Whonix ™ Packages for Debian Hosts and Whonix ™ Host Enhancements

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Introduction[edit]

Many of the packages developed under the Whonix ™ umbrella can be thought of as independent projects in their own right. They are directly relevant to Debian hosts because they can increase privacy and security.

This guide shows how to download these select packages from the Whonix ™ repository; they can be downloaded stand-alone or combined.

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How-to: Install Whonix ™ Packages[edit]

Complete the following steps to add the Whonix ™ Signing Key to the system's APT keyring.

Open a terminal.

Package curl needs to be installed.

Install package(s) curl.

A. Update the package lists and upgrade the system.

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

B. Install the curl package(s).

Using apt command line parameter --no-install-recommends is in most cases optional.

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends curl

C. Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) curl is complete.

2. Download Whonix ™ Signing Key. [1]

If you are using Debian, run.

curl --tlsv1.3 --proto =https --max-time 180 --output ~/derivative.asc https://www.whonix.org/derivative.asc

If you are using a Qubes Debian Template, run.

curl --proxy http://127.0.0.1:8082/ --tlsv1.3 --proto =https --max-time 180 --output ~/derivative.asc https://www.whonix.org/derivative.asc

3. Users can check Whonix ™ Signing Key for better security.

4. Add the Whonix ™ signing key to APT's keyring folder. [2]

sudo cp ~/derivative.asc /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc

5. Done.

The procedure of adding Whonix ™ signing key is now complete.

Add Whonix ™ Repository.

Choose either: Option A, Option B OR Option C.

Option A: Add Whonix ™ Onion Repository.

To add Whonix ™ Repository over Onion please press on expand on the right.

Install apt-transport-tor from the Debian repository.

sudo apt install apt-transport-tor

Add Whonix ™ APT repository for default Whonix ™ using Debian stable. At the time of writing this was bullseye.

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion bullseye main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list

Option B: Add Whonix ™ Clearnet Repository over Tor.

To add Whonix ™ Repository over torified clearnet please press on expand on the right.

Install apt-transport-tor from the Debian repository.

sudo apt install apt-transport-tor

Add Whonix ™ APT repository for default Whonix ™ using Debian stable. At the time of writing this was bullseye.

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] tor+https://deb.whonix.org bullseye main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list

Option C: Add Whonix Clearnet Repository over clearnet.

To add Whonix ™ Repository over clearnet please press on expand on the right.

Add Whonix ™ APT repository for default Whonix ™ using Debian stable. At the time of writing this was bullseye.

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] https://deb.whonix.org bullseye main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list

Install a supported package.

Note: Replace package-name with the actual name of a supported package.

Install package(s) package-name.

A. Update the package lists and upgrade the system.

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

B. Install the package-name package(s).

Using apt command line parameter --no-install-recommends is in most cases optional.

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends package-name

C. Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) package-name is complete.

Supported Packages[edit]

Packages Looking for a Contributor[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ↑ See Secure Downloads to understand why curl and the parameters --tlsv1.3 --proto =https are used instead of wget.
  2. ↑ Placing an additional signing key into folder /usr/share/keyrings by itself alone has no impact on security as this folder is not automatically used by Debian's APT by default. Only when an APT sources list configuration file points to folder /usr/share/keyrings using the signed-by keyword the signing key will be actually used. Therefore deleting keys in /usr/share/keyrings is optional if intending to disable an APT repository. See also APT Signing Key Folders.
  3. ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T524


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