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Debian templates
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The Debian :doc:`template </user/templates/templates>` is an officially
:ref:`supported <user/downloading-installing-upgrading/supported-releases:templates>` template in Qubes OS.
This page is about the standard (or “full”) Debian template. For the
minimal version, please see the :doc:`Minimal templates </user/templates/minimal-templates>` page. There is also a `Qubes page on the Debian Wiki <https://wiki.debian.org/Qubes>`__.
Installing
----------
To :ref:`install <user/templates/templates:installing>` a specific Debian template
that is not currently installed in your system, use the following
command in dom0:
.. code:: bash
$ sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-debian-XX
(Replace ``XX`` with the Debian version number of the template you wish
to install.)
To reinstall a Debian template that is already installed in your system,
see :doc:`How to Reinstall a template </user/how-to-guides/how-to-reinstall-a-template>`.
After Installing
----------------
After installing a fresh Debian template, we recommend performing the
following steps:
1. :doc:`Update the template </user/how-to-guides/how-to-install-software>`.
2. :ref:`Switch any app qubes that are based on the old template to the new one <user/templates/templates:switching>`.
3. If desired, :ref:`uninstall the old template <user/templates/templates:uninstalling>`.
Installing software
-------------------
See :doc:`How to Install Software </user/how-to-guides/how-to-install-software>`.
Updating
--------
For routine daily updates within a given release, see :doc:`How to Update </user/how-to-guides/how-to-update>`.
Upgrading
---------
There are two ways to upgrade your template to a new Debian release:
- **Recommended:** `Install a fresh template to replace the existing one. <#installing>`__ **This option may be simpler for less experienced users.** After you install the new template, redo all
desired template modifications and :ref:`switch everything that was set to the old template to the new template <user/templates/templates:switching>`.
You may want to write down the modifications you make to your
templates so that you remember what to redo on each fresh install. In
the old Debian template, see ``/var/log/dpkg.log`` and
``/var/log/apt/history.log`` for logs of package manager actions.
- **Advanced:** :doc:`Perform an in-place upgrade of an existing Debian template. </user/templates/debian/debian-upgrade>` This option
will preserve any modifications youve made to the template, **but it may be more complicated for less experienced users.**
Release-specific notes
----------------------
This section contains notes about specific Debian releases.
Debian 10
^^^^^^^^^
Debian 10 (buster) - minimal:
.. code:: bash
[user@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-itl qubes-template-debian-10-minimal
Debian 10 (buster) - stable:
.. code:: bash
[user@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-itl qubes-template-debian-10
Starting services
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Debian way (generally) is to start daemons if they are installed.
This means that if you install (say) ssh-server in a template, *all* the
qubes that use that template will run a ssh server when they start.
(They will, naturally, all have the same server key.) This may not be
what you want.
So be very careful when installing software in Templates - if the daemon
spawns outbound connections then there is a serious security risk.
In general, a reasonable approach would be, (using ssh as example):
- Install the ssh service.
- ``systemctl stop ssh``
- ``systemctl disable ssh``
- ``systemctl mask ssh``
- Close down template
Now the ssh service will **NOT** start in qubes based on this template.
Where you **DO** want the service to run, put this in
``/rw/config/rc.local``:
.. code:: bash
systemctl unmask ssh
systemctl start ssh
Dont forget to make the file executable.
Unattended Upgrades
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Some users have noticed that on upgrading to Stretch, the
``unattended-upgrade`` package is installed.
This package is pulled in as part of a Recommend chain, and can be
purged.
The lesson is that you should carefully look at what is being installed
to your system, particularly if you run ``dist-upgrade``.
Package installation errors in Qubes 4.0
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If some packages throw installation errors, see :ref:`this guide. <user/troubleshooting/vm-troubleshooting:fixing package installation errors>`