Whonix Installer for Linux - mention that curl needs to be installed

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One more thing. This page here Whonix Linux Installer for VirtualBox really should tell you that you have to install curl for the command to even work. Which is very easy to do, first update everything

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and then

sudo apt install curl

And if you’re curious what version of curl you’re using

curl --version
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Probably irrelevant. Any somewhat recent Linux distribution should have a recent enough curl version.

This may need to be considered.

Which Linux distribution / flavor [1] does not come with curl installed by default?

The Whonix Installer for Linux has been released in 2023. So far there haven’t been any support requests due to missing curl.

So either:

  • A) users aren’t using Kicksecure Linux Installer for VirtualBox installation method;
  • B) curl is installed by default on most supported Linux distributions;
  • C) this is an issue but users are figuring out how to install curl;
  • D) users that start using Whonix are already curl users prior to start using Whonix Installer for Linux;
  • E) nobody reported this as an issue yet.

[1] Supported by Whonix Linux Installer for VirtualBox.

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Well I tried to install Whonix and it said I needed to install curl. Lemme go ask on Reddit if curl is installed by default on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, I don’t think it is but I’m not sure.

I swear I installed Whonix on Ubuntu 24.04 one time and it went smoothly and then the next time I installed whonix, on Ubuntu 24.04, it told me I needed to install curl. Let me go ask on Reddit.

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Someone said this “curl is seed on the ubuntu-server install image and for some flavours, but not main Ubuntu desktop” so yeah I think the answer is no, at least on Ubuntu 24.04