Whonix ™ Packages for Debian Hosts and Whonix ™ Host Enhancements
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| About this Whonix Packages for Debian Hosts Page | |
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| Support Status | testing |
| Difficulty | medium |
| Contributor | HulaHoop [archive] |
| Support | Support |
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.
How-to: Install Whonix ™ Packages[edit]
Complete the following steps to add the Whonix Signing Key to the system's APT keyring. [1]
Open a terminal.
Install curl, gpg, gpg-agent. [2]
Install curl gpg gpg-agent --no-install-recommends.
1. Update the package lists.
sudo apt-get update
2. Upgrade the system.
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
3. Install the curl gpg gpg-agent --no-install-recommends package.
Using apt-get command line parameter --no-install-recommends is in most cases optional.
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends curl gpg gpg-agent --no-install-recommends
The procedure of installing curl gpg gpg-agent --no-install-recommends is complete.
Download Whonix Signing Key. [3]
If you are using a Qubes TemplateVM, run.
curl --proxy http://127.0.0.1:8082/ --tlsv1.2 --proto =https --max-time 180 --output ~/patrick.asc https://www.whonix.org/patrick.asc
If you are using Debian, run.
curl --tlsv1.2 --proto =https --max-time 180 --output ~/patrick.asc https://www.whonix.org/patrick.asc
Users can check Whonix Signing Key for better security.
Add Whonix signing key to APT trusted keys.
sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whonix.gpg add ~/patrick.asc
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-get install apt-transport-tor
Add Whonix's APT repository for default Whonix using Debian stable. At the time of writing this was buster.
echo "deb tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion buster main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.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-get install apt-transport-tor
Add Whonix's APT repository for default Whonix using Debian stable. At the time of writing this was buster.
echo "deb tor+https://deb.Whonix.org buster main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list
Option C: Add Whonix Clearnet Repository over clearnet.
To add Whonix ™ Repository over clearnet please press on expand on the right.
Add Whonix's APT repository for default Whonix using Debian stable. At the time of writing this was buster.
echo "deb https://deb.Whonix.org buster main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list
Install package-name.
Install package-name.
1. Update the package lists.
sudo apt-get update
2. Upgrade the system.
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
3. Install the package-name package.
Using apt-get command line parameter --no-install-recommends is in most cases optional.
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends package-name
The procedure of installing package-name is complete.
Supported Packages[edit]
lkrg(GitHub [archive])hardened-malloc(GitHub [archive])kloak(GitHub [archive])security-misc(GitHub [archive])tb-updater(GitHub [archive])tb-starter[archive]grub-live(GitHub [archive])monero-gui(GitHub [archive])
Packages Looking for a Contributor[edit]
corridor: Tor traffic whitelisting gateway - Debian focused. This is a GitHub [archive] fork [archive] of rustybird/corridor [archive] [4]
Footnotes[edit]
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The following is unreliable due to gpg connectivity bugs [archive].
sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whonix.gpg adv --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 916B8D99C38EAF5E8ADC7A2A8D66066A2EEACCDA
- ↑
gpgis required byapt-key.gpg-agentis required due to the following error message.sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whonix.gpg add ~/patrick.asc
gpg: failed to start agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': No such file or directory gpg: can't connect to the agent: No such file or directory
- ↑
See Secure Downloads to understand why
curland the parameters--tlsv1.2 --proto =httpsare used instead ofwget. - ↑ https://phabricator.whonix.org/T524 [archive]
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