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C: SaltThis issue pertains to the use of Salt (aka SaltStack) in Qubes OS.C: templatesThis issue pertains to templates in general (as opposed to specific templates).C: updatesThis issue pertains to updating Qubes OS.P: majorPriority: major. Between "default" and "critical" in severity.help wantedThis issue will probably not get done in a timely fashion without help from community contributors.

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@rootkovska
rootkovska
opened on Jun 25, 2017

Request installation of package (RPM, DEB, etc) in the destVM.
Note:

  • It's up to the target VM to interpret this as a command to install DEB, RPM, or whatever
  • The package must be available in an already defined repository (this call does not bring custom packages)
  • This is not part of the Admin API, specifically the target is handled by the destVM, not by dom0, policy does not use 'target=dom0' redirects, does not include pre-defined include/admin-api* files.

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  1. rootkovska
    added
    C: SaltThis issue pertains to the use of Salt (aka SaltStack) in Qubes OS.
    C: templatesThis issue pertains to templates in general (as opposed to specific templates).
    P: majorPriority: major. Between "default" and "critical" in severity.
    on Jun 25, 2017
  2. rootkovska
    added this to the Release 4.1 milestone on Jun 25, 2017
  3. andrewdavidwong
    added
    enhancement
    on Jun 25, 2017

  4. jpouellet commented on Jun 26, 2017

    @jpouellet
    jpouellet
    on Jun 26, 2017
    Contributor

    What is the intended use case?

    If this is intended to be part of some larger automation where the target specified by the calling VM should be respected rather than chosen by the user, then this appears in violation of the proposed "service-oriented qrexec" model.

  5. andrewdavidwong
    modified the milestones: Release 4.1, Release 4.2 on Feb 5, 2022

  6. marmarta commented on Nov 21, 2022

    @marmarta
    marmarta
    on Nov 21, 2022
    Member

    This would be extremely useful for various config tools: instead of saying "if you want to use this, install this-and-that in the template", we could just offer a way to do it automatically. Examples: shutdown-idle in VM settings, qubes-u2f in global config.

  7. andrewdavidwong
    removed this from the Release 4.2 milestone on Aug 13, 2023
  8. andrewdavidwong
    removed
    T: enhancement
    on Jan 17, 2025

  9. ben-grande commented on Jan 16, 2026

    @ben-grande
    ben-grande
    on Jan 16, 2026

    @andrewdavidwong any label for the updater? Is it C: Updates? I think the same developer and tool that did the Updater will be used, if this is done.

  10. andrewdavidwong commented on Jan 16, 2026

    @andrewdavidwong
    andrewdavidwong
    on Jan 16, 2026
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    @andrewdavidwong any label for the updater? Is it C: Updates?

    Yes, correct. For the GUI tool updater, there's also C: Qubes GUI tools.

  11. andrewdavidwong
    added
    C: updatesThis issue pertains to updating Qubes OS.
    on Jan 16, 2026
  12. ben-grande
    added
    help wantedThis issue will probably not get done in a timely fashion without help from community contributors.
    on Apr 29, 2026
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