Release Upgrade Whonix 15 to Whonix 16

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How to Release Upgrade from Whonix 15 to Whonix 16

Notices[edit]

Table: Release Upgrade Whonix Notices

Notice Description
Difficulty
Release Upgrade vs Re-Installation

To use Whonix 16, users can either:

Standard Updates
Automated Release Upgrade vs Manual Release Upgrade
  • Automated Release Upgrade is the newer method that has been implemented. It does not ask for user input and is therefore easier to use.
  • The former Manual Release Upgrade effectively did the same, but it offered more control over system customization. It is now deprecated. [1]
Configuration Files Resets Since this is an automated release upgrade, user modified configuration files (if any) in folder /etc will be reset, overwritten with the Debian or Whonix package version. The user is free to restore the configuration after the release upgrade.

High Level Overview[edit]

  1. Backup all data - ideally have a copy of the VM(s) so it is possible to try again (if necessary). [2]
  2. Perform the usual standard ("everyday") update instructions.
  3. Consider running the optional sanity tests.
  4. Release Upgrade Whonix-Workstation (whonix-ws-15).
  5. Power off Whonix-Workstation (whonix-ws-15).
  6. Release Upgrade Whonix-Gateway (whonix-gw-15).
  7. Restart Whonix-Gateway (whonix-gw-15).
  8. Restart Whonix-Workstation (whonix-ws-15).

Sanity Tests[edit]

These are optional, but recommended. To complete sanity tests, please press on expand on the right.

sudo dpkg --audit ; echo $?

Expected output.

sudo dpkg --configure -a ; echo $?

Expected output.

Get package upgrades.

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade

For testing purposes, install package nano.

sudo apt install nano ; echo $?

## ... successful installation of nano ... 0

Apt install fix missing.

sudo apt install -f

Expected upgrade. 

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Release Upgrade[edit]

  1. Backup all data - ideally have a clone of the VM(s) so it is possible to try again (if necessary).
  2. Perform the usual standard ("everyday") update instructions.
  3. Consider running the optional sanity tests.
  4. Run systemcheckarchive.org iconarchive.today icon.
  5. View release-upgrade command version. cat /usr/sbin/release-upgrade | grep version=
  6. Check release-upgrade command version. Should be minimum 1.5, should show version="1.5".
  7. Consider keeping the full release upgrade log output. It will be required for Support in case there are issues.
  8. Perform the automated release upgrade using release-upgrade command. sudo release-upgrade
  9. Done. If everything went well, at the end it will show:

    INFO: OK. (release-upgrade version: 1.5) Release upgrade success.

  10. Reboot.
  11. Optional, recommended: Re-install Meta Packages and Safely Run Autoremove

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ↑ This method is still possible. All the automated release-upgradearchive.org iconarchive.today icon script does is perform actions which the user could perform manually. If a manual release upgrade is desired, emulate what the release-upgrade script is doing. The manual release upgrading procedure is undocumented due to the size of the instructions and duplication involved.
  2. ↑ Have at least one cloned backup before proceeding; for example, whonix-ws-15-backup and whonix-gw-15-backup.
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