Qubes-Whonix version 14 (Debian stretch based) can be upgraded to version 15 (Debian buster based).
Testers wanted!
New Qubes-Whonix 15 TemplateVM downloads are unavailable at this time and will require more time (prerequisite). Another news will be posted when these become available.
root@host:/home/user# apt-get install qubes-whonix-gateway
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
qubes-whonix-gateway : Depends: hardened-desktop-applications-xfce but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@host:/home/user#
as result of that it will give this message after reboot:
There is one issue and its inside Qubes-Whonix&Vbox-Whonix the presence of duplicate “Xfce Terminal” name but one is the known konsole/terminal and one for terminal settings though both of them containing the same name.
no package conflicting its an error to whonix repository , i was on whonix tester 14 before when i upgraded to whonix 15 the repository changed to this:
deb https://deb.whonix.org n/a-testers main contrib non-free
-> n/a-testers
while it should be buster-testers.
There is as well 2 similar names “FileManager” one to customize file manager and one i dunno what for and when i press on the one that i dunno what is for it show this message:
Thunar File Manager already there and you can see the folders through it normally.
no package conflicting its an error to whonix repository , i was one tester 14 before when i upgraded to whonix 15 the repository changed to this:
deb https://deb.whonix.org n/a-testers main contrib non-free
→ n/a-testers
while it should be buster-testers.
I don’t know how this could happen. whonix_repository already had code
to safeguard against $codename being set to n/a.
Could you please provide instructions how to reproduce this issue?
I can imagine that this would happen if you run whonix_repository during
the upgrade. With new files from stretch but still old whonix-repository
package. Please don’t run whonix_repository while upgrades are still
running.
I’ve added a series of commits to further safeguard against $codename
being set to n/a. Package upgraded to version 5.4-1 all buster
repositories.
There is as well 2 similar names “FileManager” one to customize file manager and one i dunno what for and when i press on the one that i dunno what is for it show this message:
Thunar File Manager already there and you can see the folders through it normally.
Can you report this please do Qubes, mentioning this happens when
upgrading to Debian buster with file manager thunar?
Actually, it shouldn’t happen. whonixcheck has code to safeguard against this. Package manager running check runs before Tor Pid Check. If a package manager is still running, whonixcheck should stay silent. (Since when package manager upgrades Tor, is is normal for Tor to be stopped for a while.)
Tor Pid Check shouldn’t run in Qubes TemplateVM anyhow.
Looks like this happened while upgrading a Standalone Whonix-Gateway or sys-whonix? In that case this might help at the beginning before upgrading:
I noticed that there are two entries in Qubes-Settings > Applications for “Xfce Terminal” for the gateway and workstation. One is the actual terminal and the other is the terminal preferences. They even have the same icon.
The root of the problem is that /usr/share/applications/xfce4-terminal{,-settings}.desktop both have the entries Name=Xfce4 Terminal and Icon=utilities-terminal.
I noticed that there are two entries in Qubes-Settings > Applications for “Xfce Terminal” for the gateway and workstation. One is the actual terminal and the other is the terminal preferences. They even have the same icon.
The root of the problem is that /usr/share/applications/xfce4-terminal{,-settings}.desktop both have the entries Name=Xfce4 Terminal and Icon=utilities-terminal.
Qubes Debian buster bug. Could you report it to Qubes please?
There are differences with whonix 14 and whonix 15 intigration with Qubes helping tools like opening files in disposableVM , Transfer/Copy Files between VMs … look at the images: