thefoc:
(1) Update icon does not appear in Qubes “State” column for WS
template. Works for Gateway template and all other non-whonix templates.
Did you upgrade using
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Upgrading_Whonix_11_to_Whonix_12 ?
And did you upgrade to Qubes R3.1?
(2) VMs based upon Whonix WS template not inheriting program list.
Every new VM forces me to go into anon-whonix/add new short cut/add tor
browser. Tor browser is not appearing in VM based upon Whonix WS
template by default.
I just now documented this, please check:
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Upgrading_Whonix_12_to_Whonix_13#Qubes_specific
(3) Whonix upgrade “apt-get” is not recognizing that TBB is already
installed on Template VM. Such that if a person manually downloads
the update using Tor’s own update function apt-get-upgrade will
download the program again. Further, booting template VM will cause
an auto pop-up stating that Tor bowser is not installed even after
Tor has already been downloaded twice (both manually and by
apt-get).
Know https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor_Browser#Qubes_specific already?
Not easy to document. An alternative explanation…
Whonix upgrade “apt-get” is not recognizing that TBB is already
installed on Template VM.
On new TBB released, a new tb-updater version file gets released, the
tb-updater package updated. This results in updating TBB in the
TemplateVM. This is useful so newly created AppVMs based on whonix-ws
will come with an up to date TBB.
Such that if a person manually downloads
the update using Tor’s own update function apt-get-upgrade will
download the program again.
TBB in AppVMs should still be updated using TBB internal updater.
[ Technically (economically) not possible to do that for the user from
within the TemplateVM. ]
Further, booting template VM will cause
an auto pop-up stating that Tor bowser is not installed even after
Tor has already been downloaded twice (both manually and by
apt-get).
Steps to reproduce? QVMM -> start whonix-ws -> Tor Browser is not
installed popup? That’s all? I cannot imagine. Any steps missing?