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Without installing perl-Digest-MD5 and perl-Digest-SHA, the build will fail. The source code documentation does mention it but if one follows the route via Qubes Builder, it isn't mentioned.
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Ubuntu template(s)

If you would like to use Ubuntu Linux distribution in your AppVMs, you can build and install one of the available Ubuntu templates. These templates are currently not available in ready to use binary packages, because Canonical does not allow redistribution of a modified Ubuntu. The redistribution is not allowed by their Intellectual property rights policy.

Install

It can be built using Qubes Builder. You can also access its documentation in the source code repository.

To quickly prepare the builder configuration, you can use the setup script available in the repository - it will interactively ask you which templates you want to build.

The build for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty) should be straightforward.

The build for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) is straightforward. Note that packages perl-Digest-MD5 and perl-Digest-SHA are required for the build to succeed.


If you want to help in improving the template, feel free to contribute.