Re: [qubes-users] Can't install new WHONIX template.. "Download only"

[Andrew David Wong]

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On 2016-06-27 21:15, danmich...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am following the Qubes guide on installing the Whonix template.
>
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/whonix/install/
>
> When I run the following in Konsole on dom0:
>
> sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community
> qubes-template-whonix-gw qubes-template-whonix-ws
>
> It says:
>
> "Background downloading packages, then exiting"
>
> Then the download finishes
>
> And it says, "Exiting because 'download only' specified"
>
> ---
>
> So in other words... it is not actually installing these
> packages... only downloading them...
>
> How do I actually get Whonix to install, and not just download..??
>
> All I did was follow the Qubes guide precisely... and yet it
> doesn't work..
>
> Please help
>
> Thanks
>

Those messages are perfectly normal and expected. They're being passed
from the UpdateVM which does the downloading (by default,
sys-firewall), but of course the packages aren't supposed to be
installed in the UpdateVM. Rather, they're supposed to be installed in
dom0. This is the intentional division of labor that the Qubes dom0
update model is based upon. It greatly enhances security by delegating
the task of downloading updates to the UpdateVM. This protects dom0
from being exposed to the dangers of performing that task.

Once the packages are downloaded by the UpdateVM and passed to dom0,
they should proceed to be installed in dom0. Did you abort the process
prematurely upon seeing those messages, thereby preventing the
packages from being installed in dom0?

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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