Whonix Packages for Debian Hosts

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Introduction

Many of the packages developed under the Whonix ™ umbrella can be thought of as independent projects in their own right. Their relevance applies to Debian hosts where they can increase privacy and security.

This guide will show how you can download these select packages from the Whonix ™ repository. They can be downloaded stand-alone or combined.

HowTo

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

Open a terminal.

Install curl.

Update the package lists.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get update

Upgrade the system.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Install the curl package.

sudo apt-get install curl

sudo apt-get install curl

The procedure of installing curl is now complete.

Download Whonix signing key.

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

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

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

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 OR Option B.

Option A: Add Whonix ™ Onion Repository.

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

Note: Adding Whonix ™ Onion Repository (this) should be preferred over adding Whonix ™ Clearnet Repository (below).

Install apt-transport-tor from the Debian repository.

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-tor

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 stretch.

echo "deb tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion stretch main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list

echo "deb tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion stretch main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list

Option B: Add Whonix ™ Clearnet Repository.

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

Install apt-transport-tor from the Debian repository.

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-tor

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 stretch.

echo "deb tor+http://deb.whonix.org stretch main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list

echo "deb tor+http://deb.whonix.org stretch main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list

Install package-name.

Update the package lists.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get update

Upgrade the system.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Install the package-name package.

sudo apt-get install package-name

sudo apt-get install package-name

The procedure of installing package-name is now complete.

Supported Packages

• kloak
• pkg-manager-no-autoupdate
• security-misc
• tb-updater
• corridor - Tor traffic whitelisting gateway - Debian focused fork of rustybird/corridor
• grub-live
• grub-enable-apparmor
• grub-screen-resolution
• grub-output-verbose
• whonix-xfce-desktop-config (includes autologin for user user)