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layout: doc
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title: How to Reinstall a TemplateVM
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permalink: /doc/reinstall-template/
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redirect_from:
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- /doc/whonix/reinstall/
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---
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How to Reinstall a TemplateVM
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If you suspect your [TemplateVM] is broken, misconfigured, or compromised, you
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can reinstall any TemplateVM that was installed from the Qubes repository.
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Starting in Qubes 3.1, the process is greatly simplified.
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First, copy any files that you wish to keep from the TemplateVM's `/home` and
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`/rw` folders to a safe storage location. Then, in a dom0 terminal, run:
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$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=reinstall qubes-template-package-name
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Replace `qubes-template-package-name` with the name of the *package* of the
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template you wish to reinstall. For example, use `qubes-template-fedora-24` if
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you wish to reinstall the `fedora-24` template. Only one template can be
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reinstalled at a time.
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Note that Qubes may initially refuse to perform the reinstall if the exact revision of
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the template package on your system is no longer in the Qubes online repository. In
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this case, you can specify `upgrade` as the action instead and the newer version will be
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used. The other `dnf` package actions that are now supported in addition to `reinstall`
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and `upgrade` are `upgrade-to` and `downgrade`.
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**Reminder:** If you're trying to reinstall a template that is not in an enabled
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repo, you must enable that repo. For example:
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$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community --action=reinstall qubes-template-whonix-ws
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**Note:** VMs that are using the reinstalled template will not be affected until they are
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restarted.
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Manual Reinstallation Method
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----------------------------
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If you're using Qubes 3.0 or older, you should use the manual reinstallation
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method. You can also use this method on later Qubes versions if, for any reason,
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you want to reinstall a template manually.
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In what follows, the term "target TemplateVM" refers to whichever TemplateVM you
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want to reinstall. If you want to reinstall more than one TemplateVM, repeat
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these instructions for each one.
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1. (Optional) Clone the existing target TemplateVM.
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This can be a good idea if you've customized the existing template and want
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to keep your customizations. On the other hand, if you suspect that this
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template is broken, misconfigured, or compromised, you may want to remove it
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without cloning it.
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2. Create a temporary dummy template:
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mkdir /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/dummy
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touch /var/lib/qubes/vm-templates/dummy/{root.img,private.img}
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qvm-add-template dummy
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3. Temporarily change all VMs based on the target TemplateVM to the new dummy
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template, or remove them.
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This can be a good idea if you have user data in these VMs that you want to
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keep. On the other hand, if you suspect that these VMs (or the templates on
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which they are based) are broken, misconfigured, or compromised, you may
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want to remove them instead. You can do this in Qubes Manager by
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right-clicking on the VM and clicking **Remove VM**, or you can use the
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command `qvm-remove <vm-name>` in dom0.
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Using a dummy template as a temporary template is preferable to using another
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real TemplateVM because you can't accidentally boot any VMs from the dummy
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template. (There is no OS in the dummy template, so the boot will fail.)
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4. Uninstall the target TemplateVM from dom0:
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$ sudo yum remove <template-package-name>
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For example, to uninstall the `whonix-gw` template:
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$ sudo yum remove qubes-template-whonix-gw
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5. Reinstall the target TemplateVM in dom0:
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$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=<optional-additional-repo> \
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<template-package-name>
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For example, to install the `whonix-gw` template:
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$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community \
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qubes-template-whonix-gw
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6. If you temporarily changed all VMs based on the target TemplateVM to the
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dummy template in step 3, change them back to the new target TemplateVM now.
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If you instead removed all VMs based on the old target TemplateVM, you can
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recreate your desired VMs from the newly reinstalled target TemplateVM now.
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[TemplateVM]: /doc/templates/
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