (*)). Technically you can do this in a templateVM (with some
extra complications since no netVM in templates), but unless you use the
software every day & reboot often that is not my favourite solution.
Instead, I run it *once* in the AppVM: now, often apt needs to install
dependencies along with it. Copy the list of needed packages (or write
them down) and install all of them with

apt-get install PACKAGE

in your templateVM. These library files are clean and safe (a priori).
Now, once you reboot your AppVM the App is gone, but re-installing it
with the command (*) takes 15 secs and you data (logins, config files)
will survive from one install to the next.

Advantage of this procedure: no template is possibly breached with the
unsafe .deb file. Disadvantage: you loose 15 secs at every reboot of the
AppVM for reinstalling. For me its worth the pain.