From 673d5cd367d10fd1224791aeb37ab69c82fda795 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: unman Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:35:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain why Debian packages may fail to install correctly on 4.0 --- managing-os/templates/debian.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/managing-os/templates/debian.md b/managing-os/templates/debian.md index 94bf1b22..69a637e9 100644 --- a/managing-os/templates/debian.md +++ b/managing-os/templates/debian.md @@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ 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 + +By default, templates in 4.0 only have a loopback interface. + +Some packages will thow an error on installation in this situation. For example, Samba expects to be configured using a network interface post installation. + +One solution is to add a dummy interface to allow the package to install correctly: + + ip link add d0 type dummy + ip addr add 192.168.0.1/24 dev d0 + ip link set d0 up + + + Contributing ----------------